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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Historical Record of The 46th or South Devonshire Regiment of Foot - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: July 10, 2017 [EBook #55087] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD--46TH FOOT *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - A superscript is denoted by ^x, for example S^t (Street). - - Some minor changes are noted at the end of the book. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE FORTY-SIXTH, - - OR - - THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE, - - REGIMENT OF FOOT: - - CONTAINING - - AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT - IN 1741 - AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES - TO 1851. - - - COMPILED BY - RICHARD CANNON, ESQ., - ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS. - - ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES. - - LONDON: - PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER, - 30, CHARING CROSS. - - M DCCC LI. - - - LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, - FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. - - - - -GENERAL ORDERS. - - - _HORSE-GUARDS_, - _1st January, 1836._ - -His Majesty has been pleased to command that, with the view of -doing the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals -who have distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with -the Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the -British Army shall be published 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 - Achievement it may have performed, and the Colours, Trophies, - &c., it may have captured from the Enemy. - - ---- The Names of the Officers, and the number of - Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Killed or Wounded by the - Enemy, specifying the place and Date of the Action. - - ---- The Names of those Officers who, in consideration 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-Commissioned Officers, - and Privates, as may have specially signalized themselves in - Action. - - And, - - ---- The Badges and Devices which the Regiment 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_. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -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 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 Commanders, 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 practice (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 -obtaining, particularly from the old Regiments, an authentic -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 long a period, been undisturbed -by the _presence of war_, which few other countries have escaped, -comparatively 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 enterprise 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 maintained their advantages against -superior numbers. - -In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, ample -justice has generally been done to the gallant exertions of the -Corps employed; but the details of their services and of acts of -individual 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 -cannot 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 unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of -achievements in war,--victories so complete and surprising, gained -by our countrymen, our brothers, our fellow-citizens in arms,--a -record which revives the memory of the brave, and brings their -gallant deeds before us,--will certainly prove acceptable to the -public. - -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 testifying 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 number, so that when the whole shall -be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. - - - - -INTRODUCTION - -TO - -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 contains -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 Cæsar with a Roman army, -on which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into the sea to -attack the Roman soldiers as they descended from their ships; and, -although their discipline and arms were inferior to those of their -adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing intimidated -the flower of the Roman troops, including Cæsar's favourite tenth -legion. Their arms consisted of spears, short swords, and other -weapons of rude construction. They had chariots, to the 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 Cæsar's -legions: in the course of time a military system, with discipline -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 Introduction 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 proportion -of men appeared on foot, and, although these were of inferior -degree, they proved stout-hearted Britons of stanch fidelity. When -stipendiary troops were employed, infantry always constituted a -considerable portion of the military force; 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 imperfect 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 -acquisition to every army, even as late as the sixteenth century. - -During a great part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth 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. - -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 recommended by an English military writer (Sir John -Smithe) in 1590 was:--the colour in the centre of the company -guarded by the halberdiers; the pikemen 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 musketeers, -and the harquebusiers (whose arms were much lighter than the -muskets then in use) in equal proportions on each flank of the -company for skirmishing.[1] It was customary to unite a number -of companies into one body, called a REGIMENT, which frequently -amounted to three thousand men: but each company continued to carry -a colour. Numerous 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 seventeenth -century: bows and arrows also fell into disuse, and the infantry -were reduced to two classes, viz.: _musketeers_, armed with -matchlock muskets, 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 containing 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 forming 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 company 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, 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 (excepting -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.[2] - -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 grenades; -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 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 Bohemia, 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 Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, -1415, King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000 men, although -greatly exhausted by marches, privations, 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 monarchy, which commenced in 1578 and -terminated in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the -States-General were celebrated for their unconquerable spirit and -firmness;[3] and in the thirty years' war between the Protestant -Princes and the Emperor of Germany, the British Troops in the -service of Sweden and other states were celebrated for deeds of -heroism.[4] 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 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 evacuate that -country; also the services of the gallant Troops during the arduous -campaigns in the Peninsula, 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 -Government. 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 obedience to his superiors. These qualities, united with -an excellent system of order and discipline to regulate 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 arms.[5] -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 commands of their Sovereign have required them to proceed -in the execution of their duty, whether in active continental -operations, or in maintaining colonial 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 movements -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 -character 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. - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] A company of 200 men would appear thus:-- - - __| - | | - |__| - | - 20 20 20 30 2|0 30 20 20 20 - Harquebuses. Muskets. Halberds. Muskets. Harquebuses. - Archers. Pikes. Pikes. Archers. - -The musket carried a ball which weighed 1/10th of a pound; and the -harquebus a ball which weighed 1/25th of a pound. - -[2] 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. - -[3] 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. - -[4] _Vide_ the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of -Foot. - -[5] "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 consideration 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 uncommonly arduous, and under -circumstances of peculiar difficulty."--_General Orders in 1801._ - -In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope -(afterwards Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the -successful result of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, -1809, it is stated:--"On no occasion has the undaunted valour of -British troops ever been more manifest. At the termination of a -severe and harassing march, rendered necessary by the superiority -which the enemy had acquired, and which had materially impaired -the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages were to be -encountered. These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the -troops themselves: and the enemy has been taught, that whatever -advantages of position or of numbers he may possess, there is -inherent in the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows -not how to yield,--that no circumstances can appal,--and that will -ensure victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any -human means." - - - - - THE FORTY-SIXTH, - - OR - - THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT, - - BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR AND APPOINTMENTS - - THE WORD "DOMINICA," - - AS A DISTINGUISHING MARK - - OF THE GOOD CONDUCT AND EXEMPLARY VALOUR - - DISPLAYED BY THE REGIMENT - - IN THE DEFENCE OF - - THE ISLAND OF DOMINICA, - - AGAINST A VERY SUPERIOR FRENCH FORCE, - - ON THE 22nd OF FEBRUARY, 1805. - - - - -THE - -FORTY-SIXTH, - -OR, - -THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT, - -ORIGINALLY - -THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. - - -CONTENTS - -OF THE - -HISTORICAL RECORD. - - Year Page - - 1739 Introduction 1 - - ---- War declared against Spain - - - 1741 Formation of the regiment - - - ---- Colonel John Price appointed to the colonelcy. - - - ---- Numbered the 57th regiment - - - 1742 Stationed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, proceeded to - Berwick, and thence to Scotland 3 - - 1743 Appointment of Colonel Hon. Thomas Murray - to the colonelcy in succession to Colonel - Price, removed to the 14th foot - - - 1744 War declared between Great Britain and France - - - 1745 Battle of Fontenoy - - - ---- Prince Charles Edward, the eldest son of the - Pretender, landed in the Highlands of Scotland 4 - - 1745 The King's forces, under Lieut.-General Sir - John Cope, assembled at Stirling, and advanced - to Inverness 4 - - ---- The rebel forces, under Prince Charles, proceeded - to Perth and Dundee, and thence to Edinburgh, - which surrendered to him 5 - - ---- The Prince, James Francis Edward, proclaimed - at the High Cross, Edinburgh, as King of - Great Britain and Ireland - - - ---- The Royal forces marched from Inverness to - Aberdeen, embarked for Dunbar, advanced - towards Edinburgh, and encamped near - _Preston-Pans_ - - - ---- Regiments which composed the Royal Army 6 - - ---- Defeat of the Royal forces by the Highland - Insurgents - - - ---- Loss sustained by the Royal forces, including the - 57th regiment, in killed, wounded, and prisoners 7 - - ---- The Duke of Cumberland returned from the - continent, and assumed the command of the - Royal army - - - ---- The Prince Charles captured Carlisle, and proceeded - as far as Derby, from whence he afterwards - retreated to Scotland - - - ---- The Duke of Cumberland, after capturing the - rebel garrison of Carlisle, returned to - London, leaving the command of the army to - Lieut.-General Hawley - - - 1746 The Prince Charles invested Stirling, and - Lieut.-General Hawley marched to its relief - - - ---- Action at Falkirk - - - ---- The Duke of Cumberland resumed the command - of the army, and entered Stirling - - - 1746 The Duke of Cumberland obtained a complete - victory over the Rebel forces at _Culloden_, four - miles from Inverness 8 - - ---- The 57th regiment marched from Berwick towards - London - - - ---- Strength of the Royal army at the battle of - Culloden - - - 1747 The rebellion suppressed, and the Prince Charles - escaped to France 9 - - ---- The 57th regiment embarked for Jersey - - - ---- Several regiments, which had been brought from - the continent to aid in suppressing the rebellion, - returned to Flanders - - - ---- The Duke of Cumberland returned to Flanders - and engaged the French at Laffeld, or Val - - - 1748 The Allies took the field in the summer, but - hostilities were terminated by the treaty of - Aix-la-Chapelle, in October - - - ---- Disbandment of the 43rd regiment, and of ten - marine regiments, from the 44th to the 53rd - regiment 10 - - ---- The numerical title of the 57th regiment changed - to the FORTY-SIXTH regiment -- - - 1749 The FORTY-SIXTH regiment proceeded to Ireland -- - - 1751 Royal Warrant of 1st July issued for regulating - the clothing, standards, and colours, and the - numerical titles and rank of regiments -- - - 1756 Capture of the Island of Minorca by the French 11 - - ---- War declared against France -- - - 1757 The FORTY-SIXTH regiment embarked from Cork - for Nova Scotia -- - - 1758 Expedition under Major-General James Abercromby - against Ticonderoga -- - - ---- Brigadier-General the Viscount Howe (55th Regiment) - killed at Ticonderoga -- - - 1758 Attack on Fort Ticonderoga abandoned 12 - - ---- Loss of officers sustained by the FORTY-SIXTH - regiment -- - - 1759 Plan of the campaign in Canada 13 - - ---- Brigadier-General Prideaux (55th regiment) - killed at Fort Niagara -- - - ---- Capture of Fort Niagara 15 - - ---- Operations of the troops under Lieut.-General - Amherst and Major-General Wolfe -- - - ---- Siege of Ticonderoga -- - - ---- Occupation of Crown Point -- - - ---- Battle on the Heights of Abraham; death of - Major-Gen. Wolfe; and capture of Quebec -- - - 1760 The French attempted to regain Quebec, and the - battle of Sillery was fought 16 - - ---- Surrender of Fort Levi on L'Isle Royale -- - - ---- Attack and surrender of the garrison of Montreal 17 - - ---- The conquest of Canada completed -- - - 1761 The regiment embarked for Barbadoes -- - - 1762 Proceeded with an armament against the Island - of Martinique, which surrendered to the - British Crown -- - - ---- The surrender of Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. - Vincent 18 - - ---- War declared against Spain -- - - ---- The regiment joined the armament against the - Havannah -- - - ---- Capture of the Moro Fort, and town of Havannah 19 - - ---- Negotiations for peace signed at Fontainebleau -- - - 1763 The Treaty of Fontainebleau concluded at Paris, - and peace proclaimed in London -- - - ---- Conditions of the treaty of peace between Great - Britain, France, and Spain -- - - ---- The regiment returned to North America -- - - 1764 Colonel Hon. William Howe appointed to the - colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General - Hon. Thomas Murray, deceased 20 - - 1767 Regiment returned from North America and - stationed in Ireland -- - - ---- Disputes arose between the colonists of North - America and the British Government -- - - 1775 Hostilities commenced with the colonists in North - America by the action at Lexington -- - - ---- Appointment of Colonel Hon. John Vaughan to - the colonelcy in succession to Major-General - Hon. William Howe -- - - ---- The battle of Bunker's Hill -- - - 1776 The regiment embarked from Ireland for North - America 21 - - ---- Joined the expedition against Charleston -- - - ---- Proceeded to Staten Island -- - - ---- The declaration of Independence by the American - Congress -- - - ---- The regiment landed on Long Island -- - - ---- Action at Brooklyn 22 - - ---- The reduction of Long Island accomplished -- - - ---- The capture of New York took place -- - - ---- Action at White Plains -- - - ---- The reduction of Fort Washington -- - - ---- The regiment occupied winter-quarters at Amboy -- - - 1777 Proceeded with a body of troops from New - York, and destroyed magazines, barracks, &c., - at Peek's Hill, and returned to New York 23 - - ---- Joined an expedition against the city of Philadelphia -- - - ---- Battle at Brandywine -- - - ---- The American troops, under General Wayne - surprised by the British, under Major-Gen. - Grey 24 - - 1777 The FORTY-SIXTH regiment gained the distinction - of wearing _Red Feathers_ for its conduct in - this action 24 - - ---- The British army took possession of Philadelphia, - and occupied a position at Germantown 25 - - ---- Action at Germantown -- - - 1778 General Hon. Sir William Howe returned to - England, and General Sir Henry Clinton assumed - the command of the army -- - - ---- Action at Monmouth Court-House -- - - ---- The British army marched from Philadelphia to - New York, the King of France having engaged - to aid the Americans -- - - ---- A powerful French armament arrived off the - Port of New York and proceeded against - Rhode Island -- - - ---- Expedition against Bedford, on the Accushnet - river, and against Martha's Vineyard 26 - - ---- Returned to New York -- - - ---- Proceeded with other regiments to the West Indies -- - - ---- Attack upon the island of St. Lucia 27 - - ---- Repelled several attacks made by the French -- - - ---- The flank companies of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment - distinguished themselves at La Vigie, - and received the thanks of Major-General - James Grant commanding the troops 28 - - ---- Surrender of the Island of St. Lucia to the - British troops -- - - 1779 The courts of Spain and Holland joined in hostilities - against Great Britain -- - - 1782 The regiment returned to England 29 - - ---- County titles conferred upon the regiments of - Infantry, and the FORTY-SIXTH directed to - assume the designation of _South Devonshire_ - regiment -- - - 1782 Treaty of peace signed at Paris between Great - Britain and the United States of America 29 - - 1783 Treaties of peace between England, France, - Spain, and Holland -- - - 1784 The regiment proceeded from Plymouth to - Ireland 30 - - 1792 Embarked for Gibraltar -- - - 1794 Proceeded from Gibraltar to the West Indies -- - - 1795 Engaged in suppressing the insurrection of the - Caribs in the Island of St. Vincent -- - - ---- Actions at Dorsetshire Hill 32 - - ---- Loss sustained by the regiment -- - - ---- Assault and capture of the post of the Caribs on - the Vigie 33 - - ---- Major-General James Henry Craig appointed to - the colonelcy of the regiment in succession to - Lieut.-General Hon. Sir John Vaughan, K.B. - deceased -- - - ---- Reinforcements arrived from England in order - to assist in the suppression of the Caribs -- - - 1796 Further reinforcements arrived under Lieut.-General - Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B. -- - - ---- After a conflict of some hours the Caribs surrendered - prisoners of war 34 - - ---- Several hundreds of Caribs escaped to the woods, - but were afterwards forced to submit, and - were removed from St. Vincent -- - - ---- The FORTY-SIXTH regiment having sustained - considerable loss by their numerous engagements - with the Caribs, returned to England -- - - 1799 The regiment embarked for Ireland -- - - 1802 Treaty of peace with France concluded at Amiens -- - - 1803 War renewed with France -- - - 1804 Appointment of Lieut.-General John White - to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General - Sir James Henry Craig 35 - - 1804 Embarked from Cork for the West Indies, and - proceeded to Dominica 35 - - 1805 Defence of Dominica against an attack of a numerous - French force -- - - ---- Official Reports from Lieut.-General Sir William - Myers, and Brigadier-General George Prevost - of the conduct of the troops engaged in the - defence of Dominica -- - - ---- The Royal authority granted for the FORTY-SIXTH - regiment to bear the word "_Dominica_" - on the regimental colour and appointments. 44 - - 1806 Detachments embarked for the capture of two - French vessels 45 - - ---- The officers and men received the thanks of the - Commander of the Forces in the West Indies, - and of the Major-General commanding in the - Island of Dominica -- - - 1809 Capture of the French island of Martinique 46 - - 1810 Capture of the French island of Guadaloupe -- - - 1811 The regiment returned to England and marched - into Devonshire 47 - - 1812 The regiment proceeded from Plymouth to Jersey 48 - - 1813 Embarked from Jersey for Portsmouth, and proceeded - to the Isle of Wight -- - - ---- Embarked for New South Wales 49 - - 1814 Arrived at New South Wales, and inspected by - Major-General Macquarie -- - - 1815 Certain non-commissioned officers and privates - received pecuniary rewards for having suppressed - gangs of bushrangers 50 - - 1816 Appointment of Lieut.-General Henry Wynyard - to the colonelcy in succession to General - Whyte, deceased -- - - ---- Detachments employed against the hostile black - natives, and received an expression of thanks - for their conduct on this duty 51 - - 1817 Embarked at Sydney Cove for Madras 52 - - 1818 Arrived at Vellore, and proceeded thence to - Fort St. George -- - - ---- Received the approbation of the Commanding - Officer of the Troops at Vellore for its interior - arrangement and discipline -- - - 1820 Marched to Bellary, and thence to the Mahratta - country 53 - - 1824 Engaged in suppressing an insurrection at the - Fort of Kittoor -- - - ---- Inspected by Major-General Hall commanding - at Bellary, and received his approbation for - its very efficient state 54 - - 1825 Proceeded to Cannanore 55 - - 1826 Marched from Cannanore to Secunderabad 56 - - 1829 Reduction of the Establishment -- - - 1832 Proceeded to Masulipatam, and received orders - to prepare for embarkation for England 57 - - 1833 Received the approbation of its conduct during - the period of its service in India, from the - Right Hon. the Governor in Council -- - - ---- Embarked at Madras, arrived at Margate, and - marched to Canterbury 58 - - ---- Received official intimation respecting the continuance - of the use of the _Red ball tuft_ by the - Light Company for its gallant conduct in the - surprise of Gen. Wayne in America in 1777 59 - - 1834 Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1837 Formed into six service, and four depôt companies; - the service companies embarked for Gibraltar 60 - - 1838 Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, - K.C.B., to the colonelcy, in succession to General - Wynyard, deceased -- - - ---- Depôt companies embarked from Ireland for - Plymouth -- - - 1839 Appointment of Lieut.-General John Ross to the - colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir - John Keane 60 - - ---- Depôt companies embarked at Plymouth for - Jersey -- - - 1841 Depôt companies proceeded to Ireland -- - - 1842 Service companies embarked at Gibraltar for - Barbadoes -- - - 1843 Appointment of General the Earl of Stair to - the colonelcy in succession to Lieut.-General - Ross, deceased 61 - - 1845 The service companies collected at Barbadoes, - and embarked for Nova Scotia -- - - ---- Embarked for Canada -- - - 1847 Proceeded from Quebec to Nova Scotia 62 - - 1848 Embarked for England -- - - ---- Arrived at Dover, and joined by the depôt - companies from Guernsey -- - - 1850 Proceeded from Liverpool to Hull -- - - 1851 The Conclusion 63 - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF - -THE FORTY-SIXTH, - -OR - -THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT: - -ORIGINALLY NUMBERED - -THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. - - - Year Page - - 1741 John Price 67 - - 1743 Honorable Thomas Murray 68 - - 1764 William Viscount Howe, K.B. -- - - 1775 Honorable Sir John Vaughan, K.B. 69 - - 1795 Sir James Henry Craig, K.B. 70 - - 1804 John Whyte 71 - - 1816 Henry Wynyard -- - - 1838 Sir John (afterwards Lord) Keane, G.C.B. & G.C.H. 73 - - 1839 John Ross, C.B. 75 - - 1843 John, Earl of Stair, K.T. 76 - - -PLATES. - - Costume of the Regiment _to face_ 1 - - Colours of the Regiment 66 - - -[Illustration: FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. - -_For Cannons Military Records_ - -_Madeley lith 3 Wellington S^t Strand_] - - - - -HISTORICAL RECORD - -OF - -THE FORTY-SIXTH, - -OR THE - -SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT; - -ORIGINALLY NUMBERED - -THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. - - -[Sidenote: 1739] - -The claim of the Spanish Government to the right of search, and -the aggressions committed by that power on the commerce of Great -Britain, in the West Indies, by the _guarda-costas_, and other -ships acting by authority of the King of Spain, contrary to the -existing treaties, led to a convention between the two Crowns, -which was concluded on the 14th of January, 1739. This convention -stipulated, that compensation should be made by Spain to the -English Government, in reparation for the hostilities committed on -the British subjects in the American seas. The Court of Madrid, -however, violated the convention, and ultimately war was proclaimed -against Spain on the 23rd of October, 1739. - -Augmentations were accordingly made in the army and navy; ten -regiments of Marines were raised in this and the following year; -these corps were embarked on board the fleets under Admirals -Vernon and Sir Chaloner Ogle, which proceeded against the Spanish -possessions in South America. - -[Sidenote: 1740] - -While the war was being carried on between Great Britain and -Spain, Charles the Sixth, Emperor of Germany, died on the 20th of -October, 1740; and the succession of his daughter, the Archduchess -Maria Theresa, to his hereditary dominions, being disputed by -the Electors of Bavaria and Saxony, also by the Kings of Prussia -and Spain, a continental war was the result, in which England -and France, acting in the first instance as auxiliaries, finally -became principals in the contest, which has since been known as the -"_War of the Austrian Succession_." The King of France, Louis XV., -supported the Elector of Bavaria, while King George II., adhering -to the "_Pragmatic Sanction_,"[6] to which nearly all the powers of -Europe had been parties, supported the claims of the Archduchess -Maria Theresa. - -[Sidenote: 1741] - -In January, 1741, seven additional regiments[7] were raised for -the regular Infantry, and were numbered in succession to the ten -regiments of marines, from the _Fifty-fourth_ to the _Sixtieth_ -regiment. - -The FIFTY-SEVENTH was one of these seven regiments, and the command -of the corps was conferred by King George II. on Colonel John -Price, from the First Foot Guards, whose commission was dated the -13th of January, 1741. The regiment consisted of ten companies, -of three serjeants, three corporals, two drummers, and seventy -privates each; and its numbers, including officers, amounted to -eight hundred and fifteen. - -[Sidenote: 1742] - -In March, 1742, the FIFTY-SEVENTH regiment was stationed at -Newcastle-upon-Tyne. - -In May, 1742, several regiments were embarked for Flanders under -Field Marshal the Earl of Stair, to support Maria Theresa, the -Queen of Hungary and Bohemia; but the FIFTY-SEVENTH regiment -remained in Great Britain. - -The FIFTY-SEVENTH regiment was afterwards stationed at Berwick, and -in October received orders to proceed to North Britain. - -[Sidenote: 1743] - -On the 23rd of June, 1743, Colonel the Honorable Thomas Murray, -from the Third Foot Guards, was promoted Colonel of the -FIFTY-SEVENTH regiment, in succession to Colonel John Price, -removed to the fourteenth foot. - -In the meanwhile King George II. had joined the army at -Aschaffenberg, and on the 27th of June gained a victory over the -French army, under Marshal Noailles at _Dettingen_. - -[Sidenote: 1744] - -France and Great Britain, from auxiliaries, now became principals -in the contest. On the 20th of March, 1744, France declared -war against England, and on the 29th of that month a counter -declaration was made by Great Britain, in which the French monarch -was accused of violating the "_Pragmatic Sanction_," and of -assisting the son of the Pretender in his designs on the British -throne. - -The operations of the British army in Flanders during the year 1744 -were confined to the defensive, and no general engagement occurred. - -[Sidenote: 1745] - -After the battle of _Fontenoy_, fought on the 11th of May, 1745, -Louis XV. revived the claims of the Pretender[8] to the throne of -Great Britain. Prince Charles Edward, eldest son of the Pretender, -arrived in the Highlands of Scotland towards the end of July, where -he was joined by several clans. - -The FIFTY-SEVENTH regiment at this period formed part of the force -in Scotland, and Lieut.-General Sir John Cope, the Commander -in Chief in North Britain, assembled all the troops under his -orders at Stirling, which consisted of about fourteen hundred -men. He afterwards advanced towards the great road called the -Chain, leading through the Highlands to Inverness, and after a -laborious march, arrived at Dalwhinny on the 25th of August. -Here intelligence was received that the rebels were posted at -Corryarrack, seventeen miles distant, upon which Lieut.-General -Sir John Cope continued his march through Badenoch to Inverness, -so that the south of Scotland was left unprotected, and the young -Pretender improved this unexpected advantage, and accordingly -entered the county of Athol, seized the Castle of Blair, proceeded -afterwards to Perth and Dundee, proclaiming his Father by new -magistrates of his own appointment, levying the public money, -and assuming other acts of royalty. The number of the rebels had -increased to four thousand men, and on the 11th of September the -young Chevalier marched from Perth, passed the Forth on the 13th, -and on the 16th of that month, at night, arrived in the vicinity -of Edinburgh. At five o'clock on the following morning the city -was unaccountably surrendered to him without resistance. He then -made his public entry, attired in Highland costume, and occupied -the royal palace of Holyrood House. General Guest, who commanded -the garrison of Edinburgh Castle, removed the bank, and the effects -of the principal inhabitants into that fortress, which greatly -disappointed the young Prince, who expected to gain possession -of the treasure. His Father was afterwards proclaimed with great -ceremony at the High Cross, as King of Great Britain and Ireland. - -Lieut.-General Sir John Cope, in the meanwhile, had marched with -his troops from Inverness to Aberdeen, where they took shipping, -and landed at Dunbar, twenty-seven miles east of Edinburgh, on the -18th of September, when he was reinforced by Brigadier-General -Fowke, with two regiments of dragoons, from Edinburgh. The next day -he advanced towards that city to observe the disposition of the -rebels, who were now increased to upwards of five thousand men. - -On the 20th of September Lieut.-General Sir John Cope encamped in -the neighbourhood of _Preston-Pans_,[9] near the sea, and seven -miles from Edinburgh. His army consisted of the following -regiments:-- - - Gardiner's (13th) and Hamilton's (14th) dragoons 567 - - Two companies of Guise's (6th) and eight of - Lascelles' (47th) foot 570 - - Five companies of Lee's (44th) regiment 291 - - Murray's (now 46th) regiment 580 - - Highlanders 183 - ----- - Total 2,191 - ----- - -Information being received of the approach of the enemy, Sir John -Cope drew up his army at _Gladsmuir Heath_, between the hamlets of -_Preston-Pans_ and Cockenzie. About three o'clock on the morning -of the 21st of September, large bodies of rebel Highlanders were -in motion, and before daybreak a chosen band of these hardy -mountaineers advanced with great celerity and intrepidity to attack -the royalists. As they drew near, they raised a fearful yell, fired -a volley, threw down their muskets, and rushed sword in hand upon -the troops which guarded the artillery. The sudden advance of the -Highlanders in the dark, their superior numbers, and peculiar mode -of fighting, dismayed the two hundred soldiers appointed to guard -the artillery on the right, who saw themselves assaulted by more -than three times their own numbers, and as they caught the gleam of -steel flashing in their faces, gave way and fled. The two hundred -and fifty dragoons on the right, seeing the artillery lost, became -disheartened; they advanced to charge a large mass of Highlanders, -but observing the disparity of numbers, they were seized with a -panic and galloped from the field. - -This inauspicious commencement of the action damped the spirits -of the infantry, and the panic spread from rank to rank; several -companies made resistance, and feats of valour were displayed -by individuals and small parties; all semblance of order was, -however, soon lost, and a confused rout ensued. - -About four hundred of the royal forces were killed or wounded, and -the prisoners, who amounted to nearly twelve hundred men, were -removed to Edinburgh, and afterwards to the Highlands. - -The FIFTY-SEVENTH regiment had the following officers taken -prisoners: Lieut.-Colonel Clayton, Major Talbot, Captains Reid, -John Cochran, Scot, Thomas Leslie, and Blackes; Lieutenants Thomas -Hay, Cranston, Disney, Wale, Wry, and Simms; Ensigns Sutherland, -Lucey, Holdane, Birnie, and L'Estrange; and Adjutant Spencer. - -This successful commencement of the rebellion caused numerous -adherents to flock to the Prince's standard; several regiments were -recalled from the continent in October, and His Royal Highness the -Duke of Cumberland proceeded to take the command of the royal army. -The young Pretender, elated with the capture of Carlisle, marched -as far as Derby, from whence, however, he commenced his retreat to -the north on the 6th of December, as he found but few partisans in -England to join him in his expedition. - -The Duke of Cumberland, after capturing the rebel garrison of -Carlisle, returned to London, leaving the command of the army to -Lieut.-General Hawley. - -[Sidenote: 1746] - -In January 1746, Stirling was closely invested by the young -Chevalier, and Lieut.-General Hawley marched to its relief. An -engagement occurred at _Falkirk_ on the 17th of January, in which -the Prince was again victorious. The Duke of Cumberland now -proceeded to Edinburgh, reassumed the command of the army, and on -the 2nd of February entered Stirling. - -Fortune no longer favored the young Chevalier, who fixed his -head-quarters at Inverness. The inclemency of the season having -abated, the Duke of Cumberland, on the 8th of April, advanced -towards the enemy, and gained a complete victory over him on -the 16th of April, near _Culloden House_, four miles east of -Inverness.[10] - -By official documents it appears, that on the 22nd of March, 1746, -the FIFTY-SEVENTH regiment was stationed at Berwick, and on the -16th of April following, the date of the Battle of _Culloden_, the -subjoined letter was addressed to the officer commanding the first -division of the regiment, then at Tuxford, in Nottinghamshire, -which indicates that the corps had commenced its march towards -London:-- - - "_War Office, 16th April, 1746._ - - "SIR, - - "I am commanded to signify to you it is His Majesty's pleasure, - that you cause the regiment of Foot under your command to - continue its march in two divisions, with the utmost expedition, - and without halting. - - "I am, &c. - (Signed) "W. YONGE. - - "_Officer Commanding in Chief the first division - of Colonel Murray's regiment, at Tuxford._" - -Prince Charles, after enduring many hardships, succeeded in -escaping to France in September. In the following month the -FIFTY-SEVENTH regiment embarked at Portsmouth for Jersey. - -[Sidenote: 1747] - -The rebellion being suppressed, several regiments returned to -Flanders, and on the 2nd of July, 1747, the Duke of Cumberland -engaged the French at _Laffeld_, or _Val_, where the Allies -suffered severely from the misconduct of the Dutch troops. - -[Sidenote: 1748] - -The Allies again took the field in the summer of 1748, but -hostilities were at length terminated by the treaty of -Aix-la-Chapelle, which was signed on the 7th of October, 1748. -By it all the great treaties, from that of Westphalia in 1648, -which first recognised the principle of a balance of power in -Europe, to that of Vienna in 1738, were renewed and confirmed. -Prussia retained Silesia, and the Empress-Queen Maria Theresa was -guaranteed in the possession of her hereditary dominions, according -to the Pragmatic Sanction. France surrendered her conquests in -Flanders, and England those in the East and West Indies; all -therefore Great Britain gained by the war was the glory of having -supported the German sovereignty of Maria Theresa, and of having -adhered to former treaties. - -Several regiments were disbanded in consequence of the -termination of the war. On the disbandment of Colonel Spotswood's -(afterwards Gooche's) American Provincial Corps, then numbered -the _forty-third_ regiment, and of the ten Marine regiments from -the _forty-fourth_ to the _fifty-third_, the numerical titles of -six of the seven regiments raised in 1741, were changed, and the -_fifty-seventh_ became the FORTY-SIXTH regiment.[11] - -[Sidenote: 1749] - -In the year 1749 the FORTY-SIXTH regiment proceeded to Ireland, -where it remained for eight years. - -[Sidenote: 1751] - -In the Royal Warrant, dated the 1st of July, 1751, for ensuring -uniformity in the clothing, standards, and colours of the army, -and regulating the number and rank of regiments, the facings of -the FORTY-SIXTH regiment were directed to be yellow. The first, -or King's colour, was the Great Union; the second, or Regimental -colour, was of yellow silk, with the Union in the upper canton; in -the centre of the colour the number of the rank of the regiment, in -gold Roman characters, within a wreath of roses and thistles on the -same stalk. - -[Sidenote: 1756] - -While the regiment was stationed in Ireland, the peace of -Aix-la-Chapelle was interrupted by the aggressions of the French -on the British territory in North America, and early in 1756 the -King of France prepared a powerful armament for the capture of -the island of Minorca. In consequence of this attack on Minorca, -hostilities became inevitable on the part of Great Britain, and on -the 18th of May war was declared against France. - -[Sidenote: 1757] - -On the 7th of May 1757, the FORTY-SIXTH, and other regiments, -embarked at Cork, for Nova Scotia, being intended to form part of -an expedition under Major-General the Earl of Loudoun, for the -attack upon Cape Breton, an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. On -arriving at Halifax, the seventeenth, forty-second, FORTY-SIXTH, -and the second battalion of the sixtieth regiments were formed in -brigade under Major-General James Abercromby; but the French at -Louisburg having been reinforced, the expedition was deferred until -the following year, and the regiment remained in Nova Scotia during -the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1758] - -While the expedition under Lieut.-General (afterwards Lord) Amherst -proceeded in May, 1758, against Cape Breton,[12] the FORTY-SIXTH -regiment was ordered to join the body of troops under Major-General -James Abercromby, selected to attack the fort of _Ticonderoga_. -This force, which comprised the twenty-seventh, forty-second, -forty-fourth, FORTY-SIXTH, and fifty-fifth regiments, embarked on -Lake George on the 5th of July, and landed on the following day -near the extremity of the lake, from whence the troops marched -through a wild and thickly-wooded country, in four columns, upon -_Ticonderoga_; the guides mistook the route through the trackless -woods, and on the 6th of July, a skirmish ensued with a body of -French troops, in which Brigadier-General George Augustus Viscount -Howe (of the fifty-fifth regiment) was killed. With this exception -the British sustained but small loss, while the enemy had three -hundred killed, and one hundred and forty-eight taken prisoners. On -the 8th of July, the British appeared before the fort, which was -situated on a tongue of land, projecting into Lake Champlain, and -was built by the French in 1756. It could only be approached on one -side, which was strongly fortified; the other three sides being -surrounded by water. Felled trees, with their branches outward, -were spread before the works, which were defended by between four -and five thousand men. - -The engineer having reported that the entrenchment might be forced -by musketry alone, Major-General Abercromby, unfortunately, -determined to attack the place without waiting for the artillery, -which, on account of the badness of the ground, could not be -easily brought up. A rumour also that the French were about to be -reinforced with three thousand men, confirmed the General in his -resolution. Although the troops behaved with the utmost gallantry -in the attack on fort _Ticonderoga_, on the 8th July, it was found -impossible to succeed in the undertaking, and after many unavailing -efforts, during a desperate contest of upwards of four hours, -Major-General Abercromby gave orders to withdraw, and the British -returned to their camp on the south of Lake George, where they -arrived on the following evening.[13] - -[Sidenote: 1759] - -The following officers belonging to the FORTY-SIXTH regiment were -killed on this occasion: Lieut.-Colonel Samuel Beaver, Captains -George Needham and Edward Wynne; Lieutenants Jacob Laulhé and -Arthur Lloyd; Ensign George Crofton, and Quarter-Master Thomas -Carbonell. - -In the year 1759, it was proposed to attack the French in all -their strong posts in Canada at once, so as to fall as nearly as -possible at the same time upon Crown Point, Niagara, and the forts -to the south of Lake Erie, while a great naval armament, and a -considerable body of land forces under Major-General James Wolfe, -should attempt Quebec by the river St. Lawrence. - -Lieut.-General Amherst, who commanded the British forces in -America, was to attack Ticonderoga and Crown Point, by Lake George; -the reduction of these forts would command the Lake Champlain, -where having established a sufficient naval force, he was by the -river Sorel, which forms the communication between this lake and -the river St. Lawrence, to proceed to Quebec, and effect a junction -with Major-General Wolfe. - -The third of the grand operations was against _Fort Niagara_, near -the celebrated falls of that name, a place of great consequence. -The reduction of this place was committed to Brigadier-General John -Prideaux (fifty-fifth regiment), under whom Sir William Johnson -commanded the provincials of New York, and several Indians of the -Five Nations, who were engaged in the British service, by the -credit that gentleman had obtained among their tribes. It was to -this portion of the army that the FORTY-SIXTH regiment was attached. - -The troops which had been appointed to proceed to Niagara, arrived -at the fort in July. This was a very important post, and was -situated at the entrance of a strait by which Lake Ontario is -joined to Lake Erie. A little above the fort is the cataract of -Niagara, the most remarkable in the world, for the quantity of -water, and the greatness of the fall. The siege of the place had -not been long formed, before Brigadier-General Prideaux was killed -in the trenches, by the bursting of a cohorn. This occurred on -the 20th of July, and the accident threatened to throw a damp on -the operations; but Sir William Johnson, upon whom the command -devolved, omitted nothing to continue the vigorous measures of his -predecessor, and added to them everything his own genius could -suggest. - -The French were alarmed for the safety of the fort, and collected -all the troops they could draw from their posts about the lakes, -and to these were joined a large body of Indians; the whole -advanced to raise the siege, and they amounted in all, to seventeen -hundred men. - -It was on the 23rd of July, that Sir William Johnson received -intelligence of the approach of the enemy to relieve the fort, -and instantly made a disposition to defeat their designs. The -guard of the trenches was commanded by Major John Beckwith, of -the forty-fourth regiment, and, lest the garrison should sally -out, and either attempt to surprise or overpower that guard, by -which the British would have been hemmed in between two fires, the -forty-fourth regiment, under Lieut.-Colonel William Farquhar, was -posted in such manner as to be able to sustain Major Beckwith. - -The road on the left of the line, which led from the cataract to -the fort, was occupied by the light infantry, and piquets of the -army, on the evening of the 23rd of July; early next morning these -were reinforced by the grenadiers and part of the FORTY-SIXTH -regiment, the whole commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Eyre Massey, of -the FORTY-SIXTH, to whose good conduct in the distribution of -the troops, and the steadiness with which he received the enemy -in front, while the Indians in British pay, attacked them on the -flanks, the honor of the day was in a great degree attributable. -The French were completely defeated, and all their officers were -made prisoners, among whom were Monsieur Aubry, De Lignery, Marin, -and Repentini. - -This action sealed the fate of _Fort Niagara_, which surrendered on -the following day (25th of July), and Sir William Johnson, Bart., -in his despatch to Lieut.-General Amherst, of that date, thus -alluded to the conduct of the troops:-- - - "Permit me to assure you, in the whole progress of the siege, - which was severe and painful, the officers and men behaved with - the utmost cheerfulness and bravery." - -In the meantime the siege of _Ticonderoga_ was prosecuted with -vigour by the troops under Lieut.-General Amherst, and on the -25th of July the garrison blew up the fort, and sailed to _Crown -Point_, another fort on Lake Champlain, which place the French also -abandoned, and retired down the lake to _Isle aux Noix_; _Crown -Point_ was occupied by the British on the 4th of August following. - -The operations against Quebec by the troops under Major-General -James Wolfe, caused the year to end in a most triumphant manner -to the British Arms. The battle fought on the 13th of September, -1759, on the Heights of _Abraham_, in which the Major-General was -killed, led to the surrender of Quebec, which capitulated five days -afterwards. - -While the above operations were being performed, Lieut.-General -Amherst found that the command of Lake Champlain was still an -object of some difficulty, although the retreat of the French from -Crown Point and Ticonderoga had left him master of Lake George. In -October the troops embarked in boats, and proceeded a considerable -distance along the lake, but the season became too advanced for -operations, which were postponed to the following year, and the -force returned to Crown Point and Ticonderoga for winter-quarters. - -[Sidenote: 1760] - -The French endeavoured to regain possession of Quebec, and after -the battle of _Sillery_ fought before that place on the 28th of -April, 1760, in which, from their superiority in numbers they had -the advantage, trenches were immediately opened by them before the -town. The arrival of the English fleet in May dissipated all fears -for the safety of Quebec, and nothing now remained to cloud the -prospect of the reduction of Canada, by the united efforts of three -British armies, which, by different routes, were marching to attack -those parts of the country that remained in the power of France. - -A large army was collected at Oswego by Lieut.-General Amherst, -which the FORTY-SIXTH regiment joined in the afternoon of the 6th -of August. The whole army embarked on the 10th of August, and the -grenadiers, amounting to about six hundred men, were embodied, -and placed under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Eyre Massey of the -FORTY-SIXTH regiment. Dispositions were afterwards made for the -attack of _Fort Levi_, on _L'Isle Royale_, and after two days' -sharp firing, the fort surrendered on the 25th of August, of which -Lieut.-Colonel Massey, with three companies of grenadiers, took -possession. - -After spending some days in repairing this post, and in fitting out -the vessels for passing the troops down the river St. Lawrence, -the most difficult part of which was now to be encountered; -notwithstanding all precautions, nearly ninety men were drowned in -passing the dangerous falls, and a great number of vessels broke -to pieces. After a tedious voyage the British came in sight of the -Island of Montreal on the 6th of September. - -The troops were immediately landed, and all dispositions were made -for attacking the place, and so excellently was the plan concerted, -that Brigadier-General the Honorable James Murray landed from -Quebec on that very day, and Colonel Haviland with his force from -Isle-au-Noix on the following day. - -The Marquis of Vaudreuil, the French Governor-General, saw himself -entirely enclosed, and was compelled to surrender the garrison of -Montreal on the 8th of September; thus was completed the _Conquest -of Canada_, which vast country has since continued under the -dominion of Great Britain. - -[Sidenote: 1761] - -The regiment remained in North America until October 1761, when it -embarked for Barbadoes, where an armament was being assembled for -the attack of the French West India Islands, and the land forces -were placed under the orders of Major-General the Honorable Robert -Monckton. - -[Sidenote: 1762] - -The armament sailed from Carlisle Bay, in Barbadoes, on the 5th of -January, 1762, and proceeded against the island of _Martinique_, -which was settled by the French about the year 1635. After menacing -the coast at several points, a landing was effected in the middle -of January in Cas des Navières Bay; many difficulties were -encountered from the rugged surface of the country, and from the -formidable heights occupied by the enemy, but these were overcome -by British skill, discipline, and valour; the heights of _Morne -Tartenson_ were carried on the 24th of January, and of _Morne -Garnier_ on the 27th; _Fort Royal_ surrendered on the 4th of -February, and these successes were followed by the submission of -the island to the British Crown. - -Major-General the Honorable Robert Monckton commended the conduct -of the troops in his despatch, and added,--"The difficulties they -had to encounter in the attack of an enemy, possessed of every -advantage that art or nature could give them, were great. Their -perseverance in surmounting these obstacles furnishes a noble -example of British spirit:" and in alluding to the conduct of the -three divisions of grenadiers, one division of which was commanded -by Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable John Vaughan, at this period -Lieut.-Colonel commandant of the ninety-fourth (since disbanded), -but who was appointed to the FORTY-SIXTH regiment in November -following, added, that "they had particularly distinguished -themselves, the warmest part of the service having fallen to their -lot." - -The capture of _Martinique_ was followed by the submission of -_Grenada_, _St. Lucia_, and _St. Vincent_. - -War had in the interim been declared against Spain, and the -FORTY-SIXTH joined the armament under General the Earl of -Albemarle, destined to proceed against the wealthy Spanish -settlement of the _Havannah_, in the Island of Cuba. On the 7th -of June a landing was effected, and on the 9th the troops took -up a position between Coximar and the Moro Fort. Extraordinary -difficulties were encountered in making the approaches, and -carrying on the siege, while a severe sickness prevailed amongst -the seamen and soldiers. Every obstacle was, however, overcome by -the unanimity which existed between the land and sea forces. The -_Moro_ fort, which protected the harbour, and was regarded as -almost impregnable, was captured by storm on the 30th of July; on -the 11th of August a series of batteries opened so well-directed -a fire on the defences of the town, that the guns of the garrison -were soon silenced, and flags of truce were hung out. On the 13th -of August the town of the Havannah, with all its dependencies, -and the ships of war in the harbour, surrendered, and the British -troops took possession of this valuable settlement. Negociations -for peace were shortly afterwards commenced, and the preliminary -articles were signed at Fontainebleau by the Duke of Bedford on the -3rd of November, 1762. - -[Sidenote: 1763] - -The treaty of Fontainebleau was concluded at Paris on the 10th of -February, 1763, the ratifications were exchanged on the 10th of -March, and peace was proclaimed in London on the 22nd of that month. - -By this treaty the whole of Canada, part of Louisiana, together -with Cape Breton, and the other islands in the Gulf of St. -Lawrence, were ceded to Great Britain. In the West Indies, the -islands of Tobago, Dominica, St. Vincent, and Grenada, were -retained by Great Britain; but Martinique, Guadaloupe, Marigalante, -and St. Lucia, were restored to France. In the East Indies, the -French obtained the restitution of their settlements, but agreed -not to erect any fortifications in Bengal. Minorca was restored to -England in exchange for Belle-Isle, which had been captured by the -British in 1761, and it was stipulated that the fortifications of -Dunkirk should be demolished. Spain ceded East and West Florida -to Great Britain, in return for the restitution of the Havannah, -Manilla, and all the places which Spain had lost since the -commencement of the war. - -[Sidenote: 1764] - -In the meanwhile the FORTY-SIXTH regiment had returned to North -America, where it remained for the four following years. - -Colonel the Honorable William Howe was appointed by His Majesty -King George III. from the fifty-eighth to the colonelcy of the -FORTY-SIXTH regiment on the 21st of November, 1764, in succession -to Lieut.-General the Honorable Thomas Murray, deceased. - -[Sidenote: 1767] - -In the autumn of the year 1767 the FORTY-SIXTH regiment returned to -Great Britain, and was stationed in Ireland for eight years. - -Serious disputes had, in the meantime, arisen, on the subject -of taxation, between the colonists in North America and the -British Government. The passing of the Stamp Act, in 1764, was -the first cause of irritation, but the spirit of discontent was -partially allayed by its repeal in 1766. This feeling was again -aroused, in the following year, by the Bill for levying duties -on certain articles imported from England, which was repealed in -1770, with the exception of the duty on tea, which was retained -as an assertion of the right of taxation inherent in the British -Legislature. After the cargoes of tea sent to Boston in 1773 had -been emptied into the sea, an Act of Parliament was passed in the -year 1774 for closing that port. - -The colonists adopted retaliatory measures, and subsequently made -preparations for an appeal to arms. - -[Sidenote: 1775] - -On the 19th of April, 1775, the first hostile collision took place -at _Lexington_, between His Majesty's troops and the Colonists in -the unhappy contest, which was soon to assume a most formidable -character. - -Upon Major-General the Honorable Sir William Howe, K.B., being -removed to the colonelcy of the twenty-third Royal Welsh Fusiliers, -on the 11th of May, 1775, Brevet Colonel the Honorable John -Vaughan was appointed to the vacant colonelcy of the FORTY-SIXTH -regiment. - -The conflict at Lexington was followed by the battle of _Bunker's -Hill_, which was fought on the 17th of June, 1775. - -[Sidenote: 1776] - -These events caused several regiments to be embarked for America -early in the year 1776; the FORTY-SIXTH embarked from Ireland at -this period, and arrived on the coast of North Carolina early in -April, when Major-General Henry Clinton, who was serving with the -local rank of General in America, assumed the command. The men -landed at Cape Fear to refresh themselves after the voyage, and -returning on board the transports, sailed on the 1st of June with -the expedition against _Charleston_. After passing Charleston -bar, the troops landed on one of the islands; but the armament -proved of insufficient strength for the capture of the capital of -South Carolina, and the troops re-embarked and proceeded to Staten -Island, where the main body of the British forces had assembled -under Major-General the Honorable Sir William Howe, K.B., who was -serving with the local rank of General in America. The seventeenth, -fortieth, FORTY-SIXTH, and fifty-fifth regiments were here formed -in brigade under Major-General James Grant. - -On the 4th of July, 1776, the American Congress issued their -declaration of independence, abjuring their allegiance to the Crown -of Great Britain, and all hope of accommodation failed. - -A landing was effected by the British on _Long Island_ on the -22nd of August, and in the evening of the 26th the army was put -in motion to pass a range of woody heights, which intersect the -island, and to attack the American force in position beyond -the hills. The column under Major-General Grant, of which the -FORTY-SIXTH formed part, was directed to advance along the coast, -with ten pieces of cannon, to draw the enemy's attention to that -quarter. Moving forward at the appointed hour, this column fell -in with the advanced parties of the Americans about midnight, and -at daybreak on the following morning, encountered a large body of -troops formed in an advantageous position, defended by artillery. -Skirmishing and cannonading ensued, and were continued until the -Americans discovered by the firing at _Brooklyn_, that the left of -their army had been turned and forced, when they retreated in great -confusion through a morass. The American army, being driven from -its positions with severe loss, made a precipitate retreat to their -fortified lines at _Brooklyn_. - -The Americans quitted their fortified lines during the night of the -28th of August, and retired across the East River, in boats, to -New York; the reduction of _Long Island_ was accomplished in a few -days, with little loss. - -The regiment shared in the operations by which the capture of -_New York_ was accomplished: also in the movements by which the -Americans were driven from _White Plains_, and in the reduction of -_Fort Washington_. - -After the reduction of Fort Washington, and of Fort Lee on the -opposite side of the North, or Hudson's River, the regiment -continued the pursuit of the enemy across the Jerseys, by Elizabeth -Town, Raway, &c. towards Philadelphia, and remained during the -following winter at Amboy. - -The FORTY-SIXTH regiment occupied an old transport ship as a -barrack, and being actively employed during the winter in constant -escorts of ammunition, was continually attacked between that -place and New Brunswick, on the way to Trenton, Princetown, and -Burlington, where the advance of the British army had taken up -winter quarters. - -During the winter, General Washington suddenly passed the Delaware -river, and succeeded in surprising and making prisoners a corps -of Hessians at Trenton, but he afterwards made a precipitate -retreat. Being reinforced, he again crossed the river, and took up -a position at Trenton. - -[Sidenote: 1777] - -Information having been received that the Americans were forming -magazines at _Peek's Hill_, about fifty miles up the North River, -the FORTY-SIXTH regiment was detached against that post, with a -body of troops, which sailed from New York on the 22nd of March, -1777, and as they approached Peek's Hill, the Americans set fire -to the stores, and retreated. The British landed, completed the -destruction of the magazines, barracks, &c., and subsequently -returned to their former quarters at New York. - -Afterwards taking the field with the army in the Jerseys, the -FORTY-SIXTH regiment was engaged in the operations designed to -bring the enemy to a general engagement; but the Americans kept -close in their fortified lines in the mountains; an expedition -against the populous and wealthy city of _Philadelphia_ was next -undertaken. - -Embarking from Sandy Hook, the army, of which the FORTY-SIXTH -formed part, proceeded to the Chesapeake, and landed on the -northern shore of the Elk river on the 25th of August. The American -army took up a position at _Brandywine_, to oppose the advance, and -on the 11th of September the Royal forces moved forward to engage -their opponents. The action proved decisive; the enemy was driven -from his position, and forced to make a precipitate retreat. The -FORTY-SIXTH sustained but trifling loss on this occasion. - -In order to harass the Royal forces, General Washington posted -several detachments in such a manner as to command all the roads -and avenues to their encampment. He seized every opportunity of -drawing detached parties into ambuscades, which was the more -readily effected, as the country was in his interest, and the -provincial army abounded with persons fully acquainted with all its -local advantages. - -A very considerable detachment employed in this manner, lay -concealed in the depth of a forest at a short distance behind the -British camp; it consisted of fifteen hundred men, commanded by -General Wayne. - -General Sir William Howe, upon receiving this intelligence, -despatched Major-General Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey with a body -of troops in the middle of the night of the 20th of September to -surprise the detachment of the enemy. - -The light company of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment was engaged in -this enterprise, which was conducted with singular address and -intrepidity. The troops advanced in profound silence to the -outposts of the enemy, which were surprised and secured without -the least noise. It was then between twelve and one. The main -body of the American army, unapprised of its danger, had retired -to rest. Directed by the light of the camp fires, the party -under Major-General Grey proceeded undiscovered to the enemy's -encampment, and rushed upon the foe with their bayonets. Three -hundred Americans were killed and wounded, and a great number taken -prisoners, with most of their arms and baggage. Obscurity saved -those that escaped, as it had before at Brandywine Creek. The -British had only one officer, one serjeant, and one private soldier -killed, and a few men wounded, in this attack. - -It was this affair which gave the FORTY-SIXTH regiment _Red -Feathers_, which it has ever since worn. The origin of the -distinction is as follows:-- - -The Americans having vowed vengeance for the above attack, and that -they would give no quarter, the soldiers of the _light battalion_ -on this declared, that to prevent any one not engaged in the action -from suffering on their account, they had stained their feathers -_red_, as a distinguishing mark. - -The British army advanced upon Philadelphia, took possession of -that city, and occupied a position at _Germantown_. The Americans -attempted to surprise the British troops early on the morning of -the 4th of October, and at first gained some advantage, but were -speedily repulsed with severe loss. - -[Sidenote: 1778] - -The regiment passed the winter in quarters at Philadelphia, and -in the spring of 1778, it furnished several detachments, which -ranged the country in various directions to open communications -for obtaining provisions. At this period General the Honorable Sir -William Howe had returned to England, and resigned the command of -the army to General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. The regiment also took -part in the fatigues and difficulties of the march of the army -from Philadelphia, through the Jerseys, in order to return to New -York, and the flank companies were engaged on the 28th of June in -repulsing the attack of the enemy on the rear of the column at -_Monmouth Court-House_, near _Freehold_, in New Jersey. - -The army had marched from Philadelphia to New York in consequence -of the King of France having engaged to aid the Americans, which -circumstance changed the character of the war. Shortly after -the arrival of the British army at New York a powerful French -armament appeared off that port. The enemy had a great superiority -of numbers; but the enthusiasm in the British navy and army was -unbounded, and the hour of contest was looked forward to with -sanguine expectations. The enemy did not, however, venture to -hazard an attack; but proceeded against Rhode Island; a numerous -body of Americans co-operated in the enterprise, and besieged -Newport. The British fleet put to sea, and the thirty-third, -forty-second, FORTY-SIXTH, and sixty-fourth regiments embarked, -under Major-General Grey, to join the fleet at the east end of Long -Island. - -When the transports were about to sail, information was received -of the departure of the French fleet from Rhode Island, and while -at sea, news arrived of the Americans having raised the siege -of Newport. The troops were then directed to proceed against -_Bedford_, on the Accushnet river, a noted place for American -privateers. On the evening of the 5th of September the troops -landed,--overcame all opposition,--destroyed seventy privateers -and other ships,--demolished the fort and artillery,--blew up the -magazine,--destroyed an immense quantity of naval stores, &c., and -returned on board the transports at noon on the following day. The -troops afterwards proceeded against Martha's Vineyard,--destroyed -the defences,--took three hundred and eighty-eight stand of arms -from the militia,--obliged the inhabitants to deliver up three -hundred oxen, ten thousand sheep, and a thousand pounds sterling -collected by the Congress. After this success the regiment returned -to New York. - -A powerful French armament menacing the British possessions in -the West Indies, the FORTY-SIXTH, and other regiments, sailed -from North America, early in November, for Barbadoes, under -Major-General James Grant. - -Upon the arrival of the reinforcements at Barbadoes, the British -naval and military commanders resolved to attack the French -island of _St. Lucia_. On this occasion the FORTY-SIXTH regiment -was formed in brigade with the fifteenth, twenty-eighth, and -fifty-fifth regiments, under Major-General Prescott. - -The expedition sailed from Carlisle Bay on the 12th of December, -a landing was effected at _St. Lucia_ on the following day, and -on the 14th the French troops were driven from several important -posts. In the meantime a French armament of very superior numbers -approached the island, and the British took up positions to repel -the enemy. The French fleet made a desperate attack on the British -naval force, but was repulsed. - -A numerous body of the enemy landed, and, on the 18th of -December, stormed the post of _La Vigie_, which was occupied by -the grenadiers and light infantry (of which the flank companies -of the FORTY-SIXTH formed part), and the fifth regiment, under -Brigadier-General Medows. The enemy amounted to nine thousand -men, commanded by Monsieur D'Estaing, the Marquis de Bouillé, -and M. Lavendahl, and advanced in three columns; their first two -attacks were made, to quote the words of Major-General Grant's -despatch, "with the impetuosity of Frenchmen, and repulsed with the -determined bravery of Britons." The French made a third attempt, -but were soon broken, and were forced to re-embark, leaving the -ground covered with killed and wounded.[14] - -The flank companies of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment had an opportunity -of distinguishing themselves on this occasion, and Lieutenant -William Gomm was wounded. - -The loss of the French amounted to about four hundred killed -and eleven hundred wounded, while the killed on the side of -the British was only ten, and one hundred and thirty wounded. -The sense Major-General Grant entertained of the services of -Brigadier-General Medows and the detachment under his command, was -expressed in the following letter, dated from _Morne Fortunée_, the -19th of December, 1778:-- - - "SIR, - - "I cannot express how much I feel obliged to you, and the troops - under your command, for repulsing, with so much spirit and - bravery, so great a body of the enemy, and own it was just what - I expected from you and them; and I am sure, under your command, - they will always behave in such a manner as to do honor to you, - themselves, their King, and their country; and I must beg of you - to express my gratitude. - - "I have, &c., - (Signed) "JAMES GRANT, - "_Major-General_. - - "_Brigadier-General Medows_, _&c., &c., &c._" - -Immediately after the departure of the French armament, the -governor surrendered the island of _St. Lucia_ to the British -troops, the capitulation being signed on the 30th of December. - -[Sidenote: 1779] - -In 1779 the Court of Spain commenced hostilities against Great -Britain, and this example was followed by the Dutch. - -[Sidenote: 1782] - -The FORTY-SIXTH regiment remained in the West Indies until the year -1782, when it returned to England. - -A letter, dated the 31st of August, 1782, conveyed to the regiment -His Majesty's pleasure, that County Titles should be conferred -on the Infantry, and the FORTY-SIXTH was directed to assume the -designation of the SOUTH DEVONSHIRE regiment, in order that a -connexion between the regiment and that part of the county should -be cultivated, which might be useful in promoting the success of -the recruiting service. - -On the 30th of November, 1782, the preliminary Articles of Peace -were signed at Paris between Great Britain and the United States of -America, and the treaty was concluded in the ensuing February. - -[Sidenote: 1783] - -The preliminaries of the treaties between England, France, and -Spain, were signed at Versailles on the 20th of January, 1783. _St. -Lucia_ was restored to France, also the settlements on the river -Senegal and the city of Pondicherry in the East Indies. France -relinquished all her West India conquests, with the exception -of Tobago; Spain retained Minorca (which had surrendered to the -combined French and Spanish forces in the previous year), and West -Florida; East Florida was ceded in exchange for the restitution of -the Bahamas to Great Britain. - -On the 2nd of September, 1783, were signed the preliminary Articles -of Peace with Holland, the treaty with that country having been -postponed in consequence of the Dutch claiming an indemnification -for the expenses of the war, and the restoration of Trincomalee, in -Ceylon, which had been captured from the Dutch by the English in -January of the previous year, and retaken by the French in August -following. The place was, however, restored to Holland at the -general peace. - -[Sidenote: 1784] - -The FORTY-SIXTH regiment proceeded from Plymouth to Ireland on the -21st of February, 1784, and continued in that country during the -eight following years. - -[Sidenote: 1792] - -In February, 1792, the regiment proceeded from Ireland to Gibraltar. - -[Sidenote: 1794] - -While the FORTY-SIXTH regiment was stationed at Gibraltar, the -French revolutionary war commenced, and in the year 1794, the -islands of Martinique, St. Lucia, and Guadaloupe were captured -by the British. The French republican government fitted out an -expedition for the recovery of these islands, and some success -attended their efforts. This occurrence occasioned an order to be -given for the FORTY-SIXTH regiment to be embarked from Gibraltar -to reinforce the British troops in the West Indies. The regiment -accordingly embarked in November, 1794, and arrived in the -following month at the island of Martinique. - -[Sidenote: 1795] - -The republican emissaries employed by France having organized an -insurrection in the island of _St. Vincent_, where the native -Caribs, and several of the French inhabitants were in arms against -the British government, occasioned the FORTY-SIXTH regiment to be -ordered to St. Vincent. - -At Dorsetshire Hill, the Caribs hoisted the tri-coloured flag, and -burnt every plantation in their power. The loyal inhabitants of the -island assembled at Kingston, and in the fort, and every means of -defence which the colony afforded, were used by Governor Seton. - -It being determined to storm _Dorsetshire Hill_, Governor Seton -selected a force for this enterprise, of which a company of the -FORTY-SIXTH regiment, which had arrived from Martinique, under the -command of Captain Dugald Campbell, formed part. Shortly after -twelve o'clock, on the night of the 14th of March, the troops -mounted the steep and rugged path in regularity and silence. They -ascended within eighty yards of the main post, when they were -discovered by the enemy's sentry, who challenged and fired. The -Caribs, undismayed by the surprise, shouted, and opened a smart -fire of musketry on the British. As soon as the troops were within -twenty yards of the enemy, orders were given to fire a volley and -charge, which were obeyed with the greatest alacrity. While a -portion of the British force mounted the bank at one place, the -detachment of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, under Captain Campbell, -ascended another part of the bank. The buildings which sheltered -the enemy were stormed, but many escaped through the darkness of -the night. Chatoye, the Carib king, was killed with several of his -adherents, and the enemy's two pieces of cannon were captured. - -_Dorsetshire Hill_ being too extensive a position, was abandoned -early on the following morning, and the British returned to Sion -Hill. - -The remainder of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment having arrived, enabled -the governor to make a second attack upon the enemy on the 10th -of April, when the Caribs were driven from their positions with -considerable loss on their side, but small on the part of the -British. - -On the 7th of May, the enemy appeared on the height above -_Calliaqua_, in the vicinity of which was situated the estate -belonging to Sir William Young, whose buildings had been previously -consumed by the Caribs, who had received reinforcements from -Guadaloupe. - -Governor Seton, considering that some attempt would be made against -Kingston, sent on the 7th of May, a party, under Captain John Hall, -of the FORTY-SIXTH, consisting of a subaltern and thirty-three -rank and file of that regiment, forty militia, and forty of the -corps of rangers, with five of the royal artillery, and a fourteen -pound field-piece, to take possession of _Dorsetshire Hill_. About -one o'clock in the morning of the 8th of May, the party under -Captain Hall was attacked by a force of three hundred French and -Caribs, and after a vigorous resistance, was compelled to withdraw -to the post on Sion Hill, in consequence of the enemy's great -superiority in numbers, leaving the field-piece spiked. - -Kingston would inevitably have been destroyed, if the enemy had -kept possession of Dorsetshire Hill, and sixty rank and file of -the FORTY-SIXTH, under Captain William Cooper Forster, of that -regiment, were immediately detached with other troops to attack the -foe at daybreak. - -The Caribs, with great dexterity, found means to clear the -field-piece of the spike during the short time they had it in -their possession, and had been joined by upwards of a hundred -French and others of their party immediately after the retreat of -Captain Hall's party. The British, however, attacked them with -great spirit, and, in less than half an hour, they retook the -field-piece, and obtained possession of the hill, the enemy flying -on all sides. - -The FORTY-SIXTH regiment had three rank and file killed, and nine -wounded. Captain William Cooper Forster and Ensign Michael Lee, -were also wounded. - -On the 12th of June the troops under Lieut.-Colonel Baldwin -Leighton, of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, carried by assault, the -enemy's post on the Vigie, on which occasion Captains John Law and -William Cooper Forster, of that regiment, were wounded:--after this -success the Lieut.-Colonel advanced into the Carib country, and -took up a position on Mount Young. - -On the 1st of August, 1795, Major-General James Henry Craig was -appointed Colonel of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, in succession to -Lieut.-General the Honorable Sir John Vaughan, K.B., deceased. - -In September, 1795, reinforcements arrived from England, consisting -of the fortieth, fifty-fourth, and fifty-ninth regiments, and -Major-General Paulus Æmilius Irving assumed the command. The enemy, -apprised of the arrival of fresh troops, retired from his position -on Fairbane's Ridge, during the night of the 30th of September. - -At three o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of October, the troops -advanced against the _Vigie_, and after a severe action, the Caribs -abandoned that post, of which possession was taken by the British. - -[Sidenote: 1796] - -After this action the British remained on the defensive, but -several attacks were made by the enemy. Major-General Peter Hunter, -after an action fought on the 8th of January, 1796, evacuated the -New Vigie, in order to provide for the safety of Fort Charlotte and -Kingston. The party from Morne Ronde was also withdrawn. - -On the 8th of June further reinforcements arrived under -Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B., and on the following -day the troops marched in one column, by the right, as far as -Stubbs, about eight miles from Kingston; each division halted that -evening opposite to their respective points of attack. The post of -_New Vigie_, an eminence on which the enemy had constructed four -redoubts, stronger by the natural difficulties of the approach, -than by the art displayed in their formation, was attacked on the -10th of June, and after a conflict of seven hours' duration, the -Caribs surrendered prisoners of war; but about six hundred broke -the capitulation, and escaped to the woods, where they joined their -friends at the farther end of the island. - -In this attack the FORTY-SIXTH had two rank and file killed, and -one wounded. - -Troops were also despatched to _Mounts Young_ and _William_, where -a number of brass ordnance, and a quantity of ammunition, &c., were -taken. - -A desultory warfare was carried on until September, when the Caribs -were forced to submit, and they were afterwards removed from the -island of St. Vincent. - -The FORTY-SIXTH regiment, which had been engaged with the Caribs, -together, and in detachments, on _thirteen_ occasions, and in -eight months had sustained a loss of four hundred men out of five -hundred and twenty, afterwards returned to England, and arrived at -Portsmouth in November, 1796. - -[Sidenote: 1797] - -[Sidenote: 1799] - -While stationed in England the regiment was successively quartered -at Doncaster, York, Henley-upon-Thames, Warminster, Poole, and -Plymouth, from which port it embarked for Ireland, towards the end -of the year 1799. - -[Sidenote: 1800] - -In the beginning of the year 1800, the regiment arrived at Cork, -and was subsequently stationed at Fermoy, Limerick, and Cork. - -[Sidenote: 1802] - -While the regiment was stationed in Ireland, a treaty of peace was -signed on the 27th of March, 1802, at Amiens, but the ambitious -designs of the French ruler occasioned the war to be renewed in -May, 1803. - -[Sidenote: 1804] - -On the 5th of January, 1804, His Majesty King George III., -appointed Lieut.-General John Whyte, from the First West India -regiment, to be colonel of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, in succession -to Lieut.-General Sir James Henry Craig, who was removed to the -eighty-sixth regiment. - -The FORTY-SIXTH regiment embarked at Cork for the West Indies, -and arrived at Barbadoes in April. In June following the regiment -proceeded to _Dominica_.[15] - -[Sidenote: 1805] - -In February, 1805, the island of Dominica was attacked by the -French, and the gallant conduct of the FORTY-SIXTH on that occasion -cannot be better recorded than by the insertion of the following -despatch, addressed to Earl Camden, K.G., one of His Majesty's -principal Secretaries of State, by Lieut.-General Sir William -Myers, Bart., commanding the troops in the Windward and Leeward -Islands:-- - - "_Barbadoes, March 9th, 1805._ - - "My LORD, - - "I have the honor to enclose to your Lordship, a copy of a - despatch from Brigadier-General Prevost, dated Dominica, 1st - of March, 1805. The details contained therein are so highly - reputable to the Brigadier-General, and the small portion of - troops employed against so numerous an enemy, that I have great - satisfaction in recommending that their gallant exertions may be - laid before His Majesty. - - "The zeal and talent manifested by the brigadier-general - upon this occasion, it is my duty to present for the royal - consideration, and at the same time I beg to be permitted to - express the high sense I entertain of the distinguished bravery - of His Majesty's troops, and the militia of the colony, employed - on that service. - - "The vigorous resistance which the enemy have experienced, and - the loss which they have sustained in this attack, must evince to - them, that however inferior our numbers were on this occasion, - British troops are not to be hostilely approached with impunity; - and had not the town of Roseau been accidentally destroyed by - fire, we should have little to regret, and much to exult in. - - "Your Lordship will perceive by the returns, that our loss in - men, compared to that of the enemy, is but trifling; but I have - sincerely to lament that of Major Nunn, of the First West India - regiment, whose wound is reported to be of a dangerous kind; he - is an excellent man, and a meritorious officer. - - "I have, &c., - (Signed) "W. MYERS. - "_Lieut.-General._" - - - "_Head Quarters, Prince Rupert's, - Dominica, March 1st, 1805._ - - "SIR, - - "About an hour before the dawn of day on the 22nd ultimo, an - alarm was fired from Scots Head, and soon after a cluster of - ships was discovered off Roseau. As our light increased, I made - out five large ships, three frigates, two brigs, and small craft - under British colours, a ship of three decks carrying a flag - at the mizen. The frigates ranging too close to Fort Young, - I ordered them to be fired on, and soon after nineteen large - barges, full of troops, appeared coming from the lee of the - other ships, attended and protected by an armed schooner, full of - men, and seven other boats carrying carronades. The English flag - was lowered, and that of the French hoisted. - - "A landing was immediately attempted on my left flank, between - the town of Roseau and the post of Cachecrow. The light infantry - of the First West India regiment were the first on the march to - support Captain Smart's company of militia, which, throughout the - day, behaved with great gallantry; it was immediately supported - by the grenadiers of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment. The first boats - were beat off, but the schooner and one of the brigs coming - close on shore, to cover the landing, compelled our troops to - occupy a better position, a defile leading to the town. At this - moment I brought up the grenadiers of the St. George's regiment - of militia, and soon after the remainder of the FORTY-SIXTH - regiment, and gave over to Major Nunn these brave troops, - with orders not to yield to the enemy one inch of ground. Two - field-pieces (an amuzette and a six-pounder), were brought into - action for their support, under the command of Serjeant Creed - of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, manned by additional gunners and - sailors. These guns, and a twenty-four pounder from Melville - battery, shook the French advancing column by the execution they - did. - - "I sent two companies of St. George's militia, under the command - of Lieut.-Colonel Constable, and a company of the FORTY-SIXTH, - to prevent the enemy from getting into the rear of the position - occupied by Major Nunn. - - "On my return I found the "Majestueuse" of 120 guns, lying - opposite to Fort Young, pouring into the town and batteries her - broadsides, followed by the other seventy-fours and frigates - doing the same. - - "Some artillery, several captains of merchantmen with their - sailors, and the militia artillery, manned five twenty-four - pounders, and three eighteens, at the fort, and five twenty-fours - at Melville battery, and returned an uninterrupted fire; from the - first post red-hot shot were thrown. At about ten o'clock, A.M., - Major Nunn, most unfortunately for His Majesty's service, whilst - faithfully executing the order I had given him, was wounded; I - fear mortally. - - "This did not discourage the brave fellows. Captain O'Connell, of - the First West India regiment, received the command and a wound - almost at the same time; however, the last circumstance could not - induce him to give up the honor of the first, and he continued - on the field animating his men, and resisting the repeated - charges of the enemy, until about one o'clock, when he obliged - them to retire from their position with great slaughter. It is - impossible for me to do justice to the merit of that officer; you - will, I doubt not, favorably report his conduct to His Majesty, - and at the same time that of Captain James, who commanded the - FORTY-SIXTH regiment, and Captain Archibald Campbell, who - commanded the grenadiers of that corps. - - "Foiled and beat off on the left, the right flank was attempted, - and a considerable force was landed near Morne Daniel. The - regulars not exceeding two hundred, employed on the left in - opposing the advance of three columns, consisting of upwards - of two thousand men, could afford me no reinforcement; I had - only the right wing of the St. George's regiment of militia to - oppose them, of about a hundred men. They attacked with spirit, - but unfortunately the frigates had stood in so close to the - shore to protect this disembarkation, that after receiving a - destructive fire, they fell back and occupied the heights of - Woodbridge estate. Then it was that a column of the enemy marched - up to Morne Daniel, and stormed the redoubt defended by a small - detachment, which, after an obstinate resistance they carried. On - my left Captain O'Connell was gaining ground, notwithstanding a - fresh supply of troops and several field-pieces, which had been - brought on shore by the enemy. I now observed a large column - climbing the mountains to get in his rear. - - "The town, which had been for some time in flames, was only - protected by a light howitzer and a six-pounder to the right, - supported by part of the light company of the St. George's - regiment. The enemy's large ships in Woodbridge Bay, out of the - reach of my guns, my right flank gained, and my retreat to Prince - Rupert's almost cut off, I determined on one attempt to keep - the sovereignty of the island, which the excellent troops I had - warranted. I ordered the militia to remain at the posts, except - such as were inclined to encounter more hardships and severe - service; and Captain O'Connell, with the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, - under the command of Captain James, and the light company of - the First West India regiment, were directed to make a forced - march to Prince Rupert's. I then allowed the President to enter - into terms for the town of Roseau; and then demanded from the - French General that private property should be respected, and - that no wanton or disgraceful pillage should be allowed; this - done, only attended by Brigade Major Prevost, and Deputy Quarter - Master-General Hopley, of the militia forces, I crossed the - island, and in twenty-four hours, with the aid of the inhabitants - and the exertions of the Caribs, I got to this garrison on - the 23rd. After four days' continued march, through the most - difficult country, I might almost say existing, Captain O'Connell - joined me at Prince Rupert's, himself wounded, and bringing in - his wounded, with a few of the royal artillery, and the precious - remainder of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, and the First West India - light company. - - "I had no sooner got to the fort, than I ordered cattle to be - driven in, and took measures for getting a store of water from - the river in the bay. I found my signals to Lieut.-Colonel - Charles Broughton, of the First West India Regiment, made from - Roseau soon after the enemy had landed, had been received, and - that, in consequence, he had made the most judicious arrangements - his garrison would allow for the defence of this important post. - - "On the 25th I received the letter of summons I have now the - honor to transmit, from General of Division La Grange, and - without delay sent the reply you will find accompanying it. - - "On the 27th the enemy's cruisers hovered about the head, - however, the "Centaur's" tender (Vigilante) came in, and was - saved by our guns. I landed Mr. Henderson, her commander, and - crew, to assist in the defence we were prepared to make. - - "As far as can be collected, the enemy had about four thousand - men on board, and the whole of their force was compelled to - disembark before they gained one inch of ground. - - "I entrust this despatch to Captain O'Connell, to whom I beg to - refer you; his services entitle him to consideration. I am much - indebted to the zeal and discernment of Fort Adjutant Gualy, who - was very accessary to the due execution of my orders. - - "I cannot pass unnoticed the very soldier-like conduct of - Lieutenant Wallis of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, to whom I had - entrusted the post of Cachecrow, or Scots Head: on perceiving - our retreat he spiked his guns, destroyed his ammunition, and - immediately commenced his march to join me at Prince Rupert's - with his detachment: nor that of Lieutenant Schaw of the same - corps, who acted as an officer of artillery, and behaved with - uncommon coolness and judgment, while on the battery, and great - presence of mind in securing the retreat of the additional - gunners belonging to the FORTY-SIXTH regiment. On the 27th, after - levying a contribution on Roseau, the enemy reimbarked, and - hovered that day and the next about this post. This morning the - French fleet is seen off the south end of Guadaloupe, under easy - sail. - - "Our loss, you will perceive by the returns I have the honor to - transmit, was inconsiderable, when compared with that of the - enemy, which included several officers of rank, and about three - hundred others. - - "I have, &c., - (Signed) "GEO. PREVOST. - - "_Lieut.-General Sir William - Myers, Bart., &c. &c. &c._" - - "P.S. As I find I cannot spare Captain O'Connell from the duty - of this garrison, I must refer you to the master of a neutral - vessel, who has engaged to deliver this despatch." - - -(TRANSLATION.) - - "From the General of Division La Grange, &c., to his Excellency - General Prevost, &c. - - "_Head Quarters at Roseau, - the 5th Ventôse, Year 13th, Feb. 25th, 1805._ - - "The General of Division La Grange, Grand Officer of the - Legion of Honor, Inspector-General of the Gendarmerie, - Commander-in-Chief of the troops of the expedition to the Leeward - Islands: - - "GENERAL,-- - - "Before I commence any military operations against the fort, - into which it appears that you have retired, I shall fulfil a - preliminary duty authorised and practised by civilized nations. - You are aware, no less than myself, of the nature of your - position, and of the entire inutility of occasioning any further - effusion of blood. You witnessed with grief the melancholy fate - of the town of Roseau; my first endeavours on entering it were to - issue orders for stopping the progress of the conflagration; but, - unfortunately, considerable destruction had already taken place. - - "The want of necessaries is ever attended with the most cruel - consequences, the evils of which can easily be calculated; this - consideration alone is more than sufficient, without reference to - the particular circumstances in which you are placed, to induce - you to accept the honorable conditions that I am ready to grant - you, and thus to preserve the interesting inhabitants of this - colony from fresh calamities, which are inseparable from the - occurrences of war. - - "I beg you, General, to make me an early communication of your - answer, and in the meantime to receive the assurance of the high - esteem which I entertain for you. - - "I have, &c., - (Signed) "LA GRANGE." - - -(ANSWER.) - - "_Head Quarters, Prince Rupert's - February 25th, 1805._ - - "SIR, - - "I have the honor to say I received your letter. My duty to my - King and country is so superior to every other consideration, - that I have only to thank you for the observations you have been - pleased to make, on the often inevitable consequences of war. - Give me leave, individually, to express the greatest gratitude - for your humanity and kind treatment of my wife and children; and - at the same time to request a continuance thereof, not only to - her and them, but towards every other object you may meet with. - - "I have, &c., - (Signed) "GEO. PREVOST." - - Return of the killed and wounded in the actions of the 22nd of - February, 1805, at Point Michael, Morne Daniel, and Roseau, in - the Island of Dominica. - - Royal Artillery;--three rank and file wounded; one captain, one - serjeant, and six rank and file taken by the enemy. - - FORTY-SIXTH regiment;--one serjeant, one drummer, and ten rank - and file killed; one captain, and seven rank and file wounded. - - First West India regiment;--nine rank and file killed; one field - officer, one captain, and eight rank and file wounded. - - _Total killed_;--one serjeant, one drummer, and nineteen rank and - file. - - _Total wounded_;--one field officer, two captains, and eighteen - rank and file. - - Taken by the enemy;--one captain, one serjeant and six rank and - file. - - - _Names of Officers Wounded._ - - Captain Colin Campbell, FORTY-SIXTH regiment; Major Nunn and - Captain O'Connell, First West India regiment. - - N. B. Three sailors wounded, exclusive of the militia, from which - no return has been received, but whose loss was considerable. - - (Signed) JAMES PREVOST. - _Major of Brigade._ - -The Royal authority was afterwards received for the FORTY-SIXTH to -bear the word "DOMINICA" on the regimental colour and appointments, -"as a distinguished mark of the good conduct and exemplary valour -displayed by that regiment in the defence of the Island of -Dominica, against a very superior French force, on the 22nd of -February, 1805." - -[Sidenote: 1806] - -In the beginning of May, 1806, the "Dominica" armed sloop was -cut from her anchorage by her own crew, and taken from Dominica -into Guadaloupe: early on the morning of the 6th of May, a large -schooner, a row-boat full of troops, and the "Dominica" sloop, were -discovered making out from the land, and Major-General Stair Park -Dalrymple perceiving they were suspicious, and evidently enemy's -vessels, ordered detachments from the FORTY-SIXTH regiment to be -instantly embarked on board the "Duke of Montrose" packet, Captain -Dynely, who had volunteered his services, and another on board a -small colonial sloop. Lieutenant James Wallis, of the FORTY-SIXTH, -was appointed to take command of the first detachment, and under -him Lieut. Benjamin Forster and forty men; Lieutenant Andrew -Hamilton commanded the second detachment on board the sloop. Both -were successful; the "Duke of Montrose" chased the schooner from -ten A.M. until four P.M., when she engaged within musket-shot for -three-quarters of an hour. The schooner then hove up, and again -endeavoured to escape. On the packet's overhauling fast, and being -about to board her, she surrendered. The schooner proved to be the -French national schooner _L'Impérial_, having on board General -Dumareau and eighty soldiers, and carried one large gun amidships, -which was well served during the action. Lieutenant Andrew Hamilton -also proved successful in capturing the row-boat. - -For these services the officers and men received the unqualified -approbation of Lieut.-General Henry Bowyer, commanding the forces -in the West Indies, and of Major-General Dalrymple, for having -so handsomely supported the honor of their corps by their zeal, -courage, and steady discipline. - -[Sidenote: 1808] - -In 1808 an expedition was assembled at Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, for -the reduction of the French island of _Martinique_,[16] and the -flank companies of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment were selected to form -part of the expedition. The land forces were under Lieut.-General -George Beckwith, and the navy was commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir -Alexander Cochrane, K.B. - -[Sidenote: 1809] - -The fleet left Carlisle Bay on the 28th of January, 1809, and -arrived off the island of _Martinique_ in two days. On the 30th, -the troops landed in two divisions; the first division at Bay -Robert under Lieut.-General Sir George Prevost, and the second -division, commanded by Major-General Maitland, near St. Luce and -Point Solomon. Both divisions were actively engaged in operations -for the reduction of the island. St. Pierre surrendered on the 8th -of February, to Lieut.-Colonel Edward Barnes of the FORTY-SIXTH -regiment, who commanded a brigade in the army employed in this -expedition. - -The flank companies of the FORTY-SIXTH composed part of the flank -battalion under Major Richard Payne, of the regiment, at the siege -of _Fort Royal_. - -The reduction of _Fort Desaix_ (or Fort Bourbon) by the first -division of the army, which was effected on the 24th of February, -completed the reduction of _Martinique_, and the flank companies -rejoined the regiment at Dominica. - -[Sidenote: 1810] - -In 1810, the flank companies of the regiment were selected to form -part of an expedition under Lieut.-General Sir George Beckwith, -K.B., against the island of _Guadaloupe_, which had been restored -to the French at the Peace of Amiens. The expedition arrived before -the island in January, 1810. - -The grenadiers composed part of the First Grenadier Battalion, -and the light company that of the Second Light Battalion. On the -3rd of February the grenadiers were engaged in the attack on the -enemy's post at _Bellair_, on the heights of Saint Louis, on -which occasion the following report was made in the despatches -of Brigadier-General George Harcourt to Lieut.-General Sir George -Beckwith, commanding the forces in the West Indies. - - "_Post Bellair, Morne St. Louis, - 7th February, 1810._ - - "Where all deserve so much praise, it is difficult to - discriminate, but the good fortune of the grenadiers of the - FORTY-SIXTH regiment, under Captain Alexander Ogilvie, and of - the First Light Infantry Battalion, under Lieut.-Colonel David - Stewart, brought their merits conspicuously forward. They in - truth behaved most admirably. - - (Signed) "G. HARCOURT, - "_Brigadier-General_, - "_Commanding Second Division._" - -The regiment had three rank and file killed, and one serjeant and -eight rank and file wounded. - -[Sidenote: 1811] - -The FORTY-SIXTH having been much reduced in numbers during -the arduous services of the regiment in the West Indies, the -head-quarters embarked on board the "Earl" transport, on the 13th -of November, 1811, for England, and arrived at Liverpool on the -13th of December, from whence they marched to Kingsbridge, in -Devonshire.[17] - -Four companies of the regiment, about two hundred strong, -continued to serve in the West Indies after the departure of the -head-quarters. - -[Sidenote: 1812] - -On the 18th of March 1812, the FORTY-SIXTH regiment embarked on -board the "Nautilus" transport at Plymouth for Jersey, and arrived -in St. Aubin's Bay on the 11th of April, when it marched to -Grouville, in the eastern division of the island, the head-quarters -being stationed at Mont Orgueil Castle. - -In June 1812, the four companies which had been left in the West -Indies, arrived at Portsmouth in the "Shipley" transport, and -proceeded, without landing, to Jersey. A few officers and men, who -came home from the West Indies in the "John Tobin" merchantman, -arrived in the same month at Liverpool, and proceeded to the -regiment at Jersey. - -[Sidenote: 1813] - -On the 11th of June 1813, the regiment embarked on board the -"Preston" transport for Portsmouth, and after its arrival at -Spithead, received orders to proceed to Cowes, in the Isle of -Wight. It disembarked at that place on the 16th of the same month, -and proceeded to Sandown barracks, where the regiment remained -until August following, when it received orders to proceed to New -South Wales. - -The regiment embarked on the 23rd of August 1813, on board the -"Wyndham," "Three Bees," and "General Hewitt" transports, and -arrived at New South Wales in February 1814. - -[Sidenote: 1814] - -On the 31st of May 1814, the regiment was inspected by -Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, who expressed his satisfaction at -its appearance in General Orders, dated-- - - "_Head-Quarters, Sydney, - 31st May, 1814._ - - "The Commander of the Forces having inspected His Majesty's - FORTY-SIXTH regiment, commanded by Colonel Molle, this forenoon, - is happy to express publicly his approbation of the clean and - soldier-like appearance of that corps under arms, as well as the - uniformity of dress, both of officers and men. - - "The advance of the corps in line was excellent, and the - distances in formation were well preserved, and had the weather - permitted of movements, the Major-General doubts not they would - have been equally well performed. - - "L. MACQUARIE, - "_Major-General_." - -The regiment was again inspected by Major-General Macquarie on -the 21st of November following, when its appearance and movements -elicited the Major-General's commendation. - -[Sidenote: 1815] - -In May 1815, Serjeant Robert Broadfoot and six privates were sent -from the detachment of the regiment stationed at Hobart Town, -Van Diemen's Land, into the interior of the colony, in order to -suppress a gang of bushrangers, which infested that settlement, and -had by their atrocious deeds become the terror of the inhabitants. -The party succeeded in taking two of the principals, named Maguire -and Burne, who were tried and executed. The serjeant and his party -received the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, and the thanks of -Lieut.-Governor Davy for their conduct on the occasion. - -In May and October 1815, the regiment was inspected by -Major-General Macquarie, who again expressed his entire approval of -its appearance and movements. - -While the regiment was stationed in New South Wales, the war, in -which the European powers had been engaged, was ended by the defeat -of Napoleon Bonaparte on the plains of WATERLOO, and a lengthend -period of peace has been the result of that victory. - -[Sidenote: 1816] - -Early in February 1816, Corporal Justin McCarthy and seven privates -were sent in pursuit of bushrangers, and on the 5th of April -following, they succeeded in taking two of them, both of whom were -executed. - -Lieut.-General Henry Wynyard was appointed Colonel of the -FORTY-SIXTH regiment on the 1st of April 1816, in succession to -General John Whyte, deceased. - -In the early part of April 1816, the flank companies of the -regiment were detached into the interior of New South Wales, and -received in General Orders the thanks of Major-General Macquarie, -Commanding the Forces, for their arduous services in pursuing into -the interior, and reducing the aborigines to a state of obedience. -Captain Schaw commanded the light company, and Captain Wallis the -grenadiers. - - "_Head Quarters, Sydney, - Tuesday, 7th May, 1816._ - - "GENERAL ORDERS. - - "Captains Schaw and Wallis having returned to head-quarters, - with the detachments of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment under their - respective commands, recently employed against the hostile black - natives, and having executed the service they were thus employed - on to the entire approbation of His Excellency the Governor and - Commander of the Forces, he requests Captains Schaw and Wallis - will accept his best thanks for their zealous exertions, and - strict attention to the fulfilling of the instructions on this - delicate but very important service. - - "The Commander of the Forces also requests that Captains Schaw - and Wallis will convey to the officers, non-commissioned - officers, and privates of their respective detachments, his best - thanks for their zeal and activity, and for the patience with - which they endured a great deal of marching and fatigue, through - a very rough and intricate country during the said service. - - (Signed) "L. MACQUARIE, - "_Major-General_." - -In July 1816, Serjeant Broadfoot, and sixteen rank and file were -detached from the head-quarters of the corps at Sydney into the -interior of the country, to protect the inhabitants from the -natives, and were employed on this service until December of the -same year, during which period their conduct was such as to call -forth the thanks of Major-General Macquarie, from whom Serjeant -Broadfoot received a certificate approving of his "_zeal and -activity during his services against the natives_." - -After chasing the bushrangers for six months, Corporal McCarthy -and his party, in July, came up with the main body, consisting of -eleven desperate characters, and headed by a deserter from the -seventy-third regiment, named Geary. They were all armed, each with -a musket and a brace of pistols, and well supplied with ammunition. -The corporal and his men, now reduced to five, engaged them for an -hour and a half, when the leader of the bushrangers being mortally -wounded, his followers endeavoured to escape; two, however, were -taken, tried, and executed. The corporal and his men received one -hundred pounds for Geary, and twenty-five pounds for each of the -other two, and were highly recommended by Lieut.-Governor Sorrell -for their zeal, courage, and perseverance. - -On the 10th of August following, this small party again came up -with the remainder of the banditti. Their leader was shot during -the action, and another of his followers was wounded, and made -prisoner. - -[Sidenote: 1817] - -On the 8th of September, 1817, the regiment embarked in three -divisions at Sydney Cove on board the "Matilda," "Lloyd," and -"Dick" transports, and arrived at Madras on the 16th of December -following. On the 29th of that month the regiment marched for -Vellore. - -[Sidenote: 1818] - -The regiment arrived at Vellore on the 8th of January, 1818, and on -the 26th of September following proceeded from thence _en route_ to -the Presidency of Madras, and arrived at Fort Saint George on the -12th of October. - -Previously to the FORTY-SIXTH quitting Vellore an Order was issued -by Colonel Hall, commanding the troops at that garrison, in which -he stated "that during the period the regiment had been in the -garrison, he had not had occasion to confine or pass a censure -on any rank," and then added, "that a stronger proof cannot be -offered of the excellent interior arrangement and discipline of the -corps." - -[Sidenote: 1820] - -On the 1st of July, 1820, the regiment commenced its march from -Fort Saint George for Bellary, in the Ceded Districts, and arrived -at that station on the 10th of August following. - -A detachment of the regiment, consisting of two captains, five -lieutenants, two ensigns, one assistant surgeon, twenty serjeants, -four drummers, and four hundred rank and file, marched from -Bellary, for Belgaum, on field service in the Doab, on the 1st of -October, 1820, and arrived at its destination on the 23rd of that -month. - -[Sidenote: 1821] - -[Sidenote: 1823] - -During the years 1821, 1822, and 1823, the head-quarters of the -regiment continued to be stationed at Bellary. - -[Sidenote: 1824] - -On the 31st of October, 1824, a detachment of the regiment, -consisting of one captain, four lieutenants, eight serjeants, nine -corporals, two drummers, and a hundred and forty-four privates, -under the command of Captain Charles Dawe, proceeded from Bellary -towards the southern Mahratta country, and was joined on the 10th -of November by a second detachment of the FORTY-SIXTH from Belgaum, -under the command of Captain William Nairn, consisting of one -captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, five serjeants and one hundred -rank and file. - -The remainder of the detachment from Belgaum, under the command -of Major (Brevet-Lieut. Colonel) Thomas Willshire, joined the -above, on the 2nd of December, before the Fort of _Kittoor_, which -place was in a state of insurrection. The fort being reduced, the -detachment from Belgaum returned to that station on the 15th of -December, leaving the detachment under Captain Dawe before Kittoor. - -On the 16th of December, 1824, the following Division Order was -issued by Major-General Hall, commanding the ceded districts, on -his inspecting the regiment:-- - - "_Head Quarters, Ceded Districts, - Bellary, 16th December, 1824._ - - "The recent review and inspection of His Majesty's FORTY-SIXTH - regiment has afforded Major-General Hall an opportunity of - witnessing the very efficient state of that corps, and of - expressing his unqualified satisfaction with the result of his - enquiries, the whole of which tend greatly to the credit of the - commanding officer, Major Wallis. - - "The Major-General will have a pleasing part of his duty - to perform in reporting the present state of His Majesty's - FORTY-SIXTH regiment. - - "By order of Major-General Hall, - (Signed) "B. MCMASTER, - "_Acting Brigade Major, Ceded Districts_." - -[Sidenote: 1825] - -On the 7th of February 1825, the grenadier company, and -head-quarters of the regiment, marched from Bellary for Cannanore, -under the command of Major James Wallis, leaving two companies at -Bellary. The detachment under Captain Dawe marched on the same -day from Kittoor to Belgaum, where it was joined by two other -companies, and proceeded from Belgaum to Vengoolah on the 16th -of February, the whole under the command of Captain Alexander -Campbell, and embarked at that port for Cannanore, where they -arrived on the 28th of that month. The head-quarters of the -regiment arrived at Cannanore on the 17th of March, under the -command of Major Wallis, Lieut.-Colonel Archibald Campbell (the -senior Lieut.-Colonel), having been appointed to the command of the -provinces of Malabar and Canara. - -The remainder of the regiment marched from Belgaum under the -command of Major (Brevet Lieut.-Colonel) Willshire, for Bellary, -and arrived at that station on the 18th of March, 1825. - -[Sidenote: 1826] - -The following Provincial Order was issued by Lieut.-Colonel -Campbell, commanding the provinces of Malabar and Canara, on the -inspection and review of the regiment at Cannanore on the 31st of -May, 1826:-- - - "_Head Quarters, Malabar and Canara, - Cannanore, 31st May, 1826._ - - "Lieut.-Colonel Campbell cannot permit the present half-yearly - inspection and review of His Majesty's FORTY-SIXTH regiment to - pass over without expressing to Major Wallis, and the officers - and men under his command, the high sense he entertains of the - improved state of discipline and order of the regiment, in every - respect, of which he will not fail to make the most favorable - report.[18] - - "It is with heartfelt regret the Lieut.-Colonel has learnt, that - the FORTY-SIXTH regiment is likely soon to lose the valuable - services of Major Wallis, who has ever been enthusiastic in doing - all which could contribute to the advantage and credit of the - corps, and whose ability, zeal, and talents in command of it, are - evinced by the perfection to which he has brought the regiment - in the revised system of discipline, and the excellent state of - its interior economy. - - "After an intimate friendship of twenty-three years, as a brother - officer, Lieut.-Colonel Campbell trusts he may be permitted thus - publicly to express his sentiments of Major Wallis's merits - and worth, and to lament the loss which he, individually, must - sustain, when deprived of the cordial, zealous, and able support - that has invariably been afforded to him by this meritorious - officer. - - "When Major Wallis withdraws from the active duties of his - profession, he will be accompanied in his retirement by the most - fervent wishes of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell for his future - welfare, happiness, and prosperity. - - "By order, - (Signed) "A. H. COLBERG, _Captain_, - "_Major of Brigade_." - -The detached wing of the regiment, under the command of -Lieut.-Colonel Willshire, marched from Bellary on the 22nd of July, -1826, and arrived at Secunderabad on the 21st of August following. - -The head-quarters, under the command of Captain William Mallet, -marched from Cannanore on the 2nd of November, 1826, and arrived at -Secunderabad on the 12th of January, 1827. - -[Sidenote: 1827] - -The regiment remained at Secunderabad during 1827, and the five -following years. - -[Sidenote: 1829] - -On the 24th of June 1829, instructions were received for reducing -the establishment of the regiment, from the 25th of the previous -December, to the following numbers; namely, forty-five serjeants, -fourteen drummers, and seven hundred and forty rank and file. - -[Sidenote: 1832] - -Arrangements having been made for the relief of the FORTY-SIXTH -regiment, a General Order was issued permitting the soldiers to -volunteer to other corps serving in India. The volunteering was -opened at Secunderabad on the 9th of November, and was finally -closed on the 17th of December, 1832, when two hundred and -thirty-seven men had volunteered their services to other regiments -of His Majesty's service stationed in the Madras Presidency. - -[Sidenote: 1833] - -The regiment afterwards proceeded to Masulipatam, where it arrived -on the 17th of January 1833, and while on the march the following -General Order by the Right Honorable the Governor in Council was -received: - - "_Fort Saint George, - 4th December, 1832._ - - "The Right Honorable the Governor in Council cannot permit His - Majesty's FORTY-SIXTH regiment to embark for England, without - expressing his approbation of its conduct during the period which - it has been employed on this establishment. - - "To Colonel Campbell, C.B., Aide-de-camp to the King, the Right - Honorable the Governor in Council considers himself particularly - indebted, for the temper and judgment with which he has exercised - the several important commands which have been entrusted to him - by Government, and he attributes, in a great measure, to the - example of Colonel Campbell, and the officers of His Majesty's - FORTY-SIXTH regiment, the cordiality and good feeling which has - at all times prevailed between the several branches of the army - at stations where the regiment has been employed. - - "By order of the Right Honorable - "The Governor in Council, - (Signed) "ROBERT CLERK, - "_Secretary to Government_." - -Four companies of the regiment, consisting of one captain, -two lieutenants, two ensigns, one assistant surgeon, thirteen -serjeants, four drummers, and one hundred and sixty-seven rank -and file, under the command of Captain Donald Stuart, embarked -at Madras, on board the "Red Rover" on the 4th of March 1833, -disembarked at Gravesend on the 25th of August 1833, and marched to -Canterbury barracks, where they arrived on the 28th of August, and -were consolidated with the depôt company. - -The head-quarters of the regiment, consisting of two captains, -four lieutenants, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one assistant -surgeon, twenty-three serjeants, seven drummers, and two hundred -and sixteen rank and file, under the command of Captain Robert -Martin, embarked at Masulipatam on the 5th of March 1833, -disembarked at Margate and Whitstable on the 6th and 7th of -September, from whence they marched to Canterbury. - -Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., being in command of the Hyderabad -Subsidiary Force, was not relieved from that duty in time to -proceed with the regiment, but embarked at Madras on the 18th -of March 1833, and arrived at Portsmouth on the 18th of August -following. - -One company of the regiment, consisting of two lieutenants, four -serjeants, two drummers, and sixty-eight rank and file, under the -command of Lieutenant James Taylor, embarked at Madras on the 27th -of May 1833, disembarked at Gravesend on the 28th of September, and -marched from thence to join the head-quarters of the regiment at -Canterbury. - -On the 12th of November the following letter was addressed by -the Adjutant-General to Colonel Campbell, in reference to the -distinction of _Red Feathers_, conferred upon the light company for -its share in the attack upon General Wayne on the 20th of September -1777, as narrated at page 24. - - "_Horse Guards, - 12th November, 1833._ - - "SIR, - - "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter - of the 1st instant, and to signify to you that, under all the - circumstances stated, the General Commanding-in-Chief will - undertake to recommend to His Majesty, that the distinction - mentioned may be continued to the light company of the - FORTY-SIXTH regiment, and will, accordingly, submit that the - company be allowed to wear a _Red Ball Tuft_. - - "I have, &c., - (Signed) "JOHN MACDONALD, - "_Adjutant-General_. - - "_Colonel Campbell_, - "FORTY-SIXTH _regiment_." - -[Sidenote: 1834] - -On the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd of April 1834, the regiment proceeded -from Canterbury to Weedon, where it arrived in the beginning of May. - -In September following, the regiment marched from Weedon to -Liverpool for embarkation for Ireland, and arrived at Dublin on the -3rd of October. The regiment subsequently proceeded to Newry. - -[Sidenote: 1835] - -The head-quarters marched on the 30th of January 1835, from Newry -for Belfast, where they arrived on the 2nd of February. While -stationed at Belfast, the regiment furnished several detachments to -aid the civil power. - -[Sidenote: 1836] - -The regiment, under the command of Colonel Archibald Campbell, -C.B., marched from Belfast for Enniskillen on the 16th of May 1836, -and was again ordered to furnish detachments in aid of the civil -power. In October following, the regiment marched from Enniskillen -for Dublin. - -[Sidenote: 1837] - -Orders having been received to hold the FORTY-SIXTH regiment in -readiness for foreign service, it was formed into six _service_ -and four _depôt_ companies. The service companies, under the -command of Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., proceeded to Cork in -September 1837, and the head-quarters embarked at the Cove of Cork, -on the 26th of that month, on board the "Prince Regent" transport. -The remaining three companies, under the command of Major Robert -Garrett, embarked on the 5th of October on board the "Arab" -transport; the former arrived at Gibraltar on the 18th of October, -and the latter in November. - -[Sidenote: 1838] - -On the 6th of April 1838, Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, K.C.B., -was removed from the sixty-eighth to the Colonelcy of the -FORTY-SIXTH regiment, in succession to General Henry Wynyard, -deceased. - -In June 1838, the depôt companies embarked at Kinsale for England, -and arrived at Plymouth on the 27th of that month. - -[Sidenote: 1839] - -On the 1st of August 1839, Lieut.-General John Ross was appointed, -from the ninety-eighth, to be Colonel of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, -in succession to Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, who was removed to -the forty-third regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1841] - -The depôt companies embarked at Plymouth for Jersey on the 5th of -August 1839; and in June 1841 proceeded to Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1842] - -On the 20th of January 1842, the service companies embarked at -Gibraltar for Barbadoes, in the "Java" transport, and arrived at -their destination on the 25th of February. They were afterwards -encamped on the Savannah until the 18th of April. Upon the -embarkation of the fifty-second regiment, the FORTY-SIXTH moved -into the Stone Barracks, but, on the fever breaking out, encamped -on the 2nd of December at the Naval Hospital. - -[Sidenote: 1843] - -On the 15th of January, 1843, the head-quarters, under the command -of Captain Child, embarked on board the "Dee" steamer for St. -Vincent, where they arrived on the 16th of that month, and marched -to Fort Charlotte. The other companies were stationed at St. Lucia, -Dominica, and Berbice. - -The grenadier company at Berbice suffered severely from yellow -fever, and also the head-quarters, which were compelled to leave -Fort Charlotte, and encamp at Townan's-pasture, about three miles -distant. - -Her Majesty was pleased to appoint General the Earl of Stair, from -the ninety-second, to be Colonel of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, on -the 31st of May, 1843, in succession to Lieut.-General John Ross, -C.B., deceased. - -[Sidenote: 1844] - -On the 15th of October, 1844, the head-quarters sailed from St. -Vincent for Barbadoes, where the grenadier company had also -arrived. The companies from Dominica and St. Lucia arrived at -Barbadoes in December. - -[Sidenote: 1845] - -The regiment embarked on the 3rd of February, 1845, on board the -"Resistance" for Nova Scotia, and disembarked at Halifax on the -25th of that month, when it was quartered in the South Barracks. - -On the 7th of July, 1845, the regiment embarked, on board the troop -ship "Apollo," for Canada East, and anchored at Quebec on the 20th, -when it was transhipped into the "Canada" steamer on the 22nd, -and arrived at Montreal on the 23rd of July; the regiment then -proceeded in the "Prince Albert" steamer for La Prairie, about nine -miles from Montreal. - -[Sidenote: 1846] - -The regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Garrett, K.H., -proceeded on the 9th of October, 1846, to Kingston, in Canada West, -and occupied the _Tête-de-Pont_ Barracks. - -[Sidenote: 1847] - -On the 25th of September, 1847, the head-quarters of the regiment, -under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Garrett, K.H., proceeded from -Kingston in the "Highlander" steamer, and was followed on the next -day by the second division, under the command of Major Robert -Campbell, in the "Passport" steamer, for Montreal, on passage for -Quebec, where, on arrival, the regiment was immediately transhipped -to the "Belle-Isle," and proceeded to Nova Scotia, where it arrived -on the 16th of October. - -[Sidenote: 1848] - -The service companies of the regiment, under the command of -Lieut.-Colonel Garrett, K.H., embarked on board the ship -"Herefordshire," for England, on the 8th of April, 1848, and -arrived at Portsmouth on the 8th of May. The service companies -proceeded to Dover, where they were joined by the depôt companies -from Guernsey, under Major John Maclean. - -In July, 1848, the regiment proceeded to Liverpool, and afterwards -marched into camp at Everton. On the 29th of September the -head-quarters were removed to Chester, and in December proceeded to -Liverpool. - -[Sidenote: 1850] - -[Sidenote: 1851] - -On the 16th of April, 1850, the head-quarters and four companies -proceeded from Liverpool to Hull, where the regiment, under the -command of Lieut.-Colonel Robert Garrett, K.H., was stationed on -the 1st of April, 1851, the date to which the present record has -been continued. - - - - -CONCLUSION. - - -The scene of the principal active services of the FORTY-SIXTH -regiment, from its formation in 1741, until the present period, has -been limited to _North America_ and the _West India Islands_. - -After the unsuccessful attach on _Fort Ticonderago_ in July, -1758, the regiment shared in the capture of _Fort Niagara_ on the -25th of July, 1759, and of other forts in Canada, which led to -the surrender of _Montreal_ on the 8th of September, 1760; and -thus completed the conquest of that country,--_Quebec_ having -been acquired, in September of the preceding year, by the troops -detached under Major-General Wolfe. - -In February, 1762, the regiment shared in the capture of -_Martinique_, which was followed by the reduction of _Grenada_, -_St. Lucia_, and _St. Vincent_; and in August following was present -at the conquest of the _Havannah_, which last acquisition was -restored to Spain at the Peace of 1763. - -The regiment embarked in 1776, for _North America_, and shared in -several actions of the war with the United States until November, -1778, when it proceeded to the _West Indies_, and participated in -the capture of _St. Lucia_ in December following. - -During the years 1795 and 1796, the regiment was employed in -the campaign against the Caribs in _St. Vincent_, a severe and -harassing service. - -While other regiments had the opportunity of encountering the -French legions in other parts of the world, the FORTY-SIXTH was -employed in protecting the colonial possessions of Great Britain; -how efficiently this duty was performed is testified by the word -"DOMINICA," conferred by Royal authority, for the gallant defence -made by the regiment against a very superior French force on the -22nd of February, 1805. The language of Lieut.-General Sir John -Hope, when reporting the battle of _Corunna_, is alike applicable -to the conduct of the troops at _Dominica_, for there, as at the -former place,-- - - "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 flank companies of the FORTY-SIXTH formed part of the troops -which reduced _Martinique_ in February, 1809, and thus the services -of the regiment were a _second_ time connected with the conquest of -that island. - -In 1810, the flank companies of the regiment shared in the -reduction of _Guadaloupe_, and were honorably mentioned in the -despatches. - -In 1811, the regiment arrived in England from the _West Indies_, -and in 1813 embarked for New South Wales, from which country it -proceeded, in 1817, to the East Indies, and returned to Great -Britain in 1833. - -The regiment embarked for Gibraltar in 1837; proceeded to the -_West Indies_ in 1842, and to _North America_ in 1845, whence it -returned, in 1848, to England. - -Services of the foregoing description, combined with excellent -conduct in quarters at home and abroad, during a period of upwards -of a century, have deservedly acquired for the regiment the -approbation of the Sovereign, and the confidence of the Nation. - - - ------ - 1851 - ------ - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[6] The "_Pragmatic Sanction_" was published by the Emperor -Charles the Sixth on the 17th of April, 1713, whereby, in case -of his having no male issue, his daughters were to succeed to -his hereditary dominions, in preference to the sons of his late -brother, Joseph the First. - -[7] The _ten_ regiments of Marines took rank in the regular Army, -and were numbered from the _Forty-fourth_ to the _Fifty-third_ -regiment:--The _seven_ additional regiments of Infantry, raised -in January 1741, were numbered from the _Fifty-fourth_ to the -_Sixtieth_ regiment. - -[8] _James Francis Edward_, "_The Pretender_," son of _James II._, -and of _Mary_, his second wife, daughter of the Duke of Modena, was -born on the 10th June, 1688. He married, in 1719, Mary Clementina, -daughter of Prince James Sobieski, and granddaughter of John -Sobieski, King of Poland. He died on the 1st June, 1766, (aged 78 -years), leaving issue two sons:-- - -1. _Charles Edward Louis Cassimir_, termed in England "_The Young -Pretender_;" born on the 30th November, 1720, who married the -Princess Stohlberg of Germany, and died at Rome, without issue, on -the 31st January, 1788. - -2. _Henry Benedict_, called _The Cardinal York_; born on the 24th -March, 1725. When the last grand effort for the restoration of his -family, in 1745, proved abortive, he took holy orders, and was -elevated to the purple by Pope Benedict XIV. in 1747, and died at -Rome in 1807. The Cardinal was the last male branch of the House of -Stuart. - -[9] _Preston_, contracted from _Priests' town_, the early -proprietors of the soil being the monks of Holyrood and Newbattle, -who erected on the sea-shore _pans_ for the manufacture of salt, -from which circumstance it received the name of _Preston-Pans_. - -[10] _Return of the Officers and Men in each regiment of Infantry -on the day of the Battle of Culloden_:-- - - Serjeants, - Officers. Drummers, - and Rank - and File. - - Royal Scots now 1st Foot 26 455 - Lieut.-General Howard's regiment " 3rd " 16 448 - " Barrell's " " 4th " 20 353 - Major-General Wolfe's " " 8th " 22 352 - " Pulteney's " " 13th " 22 352 - Brigadier-General Price's " " 14th " 23 336 - " Bligh's " " 20th " 20 447 - Major-General Campbell's " " 21st " 19 393 - Brig.-General Lord Semple's " " 25th " 23 392 - Major-General Blakeney's " " 27th " 20 336 - Brig.-General Cholmondeley's " 34th " 24 435 - " Fleming's " " 36th " 26 389 - Colonel Battereau's " " (disbanded) 27 396 - " Dejean's " " 37th regt. 23 468 - " Conway's " " 48th " 24 362 - --- ----- - Total 335 5,914 - --- ----- - -[11] The _seven_ regiments, raised in 1741, were numbered as shown -in the following list, and the _Numerical titles_ of six of them, -which have since been retained on the establishment of the army, -were changed after the Peace of 1748, as specified, viz.:-- - - 54th regt., com. by Col. Thomas Fowke, now the 43rd regt. - 55th " " James Long " 44th " - 56th " " D. Houghton " 45th " - 57th " " John Price " 46th " - 58th " " J. Mordaunt " 47th " - 59th " " J. Cholmondeley " 48th " - 60th " " H. De Grangue disbanded in 1748. - - -[12] Cape Breton was captured by the troops under Lieut.-General -Amherst, on the 26th of July, 1758. - -[13] _Ticonderoga_, or _Ticonderago_, was the name of a fort -built, in 1756, by the French in Canada, on the north side of a -peninsula, for communication between Lakes George and Champlain. -The fort afterwards became a heap of ruins, and formed an appendage -to a farm. Its name is derived from a word in the Indian language, -signifying _Noisy_. In 1759, the fort was captured by the British, -and in 1775 it was surprised by the Americans, but was retaken by -Major-General Burgoyne in July 1777. - -[14] It was in this action at St. Lucia that the fifth foot -acquired the privilege of wearing a _white plume_ in the cap, -instead of the red and white tuft worn by the other regiments -of the line: the FORTY-SIXTH regiment had already obtained the -distinction of _red feathers_, under the circumstances stated at -page 25. - -[15] The island of Dominica was reduced by a British armament in -June 1761, and was retained by Great Britain by the conditions of -the Treaty of Peace which was concluded at Paris on the 10th of -February, 1763. Dominica was taken by the French in September 1778, -but was restored to Great Britain at the Peace of 1783. - -[16] Martinique was captured by the British in 1762, but was -restored to France by the Peace of Fontainebleau, concluded in the -following year. It was again captured in 1794, but was restored -to France at the Peace of Amiens in 1802. Martinique was captured -in 1809 for the third time, and was again restored to the French -nation at the Peace of 1814. - -[17] Captain Archibald Campbell, on his return from the West -Indies in 1811, obtained the permission of His Royal Highness the -Duke of York to proceed to Portugal, for the purpose of offering -his services to Marshal Sir William Carr Beresford, which being -accepted, he served from September 1811 until 1814 with the -Portuguese troops in the fifth division of the British army; and -was, in 1812, promoted to the rank of major. He was present in the -battles of _Salamanca_ and _Vittoria_; in the latter of which he -commanded the advance of his brigade, consisting of every third -file; when he, and two captains, under his command, were severely -wounded; his conduct on the occasion was mentioned in the orders -issued after the action by Major-General Spry, who commanded the -brigade. Major Archibald Campbell commanded the 15th Portuguese -infantry in the affairs of crossing the _Bidassoa_ into France, -forcing the enemy's lines on the _Nive_, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th -of December 1813, on which occasion he was promoted for his conduct -to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Portuguese service, and -his name was mentioned in General Orders by Marshal Beresford; he -was honored with a medal by his Sovereign, and on his return to -England was promoted, on the 17th of February, 1814, to the rank of -Lieut.-Colonel in the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, with which his earlier -services were connected. He was subsequently appointed a Companion -of the Order of the Bath, and was appointed extra aide-de-camp to -His Majesty King William IV. on the 6th of May 1831, with the rank -of colonel in the army. He retired from the FORTY-SIXTH regiment -on the 11th of October 1839. The decease of Colonel Archibald -Campbell, C.B., occurred at the Isle of Mull, on the 16th of -November, 1840. - -[18] The remark here made by Lieut.-Colonel Campbell is in allusion -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., Adjutant-General of the -Forces. - - -[Illustration: FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT. - -_For Cannons Military Records_ - -_Madeley lith 3 Wellington S^t Strand_] - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF - -THE FORTY-SIXTH, - -OR - -THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT, - -ORIGINALLY NUMBERED - -THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT. - - -JOHN PRICE. - -_Appointed 13th January, 1741._ - -MR. JOHN PRICE obtained a commission of ensign in a regiment of -foot in 1706; and subsequently rose to the rank of Captain and -Lieut.-Colonel in the First Foot Guards. In January, 1741, he was -promoted to the colonelcy of the FIFTY-SEVENTH (now FORTY-SIXTH) -regiment, which was then being raised. In June, 1743, Colonel Price -was removed to the fourteenth regiment of foot, and was promoted -to the rank of Brigadier-General on the 6th of June, 1745. During -the campaign of 1747, he commanded a brigade of infantry in the -Netherlands, under His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and -highly distinguished himself at the battle of Val, or Laffeld, near -Maestricht, on the 2nd of July of that year. His brigade was posted -in the village of Val, and his gallantry during the action was -commended by the Duke of Cumberland in his public despatch. He died -in November following at Breda, in Holland. - - -THE HONORABLE THOMAS MURRAY. - -_Appointed 23rd June, 1743._ - -This Officer was promoted by His Majesty King George II. from -the Third Foot Guards to be colonel of the FIFTY-SEVENTH (now -FORTY-SIXTH) regiment, upon Colonel Price being removed to the -fourteenth foot in June, 1743. Colonel the Honorable Thomas Murray -was promoted to the rank of major-general on the 1st of April, -1754, and to that of lieut.-general on the 19th of January, 1758. -His decease occurred in November, 1764. - - -WILLIAM VISCOUNT HOWE, K.B. - -_Appointed 21st November, 1764._ - -This distinguished officer was the fifth son of Emanuel Scrope -Viscount Howe, and commenced his military career as a cornet in -the Duke of Cumberland's regiment of light dragoons, in which he -was promoted to a lieutenancy on the 21st of September, 1747. -The regiment was disbanded in 1749, shortly after the conclusion -of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which was signed in October of -the preceding year. He was promoted to the rank of captain in the -twentieth regiment on the 1st of June, 1750, and to that of major -in the sixtieth (afterwards fifty-eighth) regiment on the 4th of -January, 1756. On the 17th of December, 1757, he was promoted to -the lieutenant-colonelcy of the fifty-eighth regiment. During the -"_Seven Years' War_," he served in America under Major-General -Wolfe with great reputation, and was advanced to the brevet rank -of colonel on the 19th of February 1762. Colonel the Honorable -William Howe was appointed by King George III. to the colonelcy of -the FORTY-SIXTH regiment on the 21st of November 1764. His Majesty -also advanced him to the rank of major-general on the 25th of May, -1772. Major-general the Honorable William Howe was appointed to -succeed General Gage in the chief command of the British Forces in -America shortly after the commencement of the War of Independence, -and arrived at Boston with Major-Generals Clinton and Burgoyne in -May, 1775. Major-General the Honorable Sir William Howe, K.B., was -appointed by His Majesty, colonel of the twenty-third Royal Welsh -Fusiliers, from the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, on the 11th of May, 1775. -He commanded at the attack on Bunker's Hill on the 17th of June -following, was besieged in Boston during the winter, evacuated that -town in the spring of 1776, and retired to Halifax, in Nova Scotia. -On the 1st of January, 1776, he received the local rank of General -in North America. In June he arrived at Staten Island, where he -was joined by his brother Admiral Richard Lord Howe. The brothers -here informed the American Congress, that they had received -full power to grant pardon to such as should return to their -obedience; but the Commissioners appointed by that body declined -the proposition as unworthy of attention. In August, he defeated -the Americans at Long Island, and took possession of New York in -September, 1776. After the campaign in the Jerseys, in 1777, Sir -William Howe sailed from Sandy Hook and entered Chesapeake Bay. -Having previously secured the command of the Schuylkill, he crossed -it with his army, and defeated the Americans at Brandywine on -the 11th of September, and at Germantown on the 4th of October, -1777. On the 29th of August, 1777, His Majesty advanced him to -the rank of lieut.-general. In the spring of 1778, he returned to -England, having resigned the command of the army to General Sir -Henry Clinton. On the 21st of April, 1786, Sir William Howe was -removed to the colonelcy of the nineteenth (late twenty-third) -Light Dragoons, which he retained until his decease. On the 12th -of October, 1793, Sir William Howe was promoted to the rank of -general. In 1799, he succeeded to the Irish peerage held by his -brother Richard Earl Howe, the celebrated Admiral; and in 1805 he -was appointed Governor of Plymouth. General William Viscount Howe -died on the 12th of July, 1814, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. - - -THE HONORABLE SIR JOHN VAUGHAN, K.B. - -_Appointed 11th May, 1775._ - -LIEUT.-COLONEL Commandant the Honorable John Vaughan, who -distinguished himself at the capture of Martinique in February, -1762, was appointed from the ninety-fourth, Royal Welsh Volunteers -(since disbanded) to be lieut.-colonel of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment -on the 25th of November, 1762, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel -John Young, who retired. Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable John Vaughan -was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army on the 25th of -May, 1772, and His Majesty King George III. appointed him to the -colonelcy of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment on the 11th of May, 1775, -upon Major-General the Honorable Sir William Howe, K.B., being -removed to the twenty-third, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Colonel Vaughan -embarked with his regiment for North America in the beginning of -the year 1776, and, for his services during the American war, was -promoted to the rank of major-general on the 29th of August, 1777, -and was advanced to that of lieut.-general on the 20th of November, -1782. In 1792 His Majesty conferred upon him the dignity of a -Knight of the Order of the Bath. Lieut.-General the Honorable Sir -John Vaughan died on the 30th of June, 1795, at which period he was -Commander in Chief of the troops stationed in the Leeward Islands. - - -SIR JAMES HENRY CRAIG, K.B. - -_Appointed 1st August, 1795._ - -JAMES HENRY CRAIG was appointed ensign in the thirtieth foot, in -1763, and served with his regiment at Gibraltar: in 1771 he was -promoted to captain in the forty-seventh regiment, with which -corps he served several campaigns in America; and in 1777 he was -promoted to the majority, and in 1781 to the lieut.-colonelcy, of -the eighty-second regiment, from which he was removed, in 1783, to -the sixteenth. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1790, and -to that of major-general in 1794; in August, 1795, he was nominated -to the colonelcy of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment; he was advanced to -the rank of lieut.-general in 1801, and removed to the eighty-sixth -in 1804. He commanded an expedition to the Mediterranean, in -1805, with the local rank of general, and the dignity of a Knight -of the Bath; the troops under his orders landed at Naples, and -subsequently took possession of the island of Sicily. In 1806 -he was removed to the twenty-second regiment; and in 1807 he was -appointed Governor of Upper and Lower Canada, with the local rank -of General in America; in 1809 he was removed to the seventy-eighth -Highlanders. He was also appointed Governor of Blackness Castle. He -died on the 12th of January, 1812. - - -JOHN WHYTE. - -_Appointed 5th January, 1804._ - -This officer commenced his military career, in 1761, as an ensign -in the Thirty-eighth regiment, and was promoted to the rank of -lieutenant in the fifty-sixth regiment on the 9th of February, -1762, and to that of captain on the 25th of March, 1771. He was -promoted from the fifty-sixth to be major in the eighty-third -regiment (afterwards disbanded) on the 23rd of December, 1777. -Major Whyte was promoted to the rank of lieut.-colonel in the -sixth regiment of foot on the 3rd of April, 1782, and received the -brevet rank of colonel on the 12th of October, 1793. On the 26th -of February, 1795, he was promoted to the rank of major-general, -and on the 24th of April following, His Majesty King George III. -appointed him to the colonelcy of the First West India regiment. -Major-General Whyte was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general -on the 29th of April, 1802, and on the 5th of January, 1804, he -was appointed colonel of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment. On the 1st of -January, 1812, he was advanced to the rank of general. The decease -of General John Whyte occurred on the 30th of March, 1816. - - -HENRY WYNYARD. - -_Appointed 1st April, 1816._ - -The early services of this officer are connected with the first -regiment of foot guards, in which he was appointed ensign on the -6th of June, 1778, and in which he rose to the rank of captain -on the 4th of June, 1781. In February, 1793, he embarked with -the brigade of guards for Holland, and advanced with the army -through Flanders. In May following he returned to England, having -been promoted to a company with the rank of lieut.-colonel in the -preceding month. In November, 1794, he rejoined the British army in -the neighbourhood of Arnheim, and after the retreat of that winter, -he embarked for England. On the 3rd of May, 1796, he received the -brevet rank of colonel; and early in 1798 was appointed to the -command of a flank battalion, formed from the grenadiers of the -brigade of guards, and in August, 1799, landed at the Helder under -General Sir Ralph Abercromby. Colonel Wynyard was present in every -action during that expedition except the last; in that of the 19th -of September near _Bergen_ he was wounded. On the 29th of April, -1802, he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and in May, -1803, was placed upon the staff of Great Britain, being appointed -to the command of a brigade of guards in the Southern District. In -September, 1806, Major-General Wynyard embarked with a brigade of -guards and other troops destined for Sicily, in which Island he -was placed in command upon the southern coast. In January, 1808, -he arrived in England, and was again placed upon the staff in the -Southern District. On the 25th of April, 1808, he was advanced to -the rank of lieut.-general, and in June was appointed to the staff -of Ireland, which he held until the 24th of January, 1812. On the -15th of September, 1808, His Majesty King George III. conferred -upon him the colonelcy of the sixty-fourth regiment, from which -he was appointed colonel of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment on the 1st -of April, 1816. Lieut.-General Wynyard commanded the forces in -North Britain from the 28th of July, 1812, to the 24th of April, -1816, and on the 12th of August, 1819, was advanced to the rank -of general. General Wynyard was also a member of the Consolidated -Board of General Officers, and a Groom of the Bedchamber to His -Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, now King of Hanover. General -Wynyard died on the 3rd of April, 1838, after a lengthened service -of sixty years. - - -SIR JOHN (afterwards LORD) KEANE, G.C.B., & G.C.H. - -_Appointed 6th April, 1838._ - -This officer entered the army at an early age, and on the 12th -of November 1794, was promoted to the rank of captain in the -hundred-and-twenty-fourth regiment, afterwards disbanded. Captain -Keane was placed on the half-pay of the seventy-third regiment on -the 11th of March 1795, and on the 7th of November 1799 he was -removed to the forty-fourth regiment, which he joined at Gibraltar. -During the campaign in Egypt, Captain Keane served as aide-de-camp -to Major-General Lord Cavan, and was present in the actions near -Alexandria, on the 13th and 21st of March 1801. On the 27th of -May 1802, he was promoted to the rank of major in the sixtieth -regiment; he remained in the Mediterranean on the staff until -March 1803, when he returned to England. Major Keane was promoted -to the rank of lieut.-colonel in the thirteenth foot on the 20th -of August 1803, which regiment he joined at Gibraltar early in -1804. Lieut.-Colonel Keane afterwards served under Lieut.-General -George Beckwith, in the expedition against Martinique in 1809, and -was present at the siege of Fort Desaix, which surrendered on the -24th of February, of that year, and completed the capture of the -island. In January 1812, he received the brevet rank of colonel, -and on the 25th of June following, he was removed to the sixtieth -regiment. His reputation was then such that immediately on his -arrival at Madrid, he was appointed to command a brigade in the -third division of the army under the Marquis of Wellington, in -which he served until the end of the war with France, in 1814, and -was present at the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle and -Orthes; the action at Vic Bigorre, battle of Toulouse, besides -other minor actions. For his services he was promoted to the rank -of major-general on the 4th of June 1814, and was appointed a -Knight Commander of the Bath. The honors which Major-General Keane -had now acquired were the Egyptian Medal, and a cross and two -clasps for Martinique, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, and -Toulouse. In August 1814, he was appointed to a command ordered for -particular service, and on his arrival at Jamaica, being senior -officer, he assumed the command of the military force destined to -co-operate with Vice-Admiral the Honorable Sir Alexander Cochrane -for the attack on New Orleans and the province of Louisiana. On -the morning of the 23rd of December, Major-General Keane effected -a landing within nine miles of New Orleans, and the same night, -with only eighteen hundred bayonets on shore, repulsed a serious -attack of five thousand of the enemy, assisted by three large -armed vessels on their flank. He held the command until the 25th -of December, when Major-General Sir Edward Pakenham arrived, and -assumed the command of the entire army. Major-General Keane was -then appointed to the third brigade, and was present in the affairs -of the 28th of December and 1st of January, as also at the assault -made in the enemy's fortified lines on the morning of the 8th of -January 1815, when he was severely wounded in two places. Sir -John Keane afterwards passed eight years in Jamaica (from 1823 to -1831), as major-general commanding the forces in that island; and, -during a year and a half of the time, he administered the civil -government likewise. The colonelcy of the ninety-fourth regiment -was conferred upon him on the 18th of April 1829, and on the 22nd -of July 1830, he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general; on the -13th of April, 1831, he was appointed colonel of the sixty-eighth -regiment; and in the year 1833, he succeeded Lieut.-General Sir -Colin Halkett in the command of the army at Bombay: on the 6th of -April 1838, Lieut.-General Sir John Keane was appointed colonel -of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment. After nearly six years' service in -the Bombay presidency, on the 29th of October 1838, he received -authority from the government of India to organise and lead into -Scinde a force intended to co-operate with the army then on the -north-west frontier of India, under the command of General Sir -Henry Fane. In December following Sir Henry Fane forwarded his -resignation to head-quarters, and the command of the combined -forces devolved upon Sir John Keane, who was now called upon to -lead a considerable army, and to conduct operations requiring much -discretion, delicacy, and tact in dealing with those half-friendly -powers, whose existence is one of the greatest difficulties in the -government of a semi-civilized land. After penetrating the Bolan -Pass, the troops arrived on the 27th of April 1839 at Candahar, -from whence they proceeded to Ghuznee, which was captured by -their gallant exertions on the 23rd of July following. This -completed the conquest of Affghanistan; and Shah Shoojah-ool-Moolk, -after an exile of many years, was restored to the throne of his -ancestors. Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, K.C.B., was removed -from the FORTY-SIXTH to the forty-third regiment on the 1st of -August 1839. For his services during the expedition to Cabool, -Lieut.-General Sir John Keane was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of -the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, and on the 11th of -December, was raised to the peerage as Baron Keane, of Ghuznee in -Affghanistan, and of Cappoquin, county of Waterford, and obtained -a pension of two thousand pounds a-year for his own life and that -of his two immediate successors in the peerage, added to which he -received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, of the Court of -Directors of the East India Company, and other marks of public -approbation. These honors were not long enjoyed by Lieut.-General -Lord Keane, who died in the sixty-fourth year of his age, at Burton -Lodge, Hampshire, on the 26th of August 1844. - - -JOHN ROSS, C.B. - -_Appointed 1st of August, 1839._ - -LIEUT.-GENERAL ROSS commenced his military career as an ensign in -the thirty-sixth regiment, his commission being dated 2nd of June -1793; was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in the fifty-second -regiment on the 8th of May 1796, and to that of captain on the 11th -of January 1800. Captain Ross served with the expedition against -Ferrol under Lieut.-General Sir James Pulteney in August following, -and was engaged with the enemy. On the 15th of August 1804, he was -promoted to the rank of major in the fifty-second regiment, and -obtained the rank of lieut.-colonel in the army on the 28th of -January 1808, and was promoted lieut.-colonel in the fifty-second -regiment on the 18th of February following. Lieut.-Colonel Ross -commanded the second battalion of the fifty-second regiment at -the battle of Vimiera, on the 21st of August 1808, for which he -received a medal; and also during the campaign in Spain under -Lieut.-General Sir John Moore, which ended by the battle of Corunna -on the 16th of January 1809. Lieut.-Colonel Ross in July following -commanded five companies of the fifty-second regiment, which -formed part of the force under Lieut.-General the Earl of Chatham, -employed in the expedition to the Scheldt. Lieut.-Colonel Ross -subsequently proceeded to the Peninsula, and commanded the first -battalion of the fifty-second at the actions of Pombal, Redinha, -Miranda de Corvo, Foz d'Arronce and Sabugal, and at the battle of -Fuentes d'Onor. On the 18th of July 1811, he was removed to the -sixty-sixth regiment, and in August following he was appointed -Deputy Adjutant-General to the forces in Ceylon, from whence he -returned to Europe in June 1814 for the benefit of his health; was -promoted to the brevet rank of colonel on the 4th of that month; -and was subsequently appointed Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland. -In June 1815, he was nominated a Companion of the Order of the -Bath, and on the 12th of August 1819, Colonel Ross was appointed -Commandant of the Depôt at the Isle of Wight. On the 27th of May -1825, he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and on the 14th -of August 1828, was appointed Lieut.-Governor of Guernsey, which -he held until the 31st of March 1837. His Majesty King William IV. -appointed Major-General Ross to be colonel of the ninety-eighth -regiment on the 30th of May 1836; on the 28th of June 1838, he -was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general. In August 1839, -Lieut.-General Ross was removed to the FORTY-SIXTH regiment. The -decease of Lieut.-General Ross, C.B., occurred at Southampton on -the 17th of May 1843. - - -JOHN EARL OF STAIR, K.T. - -_Appointed from the Ninety-second regiment on the 31st of May, -1843._ - - -London: Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street, For -Her Majesty's Stationery Office. - - - - -APPENDIX - - BRITISH AND HANOVERIAN ARMY AT WATERLOO, - _as formed in Divisions and Brigades on the 18th 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 Lieut.-Colonel Ferrier. - 2nd " " the Hon. E. P. Lygon. - Royal Horse Guards, Blue " Sir Robert Hill. - 1st Dragoon Guards " Fuller (Colonel). - - -_2nd Brigade._--Major-General SIR WILLIAM PONSONBY, K.C.B. - - 1st or Royal Dragoons. Lieut.-Colonel A. B. Clifton. - 2nd or Royal North British " J. J. Hamilton. - Dragoons - 6th or Inniskilling Dragoons " J. Muter (Colonel). - - -_3rd Brigade._--Major-General W. B. DOMBERG. - - 23rd Light Dragoons Lieut.-Colonel the Earl of Portarlington - (Colonel). - 1st " King's " J. Bulow. - German Legion - 2nd " " " C. de Jonquiera. - - -_4th Brigade._--Major-General SIR JOHN O. VANDELEUR, K.C.B. - - 11th Light Dragoons Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Sleigh. - 12th " " the Honorable F. C. - Ponsonby (Colonel). - 16th " " J. Hay. - - -_5th Brigade._--Major-General SIR COLQUHOUN GRANT, K.C.B. - - 7th Hussars Colonel Sir Edward Kerrison. - 15th " Lieut.-Colonel L. C. Dalrymple. - 2nd " King's German Legion. " Linsingen. - - -_6th Brigade._--Major-General SIR HUSSEY VIVIAN, K.C.B. - - 10th Royal Hussars. Lieut.-Colonel Quentin (Colonel). - 18th Hussars. " _Hon._ H. Murray. - 1st " King's German Legion. " A. Wissell. - - -_7th Brigade._--Colonel SIR FREDERICK ARENSCHILDT, K.C.B. - - 13th Light Dragoons. Lieut.-Colonel Doherty. - 3rd Hussars King's German " Meyer. - Legion. - - -Colonel ESTORFF. - - Prince Regent's Hussars. Lieut.-Colonel Kielmansegge. - Bremen and Verden Hussars. Colonel Busche. - - -INFANTRY. - - -FIRST DIVISION.--Major-General G. COOKE. - -_1st Brigade._--Major-General P. MAITLAND. - - 1st Foot Guards, 2nd Batt. Major H. Askew (Colonel). - " 3rd " " the Honorable W. Stewart - (Colonel). - -_2nd Brigade._--Major-General J. BYNG. - - Coldstream Guards, 2nd Batt. 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 Batt. Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Colborne, - K.C.B. (Colonel). - 71st " " " T. Reynell (Col.) - 95th " 2nd " } Rifles. Major J. Ross (Lieut.-Colonel). - 95th " 3rd " } Major A. G. Norcott (Lieut.-Col.) - - -_1st Brigade, King's German Legion._--Colonel DU PLAT. - - 1st Line Batt., King's Major W. Robertson. - German Legion. - 2nd " " " G. Muller. - 3rd " " Lieut.-Colonel F. de Wissell - 4th " " Major F. Reh. - - -_3rd Hanoverian Brigade._--Colonel HUGH HALKETT. - - Militia Batt. Bremervorde. Lieut.-Colonel Schulenberg. - Duke of York's 2nd Batt. Major Count Munster. - " 3rd " " Baron Hunefeld. - Militia Batt. Salzgitter. " Hammerstein. - - -THIRD DIVISION.--Lieut.-General Baron ALTEN. - -_5th Brigade._--Major-General SIR COLIN HALKETT, K.C.B. - - 30th Foot, 2nd Batt. Major W. Bailey (Lieut.-Colonel). - 33rd " Lieut.-Colonel W. K. Elphinstone. - 69th " 2nd Batt. " C. Morice (Col.) - 73rd " 2nd Batt. " W. G. Harris (Colonel). - - -_2nd Brigade._--King's German Legion.--Colonel BARON OMPTEDA. - - 1st Light Batt., K.G.L. Lieut.-Colonel L. Bussche. - 2nd " " Major G. Baring. - 5th Line " " Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Linsingen. - 8th " " " Major Schroeder (Lieut.-Colonel). - - -_1st Hanoverian Brigade._--Major-General COUNT KIELMANSEGGE. - - Duke of York's 1st Batt. Major Bulow. - Field Batt. Grubenhagen. Lieut.-Colonel Wurmb. - " Bremen. " Langrehr. - " Luneburg. " Kleucke. - " Verden. Major De Senkopp. - - -FOURTH DIVISION.--Lieut.-General SIR CHARLES COLVILLE, K.C.B. - -_4th Brigade._--Colonel MITCHELL. - - 14th Foot, 3rd Batt. Major F. S. Tidy (Lieut.-Col.) - 23rd " 1st " Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry W. - Ellis, K.C.B. - 51st " " " H. Mitchell (Colonel). - - -_6th Brigade._--Major-General JOHNSTONE. - - 35th Foot, 2nd Batt. Major C. M'Alister. - 54th " Lieut.-Col. J. Earl of Waldegrave. - 59th " 2nd Batt. " H. Austin. - 91st " 1st " " Sir W. Douglas, K.C.B., - (Colonel). - -_6th Hanoverian Brigade._--Major-General LYON. - - Field Batt., Calenberg. ------ - " Lanenberg. Lieut.-Colonel Benort. - Militia Batt., Hoya. " Grote. - " Nieuberg. ------ - " Bentheim. 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 Batt. Major R. Nixon (Lieut.-Colonel). - 32nd " " " J. Hicks (Lieut.-Colonel). - 79th " " Lieut.-Colonel Neil Douglas. - 95th Rifles " " Sir A. F. Barnard, - K.C.B., (Colonel). - -_9th Brigade._--Major-General SIR DENIS PACK, K.C.B. - - 1st Foot, 3rd Batt. Major C. Campbell. - 42nd " 1st " Lieut.-Colonel Sir Robert Macara, K.C.B. - 44th " 2nd " " J. M. Hamerton. - 92nd " 1st " Major Donald McDonald. - - -_5th Hanoverian Brigade._--Colonel VINCKE. - - Militia Batt., Hameln. Lieut.-Colonel Kleucke. - " Hildesheim. Major Rheden. - " Peina. Major Westphalen. - " Giffhorn. Major Hammerstein. - - -SIXTH DIVISION.--_10th Brigade._--Major-General J. LAMBERT. - - 4th Foot, 1st Batt. Lieut.-Colonel F. Brooke. - 27th " " Captain Sir J. Reade (Major). - 40th " " Major F. Browne. - 81st " 2nd " " P. Waterhouse. - - -_4th Hanoverian Brigade._--Colonel BEST. - - Militia Batt., Luneburg. Lieut.-Colonel De Ramdohr. - " Verden. Major Decken. - " Osterode. " Baron Reden. - " Minden. 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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Historical Record of The 46th or South Devonshire Regiment of Foot - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: July 10, 2017 [EBook #55087] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD--46TH FOOT *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Some minor changes are noted at the <a href="#TN">end of the book.</a></p> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="600" alt="original cover" /> -</div> - - -<h1 class="pg-brk"> -<span class="fs90 lsp">HISTORICAL RECORD</span><br /> -<span class="fs50">OF</span><br /> -THE FORTY-SIXTH,<br /> -<span class="fs50">OR</span><br /> -<span class="lsp">THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE,</span><br /> -<span class="fs90 lht2">REGIMENT OF FOOT:</span></h1> - -<hr class="r30" /> -<p class="pfs60">CONTAINING</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs100 lht">AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT<br /> -IN 1741<br /> -AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES<br /> -TO 1851.</p> - -<hr class="r30" /> -<p class="pfs60">COMPILED BY</p> -<p class="pfs120">RICHARD CANNON, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>,</p> -<p class="pfs70 lsp">ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.</p> - -<p class="p3" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> -<p class="pfs70 lsp2">ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.</p> -<hr class="r20a" /> - -<p class="p3 pfs90">LONDON:</p> -<p class="pfs120">PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,</p> -<p class="pfs80">30, CHARING CROSS.</p> -<hr class="r5a" /> -<p class="pfs60">M DCCC LI.</p> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="p6" /> -<p class="pfs60">LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,<br /> -FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[Pg i]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="xl lsp2">GENERAL ORDERS.</h2> - -<p class="p2" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> - -<p class="p2 right small padr1"><em>HORSE-GUARDS</em>,</p> -<p class="right small"><em>1st January, 1836.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">His Majesty has been pleased to command that, -with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments, -as well as to Individuals who have distinguished -themselves by their Bravery in Action -with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of -every Regiment in the British Army shall be published -under the superintendence and direction of -the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall -contain the following particulars, viz.:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>—— 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 Achievement -it may have performed, and the Colours, -Trophies, &c., it may have captured from the -Enemy.</p> - -<p>—— 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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[ii]</a></span></p> - -<p>—— The Names of those Officers who, in consideration -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.</p> - -<p>—— The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned -Officers, and Privates, as may have -specially signalized themselves in Action.</p> - -<p>And,</p> - -<p>—— The Badges and Devices which the Regiment -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.</p></div> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr4">By Command of the Right Honorable</span><br /> -<span class="padr6">GENERAL LORD HILL,</span><br /> -<em>Commanding-in-Chief</em>.</p> - -<p class="p1 right"><span class="smcap">John Macdonald</span>,<br /> -<span class="padr1"><em>Adjutant-General</em>.</span></p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[iii]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="xl lsp2">PREFACE.</h2> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p class="noindent">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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[iv]</a></span> -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 Commanders, -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.</p> - -<p>It has not, however, until late years, been the practice -(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 obtaining, -particularly from the old Regiments, an authentic -account of their origin and subsequent services.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span> -long a period, been undisturbed by the <em>presence of -war</em>, which few other countries have escaped, comparatively -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.</p> - -<p>In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which -the country derives from the industry and the enterprise -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.</p> - -<p>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 maintained -their advantages against superior numbers.</p> - -<p>In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, -ample justice has generally been done to -the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but -the details of their services and of acts of individual<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span> -bravery can only be fully given in the Annals of the -various Regiments.</p> - -<p>These Records are now preparing for publication, -under His Majesty's special authority, by Mr. -<span class="smcap">Richard Cannon</span>, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant -General's Office; and while the perusal of them cannot -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.</p> - -<p>There exists in the breasts of most of those who -have served, or are serving, in the Army, an <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Esprit -de Corps</i>—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 unshaken -fortitude. It is presumed that a record of -achievements in war,—victories so complete and surprising, -gained by our countrymen, our brothers,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[vii]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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 testifying -the value and importance of its services, will be -faithfully set forth.</p> - -<p>As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record -of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct number, -so that when the whole shall be completed, the -Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[viii]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ix" id="Page_ix">[ix]</a></span></p> - -<h2> -<span class="large">INTRODUCTION</span><br /> - -<span class="xs">TO</span><br /> - -<span class="xl lsp2">THE INFANTRY.</span></h2> - -<p class="p2" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p class="p2" /> - -<p class="noindent">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 contains -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 -<span class="smcap">Intrepidity</span>. This quality was evinced by the -inhabitants of England when their country was -invaded by Julius Cæsar with a Roman army, on -which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into -the sea to attack the Roman soldiers as they descended -from their ships; and, although their discipline -and arms were inferior to those of their -adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing -intimidated the flower of the Roman troops, including -Cæsar's favourite tenth legion. Their arms -consisted of spears, short swords, and other weapons -of rude construction. They had chariots, to the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_x" id="Page_x">[x]</a></span> -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 Cæsar's legions: in -the course of time a military system, with discipline -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The feudal troops established by William the -Conqueror consisted (as already stated in the Introduction -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 proportion -of men appeared on foot, and, although -these were of inferior degree, they proved stout-hearted -Britons of stanch fidelity. When stipendiary -troops were employed, infantry always constituted -a considerable portion of the military force;<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xi" id="Page_xi">[xi]</a></span> -and this <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">arme</i> has since acquired, in every quarter -of the globe, a celebrity never exceeded by the -armies of any nation at any period.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 imperfect -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 acquisition -to every army, even as late as the sixteenth -century.</p> - -<p>During a great part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth -each company of infantry usually consisted of -men armed five different ways; in every hundred -men forty were "<em>men-at-arms</em>," and sixty "<em>shot</em>;" -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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xii" id="Page_xii">[xii]</a></span></p> - -<p>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 recommended -by an English military writer (Sir John -Smithe) in 1590 was:—the colour in the centre of -the company guarded by the halberdiers; the pikemen -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 musketeers, -and the harquebusiers (whose arms were -much lighter than the muskets then in use) in equal -proportions on each flank of the company for skirmishing.<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> -It was customary to unite a number of companies -into one body, called a <span class="smcap">Regiment</span>, which -frequently amounted to three thousand men: but -each company continued to carry a colour. Numerous -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 seventeenth -century: bows and arrows also fell into disuse, -and the infantry were reduced to two classes, -viz.: <em>musketeers</em>, armed with matchlock muskets,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xiii" id="Page_xiii">[xiii]</a></span> -swords, and daggers; and <em>pikemen</em>, armed with pikes -from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and swords.</p> - -<p>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 containing -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 forming -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.</p> - -<p>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 company -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,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xiv" id="Page_xiv">[xiv]</a></span> -similar to those at present in use, were adopted about -twenty years afterwards.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 (excepting -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.<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></p> - -<p>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 grenades; -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.</p> - -<p>About the year 1745, the men of the battalion -companies of infantry ceased to carry swords; during<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xv" id="Page_xv">[xv]</a></span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Crecy</em>, 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 Bohemia, -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 <em>Poictiers</em>, with 14,000 men, -a French army of 60,000 horse, besides infantry, -and took John I., King of France, and his son<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xvi" id="Page_xvi">[xvi]</a></span> -Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, 1415, -King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000 -men, although greatly exhausted by marches, privations, -and sickness, defeated, at <em>Agincourt</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>During the seventy years' war between the United -Provinces of the Netherlands and the Spanish monarchy, -which commenced in 1578 and terminated -in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the -States-General were celebrated for their unconquerable -spirit and firmness;<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> and in the thirty -years' war between the Protestant Princes and the -Emperor of Germany, the British Troops in the service -of Sweden and other states were celebrated for -deeds of heroism.<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> In the wars of Queen Anne, -the fame of the British army under the great -<span class="smcap">Marlborough</span> 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 -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xvii" id="Page_xvii">[xvii]</a></span>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 <em>Invincible</em>, to evacuate -that country; also the services of the gallant -Troops during the arduous campaigns in the Peninsula, -under the immortal <span class="smcap">Wellington</span>; 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 Government. -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.</p> - -<p>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 obedience -to his superiors. These qualities, united with -an excellent system of order and discipline to regulate -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<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xviii" id="Page_xviii">[xviii]</a></span> -arms.<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> 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.</p> - -<p>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 commands -of their Sovereign have required them to -proceed in the execution of their duty, whether in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xix" id="Page_xix">[xix]</a></span> -active continental operations, or in maintaining colonial -territories in distant and unfavourable climes.</p> - -<p>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 movements -of this <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">arme</i>, 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 character -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.</p> - - -<div class="footnotes pg-brk"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> A company of 200 men would appear thus:—</p> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary="structure of a company"> -<tr><td colspan="4"></td><td> <img src="images/flag.jpg" width="20" alt="flag" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">30</td><td class="tdc">20</td> - <td class="tdc">30</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc wd10">20</td><td class="tdc wd10">20</td><td class="tdc"></td></tr> -<tr class="fs80"><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Harquebuses.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Muskets.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Halberds.</td> - <td class="tdl" colspan="2">Muskets.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Harquebuses.</td></tr> -<tr class="fs80"><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Archers.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Pikes.</td> - <td class="tdl" colspan="2">Pikes.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Archers.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>The musket carried a ball which weighed <sup>1</sup>/<sub>10</sub>th of a pound; and the -harquebus a ball which weighed <sup>1</sup>/<sub>25</sub>th of a pound.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> 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.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_3_3" id="Footnote_3_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> 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.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_4_4" id="Footnote_4_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> <em>Vide</em> the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of -Foot.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_5_5" id="Footnote_5_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> "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 consideration -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 uncommonly -arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty."—<cite>General -Orders in 1801.</cite> -</p> -<p> -In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope (afterwards -Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the successful result -of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, 1809, it is stated:—"On -no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more -manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, rendered -necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and -which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages -were to be encountered. These have all been surmounted by -the conduct of the troops themselves: and the enemy has been taught, -that whatever advantages of position or of numbers he may possess, there -is inherent in the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows not -how to yield,—that no circumstances can appal,—and that will ensure -victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means."</p></div></div> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> - -<p class="p6" /> -<p class="pfs135 lsp">THE FORTY-SIXTH,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs60">OR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs90">THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR AND APPOINTMENTS</p> - -<p class="pfs90 lsp2">THE WORD "DOMINICA,"</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">AS A DISTINGUISHING MARK<br /><br /> - -OF THE GOOD CONDUCT AND EXEMPLARY VALOUR<br /><br /> - -DISPLAYED BY THE REGIMENT<br /><br /> - -IN THE DEFENCE OF</p> - -<p class="pfs90">THE ISLAND OF DOMINICA,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">AGAINST A VERY SUPERIOR FRENCH FORCE,<br /><br /> - -ON THE 22nd OF FEBRUARY, 1805.</p> -<p class="p6" /> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxv" id="Page_xxv">[xxv]</a></span></p> - -<p class="p4 pfs80">THE</p> - -<p class="pfs150">FORTY-SIXTH,</p> - -<p class="pfs70">OR,</p> - -<p class="pfs120">THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">ORIGINALLY</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs90">THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.</p> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<h2 class="no-brk lsp"> -CONTENTS<br /> -<span class="xs">OF THE</span><br /> -HISTORICAL RECORD.</h2> -<hr class="r20" /> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl fs90">Year</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr fs90">Page</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1739</td><td class="tdl">Introduction</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">War declared against Spain</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1741</td><td class="tdl">Formation of the regiment</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Colonel John Price appointed to the colonelcy.</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Numbered the 57th regiment</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1742</td><td class="tdl">Stationed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, proceeded to Berwick, and thence to Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1743</td><td class="tdl">Appointment of Colonel Hon. Thomas Murray to the colonelcy in succession to Colonel Price, removed to the 14th foot</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1744</td><td class="tdl">War declared between Great Britain and France</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1745</td><td class="tdl">Battle of Fontenoy</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Prince Charles Edward, the eldest son of the Pretender, landed in the Highlands of Scotland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxvi" id="Page_xxvi">[xxvi]</a></span> - 1745</td><td class="tdl">The King's forces, under Lieut.-General Sir John Cope, assembled at Stirling, and advanced to Inverness</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The rebel forces, under Prince Charles, proceeded to Perth and Dundee, and thence to Edinburgh, which surrendered to him</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Prince, James Francis Edward, proclaimed at the High Cross, Edinburgh, as King of Great Britain and Ireland</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Royal forces marched from Inverness to Aberdeen, embarked for Dunbar, advanced towards Edinburgh, and encamped near <em>Preston-Pans</em></td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Regiments which composed the Royal Army</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Defeat of the Royal forces by the Highland Insurgents</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Loss sustained by the Royal forces, including the 57th regiment, in killed, wounded, and prisoners</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Duke of Cumberland returned from the continent, and assumed the command of the Royal army</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Prince Charles captured Carlisle, and proceeded as far as Derby, from whence he afterwards retreated to Scotland</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Duke of Cumberland, after capturing the rebel garrison of Carlisle, returned to London, leaving the command of the army to Lieut.-General Hawley</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1746</td><td class="tdl">The Prince Charles invested Stirling, and Lieut.-General Hawley marched to its relief</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Action at Falkirk</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Duke of Cumberland resumed the command of the army, and entered Stirling</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxvii" id="Page_xxvii">[xxvii]</a></span> - 1746</td><td class="tdl">The Duke of Cumberland obtained a complete victory over the Rebel forces at <em>Culloden</em>, four miles from Inverness</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The 57th regiment marched from Berwick towards London</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Strength of the Royal army at the battle of Culloden</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1747</td><td class="tdl">The rebellion suppressed, and the Prince Charles escaped to France</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The 57th regiment embarked for Jersey</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Several regiments, which had been brought from the continent to aid in suppressing the rebellion, returned to Flanders</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Duke of Cumberland returned to Flanders and engaged the French at Laffeld, or Val</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1748</td><td class="tdl">The Allies took the field in the summer, but hostilities were terminated by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, in October</td><td class="tdr">–</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Disbandment of the 43rd regiment, and of ten marine regiments, from the 44th to the 53rd regiment</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The numerical title of the 57th regiment changed to the FORTY-SIXTH regiment</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1749</td><td class="tdl">The FORTY-SIXTH regiment proceeded to Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1751</td><td class="tdl">Royal Warrant of 1st July issued for regulating the clothing, standards, and colours, and the numerical titles and rank of regiments</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1756</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the Island of Minorca by the French</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">War declared against France</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1757</td><td class="tdl">The FORTY-SIXTH regiment embarked from Cork for Nova Scotia</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1758</td><td class="tdl">Expedition under Major-General James Abercromby against Ticonderoga</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Brigadier-General the Viscount Howe (55th Regiment) killed at Ticonderoga</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxviii" id="Page_xxviii">[xxviii]</a></span> - 1758</td><td class="tdl">Attack on Fort Ticonderoga abandoned</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Loss of officers sustained by the FORTY-SIXTH regiment</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1759</td><td class="tdl">Plan of the campaign in Canada</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Brigadier-General Prideaux (55th regiment) killed at Fort Niagara</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of Fort Niagara</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Operations of the troops under Lieut.-General Amherst and Major-General Wolfe</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Siege of Ticonderoga</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Occupation of Crown Point</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle on the Heights of Abraham; death of Major-Gen. Wolfe; and capture of Quebec</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1760</td><td class="tdl">The French attempted to regain Quebec, and the battle of Sillery was fought</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of Fort Levi on L'Isle Royale</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Attack and surrender of the garrison of Montreal</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The conquest of Canada completed</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1761</td><td class="tdl">The regiment embarked for Barbadoes</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1762</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded with an armament against the Island of Martinique, which surrendered to the British Crown</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The surrender of Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">War declared against Spain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The regiment joined the armament against the Havannah</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the Moro Fort, and town of Havannah</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Negotiations for peace signed at Fontainebleau</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1763</td><td class="tdl">The Treaty of Fontainebleau concluded at Paris, and peace proclaimed in London</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Conditions of the treaty of peace between Great Britain, France, and Spain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The regiment returned to North America</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxix" id="Page_xxix">[xxix]</a></span> - 1764</td><td class="tdl">Colonel Hon. William Howe appointed to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Hon. Thomas Murray, deceased</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1767</td><td class="tdl">Regiment returned from North America and stationed in Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Disputes arose between the colonists of North America and the British Government</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1775</td><td class="tdl">Hostilities commenced with the colonists in North America by the action at Lexington</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Appointment of Colonel Hon. John Vaughan to the colonelcy in succession to Major-General Hon. William Howe</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The battle of Bunker's Hill</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1776</td><td class="tdl">The regiment embarked from Ireland for North America</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Joined the expedition against Charleston</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Staten Island</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The declaration of Independence by the American Congress</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The regiment landed on Long Island</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Action at Brooklyn</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The reduction of Long Island accomplished</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The capture of New York took place</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Action at White Plains</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The reduction of Fort Washington</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The regiment occupied winter-quarters at Amboy</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1777</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded with a body of troops from New York, and destroyed magazines, barracks, &c., at Peek's Hill, and returned to New York</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Joined an expedition against the city of Philadelphia</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Battle at Brandywine</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The American troops, under General Wayne surprised by the British, under Major-Gen. Grey</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxx" id="Page_xxx">[xxx]</a></span> - 1777</td><td class="tdl">The FORTY-SIXTH regiment gained the distinction of wearing <em>Red Feathers</em> for its conduct in this action</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The British army took possession of Philadelphia, and occupied a position at Germantown</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Action at Germantown</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1778</td><td class="tdl">General Hon. Sir William Howe returned to England, and General Sir Henry Clinton assumed the command of the army</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Action at Monmouth Court-House</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The British army marched from Philadelphia to New York, the King of France having engaged to aid the Americans</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">A powerful French armament arrived off the Port of New York and proceeded against Rhode Island</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Expedition against Bedford, on the Accushnet river, and against Martha's Vineyard</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Returned to New York</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded with other regiments to the West Indies</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Attack upon the island of St. Lucia</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Repelled several attacks made by the French</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The flank companies of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment distinguished themselves at La Vigie, and received the thanks of Major-General James Grant commanding the troops</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Surrender of the Island of St. Lucia to the British troops</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1779</td><td class="tdl">The courts of Spain and Holland joined in hostilities against Great Britain</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1782</td><td class="tdl">The regiment returned to England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">County titles conferred upon the regiments of Infantry, and the FORTY-SIXTH directed to assume the designation of <em>South Devonshire</em> regiment</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxi" id="Page_xxxi">[xxxi]</a></span> - 1782</td><td class="tdl">Treaty of peace signed at Paris between Great Britain and the United States of America</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1783</td><td class="tdl">Treaties of peace between England, France, Spain, and Holland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1784</td><td class="tdl">The regiment proceeded from Plymouth to Ireland</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1792</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Gibraltar</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1794</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded from Gibraltar to the West Indies</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1795</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in suppressing the insurrection of the Caribs in the Island of St. Vincent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Actions at Dorsetshire Hill</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Loss sustained by the regiment</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Assault and capture of the post of the Caribs on the Vigie</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Major-General James Henry Craig appointed to the colonelcy of the regiment in succession to Lieut.-General Hon. Sir John Vaughan, K.B. deceased</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Reinforcements arrived from England in order to assist in the suppression of the Caribs</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1796</td><td class="tdl">Further reinforcements arrived under Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B.</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">After a conflict of some hours the Caribs surrendered prisoners of war</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Several hundreds of Caribs escaped to the woods, but were afterwards forced to submit, and were removed from St. Vincent</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The FORTY-SIXTH regiment having sustained considerable loss by their numerous engagements with the Caribs, returned to England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1799</td><td class="tdl">The regiment embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1802</td><td class="tdl">Treaty of peace with France concluded at Amiens</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1803</td><td class="tdl">War renewed with France</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1804</td><td class="tdl">Appointment of Lieut.-General John White to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir James Henry Craig</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxii" id="Page_xxxii">[xxxii]</a></span> - 1804</td><td class="tdl">Embarked from Cork for the West Indies, and proceeded to Dominica</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1805</td><td class="tdl">Defence of Dominica against an attack of a numerous French force</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Official Reports from Lieut.-General Sir William Myers, and Brigadier-General George Prevost of the conduct of the troops engaged in the defence of Dominica</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The Royal authority granted for the FORTY-SIXTH regiment to bear the word "<em>Dominica</em>" on the regimental colour and appointments.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_44"><ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: '4 '">44</ins></a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1806</td><td class="tdl">Detachments embarked for the capture of two French vessels</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_45">45</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">The officers and men received the thanks of the Commander of the Forces in the West Indies, and of the Major-General commanding in the Island of Dominica</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1809</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the French island of Martinique</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1810</td><td class="tdl">Capture of the French island of Guadaloupe</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1811</td><td class="tdl">The regiment returned to England and marched into Devonshire</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1812</td><td class="tdl">The regiment proceeded from Plymouth to Jersey</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1813</td><td class="tdl">Embarked from Jersey for Portsmouth, and proceeded to the Isle of Wight</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for New South Wales</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1814</td><td class="tdl">Arrived at New South Wales, and inspected by Major-General Macquarie</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1815</td><td class="tdl">Certain non-commissioned officers and privates received pecuniary rewards for having suppressed gangs of bushrangers</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_50">50</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1816</td><td class="tdl">Appointment of Lieut.-General Henry Wynyard to the colonelcy in succession to General Whyte, deceased</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Detachments employed against the hostile black natives, and received an expression of thanks for their conduct on this duty</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxiii" id="Page_xxxiii">[xxxiii]</a></span> - 1817</td><td class="tdl">Embarked at Sydney Cove for Madras</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1818</td><td class="tdl">Arrived at Vellore, and proceeded thence to Fort St. George</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Received the approbation of the Commanding Officer of the Troops at Vellore for its interior arrangement and discipline</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1820</td><td class="tdl">Marched to Bellary, and thence to the Mahratta country</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1824</td><td class="tdl">Engaged in suppressing an insurrection at the Fort of Kittoor</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Inspected by Major-General Hall commanding at Bellary, and received his approbation for its very efficient state</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1825</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Cannanore</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1826</td><td class="tdl">Marched from Cannanore to Secunderabad</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1829</td><td class="tdl">Reduction of the Establishment</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1832</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded to Masulipatam, and received orders to prepare for embarkation for England</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1833</td><td class="tdl">Received the approbation of its conduct during the period of its service in India, from the Right Hon. the Governor in Council</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked at Madras, arrived at Margate, and marched to Canterbury</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Received official intimation respecting the continuance of the use of the <em>Red ball tuft</em> by the Light Company for its gallant conduct in the surprise of Gen. Wayne in America in 1777</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1834</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1837</td><td class="tdl">Formed into six service, and four depôt companies; the service companies embarked for Gibraltar</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1838</td><td class="tdl">Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, K.C.B., to the colonelcy, in succession to General Wynyard, deceased</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Depôt companies embarked from Ireland for Plymouth</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxiv" id="Page_xxxiv">[xxxiv]</a></span> - 1839</td><td class="tdl">Appointment of Lieut.-General John Ross to the colonelcy, in succession to Lieut.-General Sir John Keane</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Depôt companies embarked at Plymouth for Jersey</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1841</td><td class="tdl">Depôt companies proceeded to Ireland</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1842</td><td class="tdl">Service companies embarked at Gibraltar for Barbadoes</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1843</td><td class="tdl">Appointment of General the Earl of Stair to the colonelcy in succession to Lieut.-General Ross, deceased</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1845</td><td class="tdl">The service companies collected at Barbadoes, and embarked for Nova Scotia</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for Canada</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1847</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded from Quebec to Nova Scotia</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_62">62</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1848</td><td class="tdl">Embarked for England</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">——</td><td class="tdl">Arrived at Dover, and joined by the depôt companies from Guernsey</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1850</td><td class="tdl">Proceeded from Liverpool to Hull</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1851</td><td class="tdl">The Conclusion</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<hr class="tb pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xxxv" id="Page_xxxv">[xxxv]</a></span></p> - -<p class="pfs120 lsp">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs150">THE FORTY-SIXTH,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">OR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT:</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">ORIGINALLY NUMBERED</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs125">THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.</p> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl fs90">Year</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr fs90">Page</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1741</td><td class="tdl">John Price</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1743</td><td class="tdl">Honorable Thomas Murray</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_68">68</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1764</td><td class="tdl">William <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Viscount Ho weK.B'">Viscount Howe, K.B.</ins></td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1775</td><td class="tdl">Honorable Sir John Vaughan, K.B.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_69">69</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1795</td><td class="tdl">Sir James Henry Craig, K.B.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_70">70</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1804</td><td class="tdl">John Whyte</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_71">71</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1816</td><td class="tdl">Henry Wynyard</td><td class="tdr">—</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1838</td><td class="tdl">Sir John (afterwards Lord) Keane, G.C.B. & G.C.H.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_73">73</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1839</td><td class="tdl">John Ross, C.B.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_75">75</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1843</td><td class="tdl">John, Earl of Stair, K.T.</td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_76">76</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p class="pfs120">PLATES.</p> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">Costume of the Regiment</td><td class="tdr"><em>to face</em></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Plate_1">1</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Colours of the Regiment</td><td class="tdr"></td><td class="tdr"><a href="#Plate_66">66</a></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<hr class="tb pg-brk" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<a name="Plate_1" id="Plate_1"></a> -<img src="images/i_b_001fp.jpg" width="600" alt="" /> -<div class="caption">FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.<br /> - -<span class="fs80"><em>For Cannons Military Records</em></span><br /> - -<p class="fs80"><em>Madeley lith 3 Wellington S<sup>t</sup> Strand</em></p></div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[Pg 1]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="pfs120 lsp2">HISTORICAL RECORD</h2> - -<p class="pfs60">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs150">THE FORTY-SIXTH,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs60">OR THE</p> - -<p class="pfs120">SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT;</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs60">ORIGINALLY NUMBERED</p> - -<p class="pfs125">THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p class="p2" /> - - -<div class="sidenote">1739</div> - -<p class="noindent">The claim of the Spanish Government to the right of -search, and the aggressions committed by that power on -the commerce of Great Britain, in the West Indies, by -the <i lang="es" xml:lang="es">guarda-costas</i>, and other ships acting by authority -of the King of Spain, contrary to the existing treaties, -led to a convention between the two Crowns, which was -concluded on the 14th of January, 1739. This convention -stipulated, that compensation should be made by -Spain to the English Government, in reparation for the -hostilities committed on the British subjects in the -American seas. The Court of Madrid, however, violated -the convention, and ultimately war was proclaimed -against Spain on the 23rd of October, 1739.</p> - -<p>Augmentations were accordingly made in the army -and navy; ten regiments of Marines were raised in this -and the following year; these corps were embarked on -board the fleets under Admirals Vernon and Sir Chaloner -Ogle, which proceeded against the Spanish possessions -in South America.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1740</div> - -<p>While the war was being carried on between Great -Britain and Spain, Charles the Sixth, Emperor of -Germany, died on the 20th of October, 1740; and the -succession of his daughter, the Archduchess Maria -Theresa, to his hereditary dominions, being disputed -by the Electors of Bavaria and Saxony, also by the Kings -of Prussia and Spain, a continental war was the result, -in which England and France, acting in the first instance -as auxiliaries, finally became principals in the contest, -which has since been known as the "<em>War of the Austrian -Succession</em>." The King of France, Louis XV., supported -the Elector of Bavaria, while King George II., -adhering to the "<em>Pragmatic Sanction</em>,"<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a> to which nearly -all the powers of Europe had been parties, supported -the claims of the Archduchess Maria Theresa.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1741</div> - -<p>In January, 1741, seven additional regiments<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> were -raised for the regular Infantry, and were numbered in -succession to the ten regiments of marines, from the -<em>Fifty-fourth</em> to the <em>Sixtieth</em> regiment.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> was one of these seven regiments, -and the command of the corps was conferred by King -George II. on Colonel John Price, from the First Foot -Guards, whose commission was dated the 13th of -January, 1741. The regiment consisted of ten companies, -of three serjeants, three corporals, two drummers, -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span>and seventy privates each; and its numbers, including -officers, amounted to eight hundred and fifteen.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1742</div> - -<p>In March, 1742, the <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> regiment was -stationed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.</p> - -<p>In May, 1742, several regiments were embarked for -Flanders under Field Marshal the Earl of Stair, to -support Maria Theresa, the Queen of Hungary and -Bohemia; but the <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> regiment remained -in Great Britain.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> regiment was afterwards stationed -at Berwick, and in October received orders to -proceed to North Britain.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1743</div> - -<p>On the 23rd of June, 1743, Colonel the Honorable -Thomas Murray, from the Third Foot Guards, was -promoted Colonel of the <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> regiment, -in succession to Colonel John Price, removed to the -fourteenth foot.</p> - -<p>In the meanwhile King George II. had joined the -army at Aschaffenberg, and on the 27th of June gained -a victory over the French army, under Marshal Noailles -at <em>Dettingen</em>.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1744</div> - -<p>France and Great Britain, from auxiliaries, now became -principals in the contest. On the 20th of March, 1744, -France declared war against England, and on the 29th -of that month a counter declaration was made by Great -Britain, in which the French monarch was accused of -violating the "<em>Pragmatic Sanction</em>," and of assisting the -son of the Pretender in his designs on the British -throne.</p> - -<p>The operations of the British army in Flanders during -the year 1744 were confined to the defensive, and no -general engagement occurred.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1745</div> - -<p>After the battle of <em>Fontenoy</em>, fought on the 11th of -May, 1745, Louis XV. revived the claims of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span> -Pretender<a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a> to the throne of Great Britain. Prince Charles -Edward, eldest son of the Pretender, arrived in the -Highlands of Scotland towards the end of July, where -he was joined by several clans.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> regiment at this period formed -part of the force in Scotland, and Lieut.-General Sir -John Cope, the Commander in Chief in North Britain, -assembled all the troops under his orders at Stirling, -which consisted of about fourteen hundred men. He -afterwards advanced towards the great road called the -Chain, leading through the Highlands to Inverness, and -after a laborious march, arrived at Dalwhinny on the -25th of August. Here intelligence was received that -the rebels were posted at Corryarrack, seventeen miles -distant, upon which Lieut.-General Sir John Cope continued -his march through Badenoch to Inverness, so that -the south of Scotland was left unprotected, and the -young Pretender improved this unexpected advantage, -and accordingly entered the county of Athol, seized the -Castle of Blair, proceeded afterwards to Perth and -Dundee, proclaiming his Father by new magistrates of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span> -his own appointment, levying the public money, and -assuming other acts of royalty. The number of the -rebels had increased to four thousand men, and on the -11th of September the young Chevalier marched from -Perth, passed the Forth on the 13th, and on the 16th -of that month, at night, arrived in the vicinity of -Edinburgh. At five o'clock on the following morning -the city was unaccountably surrendered to him without -resistance. He then made his public entry, attired in -Highland costume, and occupied the royal palace of -Holyrood House. General Guest, who commanded the -garrison of Edinburgh Castle, removed the bank, and -the effects of the principal inhabitants into that fortress, -which greatly disappointed the young Prince, who -expected to gain possession of the treasure. His -Father was afterwards proclaimed with great ceremony -at the High Cross, as King of Great Britain and -Ireland.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-General Sir John Cope, in the meanwhile, -had marched with his troops from Inverness to Aberdeen, -where they took shipping, and landed at Dunbar, -twenty-seven miles east of Edinburgh, on the 18th of -September, when he was reinforced by Brigadier-General -Fowke, with two regiments of dragoons, from -Edinburgh. The next day he advanced towards that -city to observe the disposition of the rebels, who were -now increased to upwards of five thousand men.</p> - -<p>On the 20th of September Lieut.-General Sir John -Cope encamped in the neighbourhood of <em>Preston-Pans</em>,<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> -near the sea, and seven miles from Edinburgh.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span> -His army consisted of the following regiments:—</p> - -<div class="center fs90"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">Gardiner's (13th) and Hamilton's (14th) dragoons</td><td class="tdr">567</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Two companies of Guise's (6th) and eight of Lascelles' (47th) foot</td><td class="tdr">570</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Five companies of Lee's (44th) regiment</td><td class="tdr">291</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Murray's (now 46th) regiment</td><td class="tdr">580</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Highlanders</td><td class="tdr">183</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">——</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdr padr4">Total</td><td class="tdr">2,191</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">——</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p>Information being received of the approach of the -enemy, Sir John Cope drew up his army at <em>Gladsmuir -Heath</em>, between the hamlets of <em>Preston-Pans</em> and -Cockenzie. About three o'clock on the morning of the -21st of September, large bodies of rebel Highlanders -were in motion, and before daybreak a chosen band of -these hardy mountaineers advanced with great celerity -and intrepidity to attack the royalists. As they drew -near, they raised a fearful yell, fired a volley, threw -down their muskets, and rushed sword in hand upon -the troops which guarded the artillery. The sudden -advance of the Highlanders in the dark, their superior -numbers, and peculiar mode of fighting, dismayed the -two hundred soldiers appointed to guard the artillery -on the right, who saw themselves assaulted by more -than three times their own numbers, and as they -caught the gleam of steel flashing in their faces, gave -way and fled. The two hundred and fifty dragoons on -the right, seeing the artillery lost, became disheartened; -they advanced to charge a large mass of Highlanders, -but observing the disparity of numbers, they were -seized with a panic and galloped from the field.</p> - -<p>This inauspicious commencement of the action -damped the spirits of the infantry, and the panic spread -from rank to rank; several companies made resistance, -and feats of valour were displayed by individuals and<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span> -small parties; all semblance of order was, however, -soon lost, and a confused rout ensued.</p> - -<p>About four hundred of the royal forces were killed -or wounded, and the prisoners, who amounted to nearly -twelve hundred men, were removed to Edinburgh, and -afterwards to the Highlands.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> regiment had the following -officers taken prisoners: Lieut.-Colonel Clayton, -Major Talbot, Captains Reid, John Cochran, Scot, -Thomas Leslie, and Blackes; Lieutenants Thomas -Hay, Cranston, Disney, Wale, Wry, and Simms; -Ensigns Sutherland, Lucey, Holdane, Birnie, and -L'Estrange; and Adjutant Spencer.</p> - -<p>This successful commencement of the rebellion caused -numerous adherents to flock to the Prince's standard; -several regiments were recalled from the continent -in October, and His Royal Highness the Duke of -Cumberland proceeded to take the command of the -royal army. The young Pretender, elated with the -capture of Carlisle, marched as far as Derby, from -whence, however, he commenced his retreat to the -north on the 6th of December, as he found but few -partisans in England to join him in his expedition.</p> - -<p>The Duke of Cumberland, after capturing the rebel -garrison of Carlisle, returned to London, leaving the -command of the army to Lieut.-General Hawley.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1746</div> - -<p>In January 1746, Stirling was closely invested by -the young Chevalier, and Lieut.-General Hawley -marched to its relief. An engagement occurred at -<em>Falkirk</em> on the 17th of January, in which the Prince -was again victorious. The Duke of Cumberland now -proceeded to Edinburgh, reassumed the command -of the army, and on the 2nd of February entered -Stirling.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p> - -<p>Fortune no longer favored the young Chevalier, -who fixed his head-quarters at Inverness. The inclemency -of the season having abated, the Duke of Cumberland, -on the 8th of April, advanced towards the -enemy, and gained a complete victory over him on the -16th of April, near <em>Culloden House</em>, four miles east of -Inverness.<a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a></p> - -<p>By official documents it appears, that on the 22nd of -March, 1746, the <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> regiment was stationed -at Berwick, and on the 16th of April following, the -date of the Battle of <em>Culloden</em>, the subjoined letter was -addressed to the officer commanding the first division -of the regiment, then at Tuxford, in Nottinghamshire, -which indicates that the corps had commenced its march -towards London:—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80">"<em>War Office, 16th April, 1746.</em></p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Sir</span>,</p> - -<p class="in2">"I am commanded to signify to you it is His -Majesty's pleasure, that you cause the regiment of -Foot under your command to continue its march in -two divisions, with the utmost expedition, and without -halting.</p> - -<p class="right"><span class="padr10">"I am, &c.</span><br /> -(Signed) <span class="pad2">"<span class="smcap">W. Yonge.</span></span></p> - -<p class="negin3 fs80">"<em>Officer Commanding in Chief the first division<br /> -of Colonel Murray's regiment, at Tuxford.</em>"</p></div> - -<p>Prince Charles, after enduring many hardships, succeeded -in escaping to France in September. In the -following month the <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> regiment embarked -at Portsmouth for Jersey.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1747</div> - -<p>The rebellion being suppressed, several regiments -returned to Flanders, and on the 2nd of July, 1747, -the Duke of Cumberland engaged the French at -<em>Laffeld</em>, or <em>Val</em>, where the Allies suffered severely from -the misconduct of the Dutch troops.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1748</div> - -<p>The Allies again took the field in the summer of -1748, but hostilities were at length terminated by the -treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which was signed on the 7th -of October, 1748. By it all the great treaties, from -that of Westphalia in 1648, which first recognised the -principle of a balance of power in Europe, to that of -Vienna in 1738, were renewed and confirmed. Prussia -retained Silesia, and the Empress-Queen Maria Theresa -was guaranteed in the possession of her hereditary -dominions, according to the Pragmatic Sanction. France -surrendered her conquests in Flanders, and England -those in the East and West Indies; all therefore Great -Britain gained by the war was the glory of having supported -the German sovereignty of Maria Theresa, and -of having adhered to former treaties.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span></p> - -<p>Several regiments were disbanded in consequence of -the termination of the war. On the disbandment of -Colonel Spotswood's (afterwards Gooche's) American -Provincial Corps, then numbered the <em>forty-third</em> regiment, -and of the ten Marine regiments from the <em>forty-fourth</em> -to the <em>fifty-third</em>, the numerical titles of six of -the seven regiments raised in 1741, were changed, and -the <em>fifty-seventh</em> became the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment.<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a></p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1749</div> - -<p>In the year 1749 the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment proceeded -to Ireland, where it remained for eight years.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1751</div> - -<p>In the Royal Warrant, dated the 1st of July, 1751, -for ensuring uniformity in the clothing, standards, and -colours of the army, and regulating the number and -rank of regiments, the facings of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment were directed to be yellow. The first, or -King's colour, was the Great Union; the second, or -Regimental colour, was of yellow silk, with the Union -in the upper canton; in the centre of the colour the -number of the rank of the regiment, in gold Roman -characters, within a wreath of roses and thistles on the -same stalk.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1756</div> - -<p>While the regiment was stationed in Ireland, the -peace of Aix-la-Chapelle was interrupted by the aggressions -of the French on the British territory in -North America, and early in 1756 the King of France -prepared a powerful armament for the capture of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span> -island of Minorca. In consequence of this attack on -Minorca, hostilities became inevitable on the part of -Great Britain, and on the 18th of May war was -declared against France.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1757</div> - -<p>On the 7th of May 1757, the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, and -other regiments, embarked at Cork, for Nova Scotia, -being intended to form part of an expedition under -Major-General the Earl of Loudoun, for the attack -upon Cape Breton, an island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. -On arriving at Halifax, the seventeenth, -forty-second, <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, and the second battalion -of the sixtieth regiments were formed in brigade -under Major-General James Abercromby; but the -French at Louisburg having been reinforced, the -expedition was deferred until the following year, and the -regiment remained in Nova Scotia during the winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1758</div> - -<p>While the expedition under Lieut.-General (afterwards -Lord) Amherst proceeded in May, 1758, against -Cape Breton,<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment was ordered -to join the body of troops under Major-General James -Abercromby, selected to attack the fort of <em>Ticonderoga</em>. -This force, which comprised the twenty-seventh, forty-second, -forty-fourth, <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, and fifty-fifth -regiments, embarked on Lake George on the 5th of -July, and landed on the following day near the -extremity of the lake, from whence the troops marched -through a wild and thickly-wooded country, in four -columns, upon <em>Ticonderoga</em>; the guides mistook the -route through the trackless woods, and on the 6th of -July, a skirmish ensued with a body of French troops, -in which Brigadier-General George Augustus Viscount -Howe (of the fifty-fifth regiment) was killed. With this<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span> -exception the British sustained but small loss, while the -enemy had three hundred killed, and one hundred and -forty-eight taken prisoners. On the 8th of July, the -British appeared before the fort, which was situated on -a tongue of land, projecting into Lake Champlain, and -was built by the French in 1756. It could only be -approached on one side, which was strongly fortified; -the other three sides being surrounded by water. Felled -trees, with their branches outward, were spread before -the works, which were defended by between four and -five thousand men.</p> - -<p>The engineer having reported that the entrenchment -might be forced by musketry alone, Major-General -Abercromby, unfortunately, determined to attack the -place without waiting for the artillery, which, on account -of the badness of the ground, could not be easily -brought up. A rumour also that the French were -about to be reinforced with three thousand men, confirmed -the General in his resolution. Although the -troops behaved with the utmost gallantry in the -attack on fort <em>Ticonderoga</em>, on the 8th July, it was -found impossible to succeed in the undertaking, and -after many unavailing efforts, during a desperate contest -of upwards of four hours, Major-General Abercromby -gave orders to withdraw, and the British -returned to their camp on the south of Lake George, -where they arrived on the following evening.<a name="FNanchor_13_13" id="FNanchor_13_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1759</div> - -<p>The following officers belonging to the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment were killed on this occasion: Lieut.-Colonel -Samuel Beaver, Captains George Needham and -Edward Wynne; Lieutenants Jacob Laulhé and -Arthur Lloyd; Ensign George Crofton, and Quarter-Master -Thomas Carbonell.</p> - -<p>In the year 1759, it was proposed to attack the -French in all their strong posts in Canada at once, so -as to fall as nearly as possible at the same time upon -Crown Point, Niagara, and the forts to the south of -Lake Erie, while a great naval armament, and a considerable -body of land forces under Major-General -James Wolfe, should attempt Quebec by the river St. -Lawrence.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-General Amherst, who commanded the -British forces in America, was to attack Ticonderoga -and Crown Point, by Lake George; the reduction of -these forts would command the Lake Champlain, where -having established a sufficient naval force, he was by -the river Sorel, which forms the communication between -this lake and the river St. Lawrence, to proceed to -Quebec, and effect a junction with Major-General Wolfe.</p> - -<p>The third of the grand operations was against <em>Fort -Niagara</em>, near the celebrated falls of that name, a place -of great consequence. The reduction of this place was -committed to Brigadier-General John Prideaux (fifty-fifth -regiment), under whom Sir William Johnson -commanded the provincials of New York, and several -Indians of the Five Nations, who were engaged in the -British service, by the credit that gentleman had -obtained among their tribes. It was to this portion of -the army that the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment was attached.</p> - -<p>The troops which had been appointed to proceed to -Niagara, arrived at the fort in July. This was a very -important post, and was situated at the entrance of a<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span> -strait by which Lake Ontario is joined to Lake Erie. -A little above the fort is the cataract of Niagara, the -most remarkable in the world, for the quantity of -water, and the greatness of the fall. The siege of the -place had not been long formed, before Brigadier-General -Prideaux was killed in the trenches, by the -bursting of a cohorn. This occurred on the 20th of -July, and the accident threatened to throw a damp on -the operations; but Sir William Johnson, upon whom -the command devolved, omitted nothing to continue -the vigorous measures of his predecessor, and added to -them everything his own genius could suggest.</p> - -<p>The French were alarmed for the safety of the fort, -and collected all the troops they could draw from their -posts about the lakes, and to these were joined a large -body of Indians; the whole advanced to raise the siege, -and they amounted in all, to seventeen hundred men.</p> - -<p>It was on the 23rd of July, that Sir William Johnson -received intelligence of the approach of the enemy to -relieve the fort, and instantly made a disposition to -defeat their designs. The guard of the trenches was -commanded by Major John Beckwith, of the forty-fourth -regiment, and, lest the garrison should sally -out, and either attempt to surprise or overpower that -guard, by which the British would have been hemmed -in between two fires, the forty-fourth regiment, under -Lieut.-Colonel William Farquhar, was posted in such -manner as to be able to sustain Major Beckwith.</p> - -<p>The road on the left of the line, which led from the -cataract to the fort, was occupied by the light infantry, -and piquets of the army, on the evening of the 23rd of -July; early next morning these were reinforced by the -grenadiers and part of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, the -whole commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Eyre Massey, of -the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, to whose good conduct in the distribution<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span> -of the troops, and the steadiness with which he -received the enemy in front, while the Indians in -British pay, attacked them on the flanks, the honor of -the day was in a great degree attributable. The -French were completely defeated, and all their officers -were made prisoners, among whom were Monsieur -Aubry, De Lignery, Marin, and Repentini.</p> - -<p>This action sealed the fate of <em>Fort Niagara</em>, which -surrendered on the following day (25th of July), and -Sir William Johnson, Bart., in his despatch to Lieut.-General -Amherst, of that date, thus alluded to the -conduct of the troops:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>"Permit me to assure you, in the whole progress of -the siege, which was severe and painful, the officers -and men behaved with the utmost cheerfulness and -bravery."</p></div> - -<p>In the meantime the siege of <em>Ticonderoga</em> was prosecuted -with vigour by the troops under Lieut.-General -Amherst, and on the 25th of July the garrison blew up -the fort, and sailed to <em>Crown Point</em>, another fort on -Lake Champlain, which place the French also abandoned, -and retired down the lake to <em>Isle aux Noix</em>; -<em>Crown Point</em> was occupied by the British on the 4th of -August following.</p> - -<p>The operations against Quebec by the troops under -Major-General James Wolfe, caused the year to end -in a most triumphant manner to the British Arms. -The battle fought on the 13th of September, 1759, on -the Heights of <em>Abraham</em>, in which the Major-General -was killed, led to the surrender of Quebec, which -capitulated five days afterwards.</p> - -<p>While the above operations were being performed, -Lieut.-General Amherst found that the command of -Lake Champlain was still an object of some difficulty, -although the retreat of the French from Crown Point<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span> -and Ticonderoga had left him master of Lake -George. In October the troops embarked in boats, -and proceeded a considerable distance along the -lake, but the season became too advanced for operations, -which were postponed to the following year, and the -force returned to Crown Point and Ticonderoga for -winter-quarters.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1760</div> - -<p>The French endeavoured to regain possession of -Quebec, and after the battle of <em>Sillery</em> fought before that -place on the 28th of April, 1760, in which, from their -superiority in numbers they had the advantage, trenches -were immediately opened by them before the town. -The arrival of the English fleet in May dissipated all -fears for the safety of Quebec, and nothing now remained -to cloud the prospect of the reduction of Canada, -by the united efforts of three British armies, which, by -different routes, were marching to attack those parts -of the country that remained in the power of France.</p> - -<p>A large army was collected at Oswego by Lieut.-General -Amherst, which the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment -joined in the afternoon of the 6th of August. The -whole army embarked on the 10th of August, and the -grenadiers, amounting to about six hundred men, were -embodied, and placed under the command of Lieut.-Colonel -Eyre Massey of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment. -Dispositions were afterwards made for the attack of -<em>Fort Levi</em>, on <em>L'Isle Royale</em>, and after two days' sharp -firing, the fort surrendered on the 25th of August, of -which Lieut.-Colonel Massey, with three companies of -grenadiers, took possession.</p> - -<p>After spending some days in repairing this post, and -in fitting out the vessels for passing the troops down -the river St. Lawrence, the most difficult part of which -was now to be encountered; notwithstanding all precautions, -nearly ninety men were drowned in passing<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span> -the dangerous falls, and a great number of vessels -broke to pieces. After a tedious voyage the British -came in sight of the Island of Montreal on the 6th of -September.</p> - -<p>The troops were immediately landed, and all dispositions -were made for attacking the place, and so -excellently was the plan concerted, that Brigadier-General -the Honorable James Murray landed from -Quebec on that very day, and Colonel Haviland with -his force from Isle-au-Noix on the following day.</p> - -<p>The Marquis of Vaudreuil, the French Governor-General, -saw himself entirely enclosed, and was compelled -to surrender the garrison of Montreal on the -8th of September; thus was completed the <em>Conquest of -Canada</em>, which vast country has since continued under -the dominion of Great Britain.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1761</div> - -<p>The regiment remained in North America until -October 1761, when it embarked for Barbadoes, where -an armament was being assembled for the attack of the -French West India Islands, and the land forces were -placed under the orders of Major-General the Honorable -Robert Monckton.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1762</div> - -<p>The armament sailed from Carlisle Bay, in Barbadoes, -on the 5th of January, 1762, and proceeded -against the island of <em>Martinique</em>, which was settled by -the French about the year 1635. After menacing the -coast at several points, a landing was effected in the -middle of January in Cas des Navières Bay; many -difficulties were encountered from the rugged surface -of the country, and from the formidable heights occupied -by the enemy, but these were overcome by British -skill, discipline, and valour; the heights of <em>Morne Tartenson</em> -were carried on the 24th of January, and of -<em>Morne Garnier</em> on the 27th; <em>Fort Royal</em> surrendered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span> -on the 4th of February, and these successes were followed -by the submission of the island to the British -Crown.</p> - -<p>Major-General the Honorable Robert Monckton -commended the conduct of the troops in his despatch, -and added,—"The difficulties they had to encounter in -the attack of an enemy, possessed of every advantage -that art or nature could give them, were great. -Their perseverance in surmounting these obstacles -furnishes a noble example of British spirit:" and -in alluding to the conduct of the three divisions of -grenadiers, one division of which was commanded by -Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable John Vaughan, at this -period Lieut.-Colonel commandant of the ninety-fourth -(since disbanded), but who was appointed to the -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment in November following, added, -that "they had particularly distinguished themselves, -the warmest part of the service having fallen to their -lot."</p> - -<p>The capture of <em>Martinique</em> was followed by the submission -of <em>Grenada</em>, <em>St. Lucia</em>, and <em>St. Vincent</em>.</p> - -<p>War had in the interim been declared against Spain, -and the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> joined the armament under -General the Earl of Albemarle, destined to proceed -against the wealthy Spanish settlement of the <em>Havannah</em>, -in the Island of Cuba. On the 7th of June a landing -was effected, and on the 9th the troops took up a -position between Coximar and the Moro Fort. Extraordinary -difficulties were encountered in making the -approaches, and carrying on the siege, while a severe -sickness prevailed amongst the seamen and soldiers. -Every obstacle was, however, overcome by the unanimity -which existed between the land and sea forces. -The <em>Moro</em> fort, which protected the harbour, and was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span> -regarded as almost impregnable, was captured by storm -on the 30th of July; on the 11th of August a series of -batteries opened so well-directed a fire on the defences -of the town, that the guns of the garrison were soon -silenced, and flags of truce were hung out. On the -13th of August the town of the Havannah, with all its -dependencies, and the ships of war in the harbour, surrendered, -and the British troops took possession of this -valuable settlement. Negociations for peace were -shortly afterwards commenced, and the preliminary -articles were signed at Fontainebleau by the Duke of -Bedford on the 3rd of November, 1762.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1763</div> - -<p>The treaty of Fontainebleau was concluded at Paris -on the 10th of February, 1763, the ratifications were -exchanged on the 10th of March, and peace was proclaimed -in London on the 22nd of that month.</p> - -<p>By this treaty the whole of Canada, part of Louisiana, -together with Cape Breton, and the other islands in the -Gulf of St. Lawrence, were ceded to Great Britain. -In the West Indies, the islands of Tobago, Dominica, -St. Vincent, and Grenada, were retained by Great -Britain; but Martinique, Guadaloupe, Marigalante, -and St. Lucia, were restored to France. In the East -Indies, the French obtained the restitution of their -settlements, but agreed not to erect any fortifications -in Bengal. Minorca was restored to England in exchange -<ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'for Belleisle'">for Belle-Isle</ins>, which had been captured by the -British in 1761, and it was stipulated that the fortifications -of Dunkirk should be demolished. Spain ceded -East and West Florida to Great Britain, in return for -the restitution of the Havannah, Manilla, and all the -places which Spain had lost since the commencement -of the war.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1764</div> - -<p>In the meanwhile the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment had<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span> -returned to North America, where it remained for the -four following years.</p> - -<p>Colonel the Honorable William Howe was appointed -by His Majesty King George III. from the fifty-eighth -to the colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment on the -21st of November, 1764, in succession to Lieut.-General -the Honorable Thomas Murray, deceased.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1767</div> - -<p>In the autumn of the year 1767 the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment returned to Great Britain, and was stationed -in Ireland for eight years.</p> - -<p>Serious disputes had, in the meantime, arisen, -on the subject of taxation, between the colonists in -North America and the British Government. The -passing of the Stamp Act, in 1764, was the first cause -of irritation, but the spirit of discontent was partially -allayed by its repeal in 1766. This feeling was again -aroused, in the following year, by the Bill for levying -duties on certain articles imported from England, which -was repealed in 1770, with the exception of the duty -on tea, which was retained as an assertion of the right -of taxation inherent in the British Legislature. After -the cargoes of tea sent to Boston in 1773 had been -emptied into the sea, an Act of Parliament was passed -in the year 1774 for closing that port.</p> - -<p>The colonists adopted retaliatory measures, and subsequently -made preparations for an appeal to arms.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1775</div> - -<p>On the 19th of April, 1775, the first hostile collision -took place at <em>Lexington</em>, between His Majesty's troops -and the Colonists in the unhappy contest, which was -soon to assume a most formidable character.</p> - -<p>Upon Major-General the Honorable Sir William -Howe, K.B., being removed to the colonelcy of the -twenty-third Royal Welsh Fusiliers, on the 11th of -May, 1775, Brevet Colonel the Honorable John Vaughan<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span> -was appointed to the vacant colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment.</p> - -<p>The conflict at Lexington was followed by the battle of -<em>Bunker's Hill</em>, which was fought on the 17th of June, 1775.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1776</div> - -<p>These events caused several regiments to be embarked -for America early in the year 1776; the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -embarked from Ireland at this period, and arrived -on the coast of North Carolina early in April, -when Major-General Henry Clinton, who was serving -with the local rank of General in America, assumed the -command. The men landed at Cape Fear to refresh -themselves after the voyage, and returning on board -the transports, sailed on the 1st of June with the -expedition against <em>Charleston</em>. After passing Charleston -bar, the troops landed on one of the islands; but the -armament proved of insufficient strength for the capture -of the capital of South Carolina, and the troops re-embarked -and proceeded to Staten Island, where the main -body of the British forces had assembled under Major-General -the Honorable Sir William Howe, K.B., who -was serving with the local rank of General in America. -The seventeenth, fortieth, <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, and fifty-fifth -regiments were here formed in brigade under -Major-General James Grant.</p> - -<p>On the 4th of July, 1776, the American Congress -issued their declaration of independence, abjuring -their allegiance to the Crown of Great Britain, and all -hope of accommodation failed.</p> - -<p>A landing was effected by the British on <em>Long -Island</em> on the 22nd of August, and in the evening of -the 26th the army was put in motion to pass a range of -woody heights, which intersect the island, and to attack -the American force in position beyond the hills. The -column under Major-General Grant, of which the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -formed part, was directed to advance along the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span> -coast, with ten pieces of cannon, to draw the enemy's -attention to that quarter. Moving forward at the appointed -hour, <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'this columm fell'">this column fell</ins> in with the advanced -parties of the Americans about midnight, and at daybreak -on the following morning, encountered a large -body of troops formed in an advantageous position, -defended by artillery. Skirmishing and cannonading -ensued, and were continued until the Americans discovered -by the firing at <em>Brooklyn</em>, that the left of their -army had been turned and forced, when they retreated in -great confusion through a morass. The American army, -being driven from its positions with severe loss, made a -precipitate retreat to their fortified lines at <em>Brooklyn</em>.</p> - -<p>The Americans quitted their fortified lines during -the night of the 28th of August, and retired across the -East River, in boats, to New York; the reduction -of <em>Long Island</em> was accomplished in a few days, with -little loss.</p> - -<p>The regiment shared in the operations by which the -capture of <em>New York</em> was accomplished: also in the -movements by which the Americans were driven from -<em>White Plains</em>, and in the reduction of <em>Fort Washington</em>.</p> - -<p>After the reduction of Fort Washington, and of Fort -Lee on the opposite side of the North, or Hudson's -River, the regiment continued the pursuit of the enemy -across the Jerseys, by Elizabeth Town, Raway, &c. -towards Philadelphia, and remained during the following -winter at Amboy.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment occupied an old transport -ship as a barrack, and being actively employed during -the winter in constant escorts of ammunition, was continually -attacked between that place and New Brunswick, -on the way to Trenton, Princetown, and Burlington, -where the advance of the British army had -taken up winter quarters.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span></p> - -<p>During the winter, General Washington suddenly -passed the Delaware river, and succeeded in surprising -and making prisoners a corps of Hessians at Trenton, -but he afterwards made a precipitate retreat. Being -reinforced, he again crossed the river, and took up a -position at Trenton.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1777</div> - -<p>Information having been received that the Americans -were forming magazines at <em>Peek's Hill</em>, about fifty miles -up the North River, the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment was -detached against that post, with a body of troops, which -sailed from New York on the 22nd of March, 1777, and -as they approached Peek's Hill, the Americans set fire -to the stores, and retreated. The British landed, completed -the destruction of the magazines, barracks, &c., -and subsequently returned to their former quarters at -New York.</p> - -<p>Afterwards taking the field with the army in the -Jerseys, the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment was engaged in the -operations designed to bring the enemy to a general -engagement; but the Americans kept close in their fortified -lines in the mountains; an expedition against the -populous and wealthy city of <em>Philadelphia</em> was next -undertaken.</p> - -<p>Embarking from Sandy Hook, the army, of which the -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> formed part, proceeded to the Chesapeake, -and landed on the northern shore of the Elk river on -the 25th of August. The American army took up a -position at <em>Brandywine</em>, to oppose the advance, and on -the 11th of September the Royal forces moved forward -to engage their opponents. The action proved decisive; -the enemy was driven from his position, and forced to -make a precipitate retreat. The <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> sustained -but trifling loss on this occasion.</p> - -<p>In order to harass the Royal forces, General Washington -posted several detachments in such a manner as<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span> -to command all the roads and avenues to their encampment. -He seized every opportunity of drawing detached -parties into ambuscades, which was the more readily -effected, as the country was in his interest, and the provincial -army abounded with persons fully acquainted -with all its local advantages.</p> - -<p>A very considerable detachment employed in this -manner, lay concealed in the depth of a forest at a short -distance behind the British camp; it consisted of fifteen -hundred men, commanded by General Wayne.</p> - -<p>General Sir William Howe, upon receiving this intelligence, -despatched Major-General Charles (afterwards -Earl) Grey with a body of troops in the middle of the -night of the 20th of September to surprise the detachment -of the enemy.</p> - -<p>The light company of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment was -engaged in this enterprise, which was conducted with -singular address and intrepidity. The troops advanced -in profound silence to the outposts of the enemy, -which were surprised and secured without the least -noise. It was then between twelve and one. The -main body of the American army, unapprised of -its danger, had retired to rest. Directed by the light -of the camp fires, the party under Major-General Grey -proceeded undiscovered to the enemy's encampment, and -rushed upon the foe with their bayonets. Three -hundred Americans were killed and wounded, and a -great number taken prisoners, with most of their arms -and baggage. Obscurity saved those that escaped, -as it had before at Brandywine Creek. The British -had only one officer, one serjeant, and one private soldier -killed, and a few men wounded, in this attack.</p> - -<p>It was this affair which gave the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment -<em>Red Feathers</em>, which it has ever since worn. The -origin of the distinction is as follows:—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p> - -<p>The Americans having vowed vengeance for the above -attack, and that they would give no quarter, the soldiers -of the <em>light battalion</em> on this declared, that to -prevent any one not engaged in the action from suffering -on their account, they had stained their feathers -<em>red</em>, as a distinguishing mark.</p> - -<p>The British army advanced upon Philadelphia, took -possession of that city, and occupied a position at -<em>Germantown</em>. The Americans attempted to surprise -the British troops early on the morning of the 4th of -October, and at first gained some advantage, but were -speedily repulsed with severe loss.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1778</div> - -<p>The regiment passed the winter in quarters at -Philadelphia, and in the spring of 1778, it furnished -several detachments, which ranged the country in various -directions to open communications for obtaining -provisions. At this period General the Honorable Sir -William Howe had returned to England, and resigned -the command of the army to General Sir Henry -Clinton, K.B. The regiment also took part in the -fatigues and difficulties of the march of the army from -Philadelphia, through the Jerseys, in order to return -to New York, and the flank companies were engaged -on the 28th of June in repulsing the attack of the -enemy on the rear of the column at <em>Monmouth Court-House</em>, -near <em>Freehold</em>, in New Jersey.</p> - -<p>The army had marched from Philadelphia to New -York in consequence of the King of France having -engaged to aid the Americans, which circumstance -changed the character of the war. Shortly after the -arrival of the British army at New York a powerful -French armament appeared off that port. The enemy -had a great superiority of numbers; but the enthusiasm -in the British navy and army was unbounded, and the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span> -hour of contest was looked forward to with sanguine -expectations. The enemy did not, however, venture -to hazard an attack; but proceeded against Rhode -Island; a numerous body of Americans co-operated -in the enterprise, and besieged Newport. The British -fleet put to sea, and the thirty-third, forty-second, -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, and sixty-fourth regiments embarked, -under Major-General Grey, to join the fleet at the east -end of Long Island.</p> - -<p>When the transports were about to sail, information -was received of the departure of the French fleet from -Rhode Island, and while at sea, news arrived of the -Americans having raised the siege of Newport. The -troops were then directed to proceed against <em>Bedford</em>, -on the Accushnet river, a noted place for American -privateers. On the evening of the 5th of September -the troops landed,—overcame all opposition,—destroyed -seventy privateers and other ships,—demolished -the fort and artillery,—blew up the magazine,—destroyed -an immense quantity of naval stores, &c., and -returned on board the transports at noon on the following -day. The troops afterwards proceeded against -Martha's Vineyard,—destroyed the defences,—took -three hundred and eighty-eight stand of arms from the -militia,—obliged the inhabitants to deliver up three -hundred oxen, ten thousand sheep, and a thousand -pounds sterling collected by the Congress. After this -success the regiment returned to New York.</p> - -<p>A powerful French armament menacing the British -possessions in the West Indies, the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, and -other regiments, sailed from North America, early in -November, for Barbadoes, under Major-General James -Grant.</p> - -<p>Upon the arrival of the reinforcements at Barbadoes,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span> -the British naval and military commanders resolved to -attack the French island of <em>St. Lucia</em>. On this occasion -the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment was formed in brigade -with the fifteenth, twenty-eighth, and fifty-fifth regiments, -under Major-General Prescott.</p> - -<p>The expedition sailed from Carlisle Bay on the 12th -of December, a landing was effected at <em>St. Lucia</em> on the -following day, and on the 14th the French troops were -driven from several important posts. In the meantime -a French armament of very superior numbers -approached the island, and the British took up positions -to repel the enemy. The French fleet made a -desperate attack on the British naval force, but was -repulsed.</p> - -<p>A numerous body of the enemy landed, and, on the -18th of December, stormed the post of <em>La Vigie</em>, which -was occupied by the grenadiers and light infantry (of -which the flank companies of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> formed -part), and the fifth regiment, under Brigadier-General -Medows. The enemy amounted to nine thousand -men, commanded by Monsieur D'Estaing, the Marquis -de Bouillé, and M. Lavendahl, and advanced in three -columns; their first two attacks were made, to quote -the words of Major-General Grant's despatch, "with -the impetuosity of Frenchmen, and repulsed with the -determined bravery of Britons." The French made -a third attempt, but were soon broken, and were forced -to re-embark, leaving the ground covered with killed -and wounded.<a name="FNanchor_14_14" id="FNanchor_14_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span></p> - -<p>The flank companies of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment -had an opportunity of distinguishing themselves on -this occasion, and Lieutenant William Gomm was -wounded.</p> - -<p>The loss of the French amounted to about four hundred -killed and eleven hundred wounded, while the -killed on the side of the British was only ten, and one -hundred and thirty wounded. The sense Major-General -Grant entertained of the services of Brigadier-General -Medows and the detachment under his command, -was expressed in the following letter, dated from -<em>Morne Fortunée</em>, the 19th of December, 1778:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Sir</span>,</p> - -<p class="in2">"I cannot express how much I feel obliged to you, -and the troops under your command, for repulsing, -with so much spirit and bravery, so great a body of -the enemy, and own it was just what I expected from -you and them; and I am sure, under your command, -they will always behave in such a manner as to do -honor to you, themselves, their King, and their country; -and I must beg of you to express my gratitude.</p> - -<p class="right"><span class="padr10">"I have, &c.,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad2">"<span class="smcap">James Grant,</span></span></span><br /> -"<em>Major-General</em>.</p> - -<p class="noindent fs80">"<em>Brigadier-General Medows</em>, <em>&c., &c., &c.</em>"</p></div> - -<p>Immediately after the departure of the French armament, -the governor surrendered the island of <em>St. Lucia</em> -to the British troops, the capitulation being signed on -the 30th of December.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1779</div> - -<p>In 1779 the Court of Spain commenced hostilities -against Great Britain, and this example was followed -by the Dutch.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1782</div> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment remained in the West -Indies until the year 1782, when it returned to -England.</p> - -<p>A letter, dated the 31st of August, 1782, conveyed -to the regiment His Majesty's pleasure, that County -Titles should be conferred on the Infantry, and the -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> was directed to assume the designation of -the <span class="fs70">SOUTH DEVONSHIRE</span> regiment, in order that a connexion -between the regiment and that part of the -county should be cultivated, which might be useful in -promoting the success of the recruiting service.</p> - -<p>On the 30th of November, 1782, the preliminary -Articles of Peace were signed at Paris between Great -Britain and the United States of America, and the -treaty was concluded in the ensuing February.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1783</div> - -<p>The preliminaries of the treaties between England, -France, and Spain, were signed at Versailles on the -20th of January, 1783. <em>St. Lucia</em> was restored to -France, also the settlements on the river Senegal and -the city of Pondicherry in the East Indies. France -relinquished all her West India conquests, with the -exception of Tobago; Spain retained Minorca (which -had surrendered to the combined French and Spanish -forces in the previous year), and West Florida; East -Florida was ceded in exchange for the restitution of -the Bahamas to Great Britain.</p> - -<p>On the 2nd of September, 1783, were signed the -preliminary Articles of Peace with Holland, the treaty -with that country having been postponed in consequence -of the Dutch claiming an indemnification for the -expenses of the war, and the restoration of Trincomalee, -in Ceylon, which had been captured from the Dutch -by the English in January of the previous year, and -retaken by the French in August following. The<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span> -place was, however, restored to Holland at the general -peace.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1784</div> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment proceeded from Plymouth -to Ireland on the 21st of February, 1784, and continued -in that country during the eight following -years.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1792</div> - -<p>In February, 1792, the regiment proceeded from -Ireland to Gibraltar.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1794</div> - -<p>While the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment was stationed at -Gibraltar, the French revolutionary war commenced, -and in the year 1794, the islands of Martinique, St. -Lucia, and Guadaloupe were captured by the British. -The French republican government fitted out an expedition -for the recovery of these islands, and some -success attended their efforts. This occurrence occasioned -an order to be given for the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment to be embarked from Gibraltar to reinforce -the British troops in the West Indies. The regiment -accordingly embarked in November, 1794, and arrived -in the following month at the island of Martinique.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1795</div> - -<p>The republican emissaries employed by France -having organized an insurrection in the island of <em>St. -Vincent</em>, where the native Caribs, and several of the -French inhabitants were in arms against the British -government, occasioned the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment to -be ordered to St. Vincent.</p> - -<p>At Dorsetshire Hill, the Caribs hoisted the tri-coloured -flag, and burnt every plantation in their -power. The loyal inhabitants of the island assembled -at Kingston, and in the fort, and every means of -defence which the colony afforded, were used by -Governor Seton.</p> - -<p>It being determined to storm <em>Dorsetshire Hill</em>, -Governor Seton selected a force for this enterprise, of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span> -which a company of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, which -had arrived from Martinique, under the command of -Captain Dugald Campbell, formed part. Shortly -after twelve o'clock, on the night of the 14th of March, -the troops mounted the steep and rugged path in -regularity and silence. They ascended within eighty -yards of the main post, when they were discovered by -the enemy's sentry, who challenged and fired. The -Caribs, undismayed by the surprise, shouted, and -opened a smart fire of musketry on the British. As -soon as the troops were within twenty yards of the -enemy, orders were given to fire a volley and charge, -which were obeyed with the greatest alacrity. While -a portion of the British force mounted the bank at one -place, the detachment of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, -under Captain Campbell, ascended another part of the -bank. The buildings which sheltered the enemy were -stormed, but many escaped through the darkness of the -night. Chatoye, the Carib king, was killed with -several of his adherents, and the enemy's two pieces of -cannon were captured.</p> - -<p><em>Dorsetshire Hill</em> being too extensive a position, was -abandoned early on the following morning, and the -British returned to Sion Hill.</p> - -<p>The remainder of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment having -arrived, enabled the governor to make a second attack -upon the enemy on the 10th of April, when the Caribs -were driven from their positions with considerable loss -on their side, but small on the part of the British.</p> - -<p>On the 7th of May, the enemy appeared on the -height above <em>Calliaqua</em>, in the vicinity of which was -situated the estate belonging to Sir William Young, -whose buildings had been previously consumed by the -Caribs, who had received reinforcements from Guadaloupe.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span></p> - -<p>Governor Seton, considering that some attempt would -be made against Kingston, sent on the 7th of May, a -party, under Captain John Hall, of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, -consisting of a subaltern and thirty-three rank and -file of that regiment, forty militia, and forty of the -corps of rangers, with five of the royal artillery, and a -fourteen pound field-piece, to take possession of <em>Dorsetshire -Hill</em>. About one o'clock in the morning of the -8th of May, the party under Captain Hall was attacked -by a force of three hundred French and Caribs, and -after a vigorous resistance, was compelled to withdraw -to the post on Sion Hill, in consequence of the enemy's -great superiority in numbers, leaving the field-piece -spiked.</p> - -<p>Kingston would inevitably have been destroyed, if -the enemy had kept possession of Dorsetshire Hill, and -sixty rank and file of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, under Captain -William Cooper Forster, of that regiment, were immediately -detached with other troops to attack the foe at -daybreak.</p> - -<p>The Caribs, with great dexterity, found means to -clear the field-piece of the spike during the short time -they had it in their possession, and had been joined by -upwards of a hundred French and others of their party -immediately after the retreat of Captain Hall's party. -The British, however, attacked them with great spirit, -and, in less than half an hour, they retook the field-piece, -and obtained possession of the hill, the enemy -flying on all sides.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment had three rank and file -killed, and nine wounded. Captain William Cooper -Forster and Ensign Michael Lee, were also wounded.</p> - -<p>On the 12th of June the troops under Lieut.-Colonel -Baldwin Leighton, of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, carried -by assault, the enemy's post <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'on the Virgie'">on the Vigie</ins>, on which<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span> -occasion Captains John Law and William Cooper Forster, -of that regiment, were wounded:—after this success -the Lieut.-Colonel advanced into the Carib country, -and took up a position on Mount Young.</p> - -<p>On the 1st of August, 1795, Major-General James -Henry Craig was appointed Colonel of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment, in succession to Lieut.-General the -Honorable Sir John Vaughan, K.B., deceased.</p> - -<p>In September, 1795, reinforcements arrived from -England, consisting of the fortieth, fifty-fourth, and -fifty-ninth regiments, and Major-General Paulus -Æmilius Irving assumed the command. The enemy, -apprised of the arrival of fresh troops, retired from -his position on Fairbane's Ridge, during the night of -the 30th of September.</p> - -<p>At three o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of -October, the troops advanced against the <em>Vigie</em>, and -after a severe action, the Caribs abandoned that post, -of which possession was taken by the British.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1796</div> - -<p>After this action the British remained on the defensive, -but several attacks were made by the enemy. -Major-General Peter Hunter, after an action fought on -the 8th of January, 1796, evacuated the New Vigie, -in order to provide for the safety of Fort Charlotte -and Kingston. The party from Morne Ronde was -also withdrawn.</p> - -<p>On the 8th of June further reinforcements arrived -under Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, K.B., -and on the following day the troops marched in one -column, by the right, as far as Stubbs, about eight -miles from Kingston; each division halted that evening -opposite to their respective points of attack. The post -of <em>New Vigie</em>, an eminence on which the enemy had -constructed four redoubts, stronger by the natural<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> -difficulties of the approach, than by the art displayed -in their formation, was attacked on the 10th of June, -and after a conflict of seven hours' duration, the Caribs -surrendered prisoners of war; but about six hundred -broke the capitulation, and escaped to the woods, -where they joined their friends at the farther end of -the island.</p> - -<p>In this attack the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> had two rank and -file killed, and one wounded.</p> - -<p>Troops were also despatched to <em>Mounts Young</em> and -<em>William</em>, where a number of brass ordnance, and a -quantity of ammunition, &c., were taken.</p> - -<p>A desultory warfare was carried on until September, -when the Caribs were forced to submit, and they were -afterwards removed from the island of St. Vincent.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, which had been engaged -with the Caribs, together, and in detachments, on -<em>thirteen</em> occasions, and in eight months had sustained a -loss of four hundred men out of five hundred and -twenty, afterwards returned to England, and arrived -at Portsmouth in November, 1796.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1797<br />1799</div> - -<p>While stationed in England the regiment was successively -quartered at Doncaster, York, Henley-upon-Thames, -Warminster, Poole, and Plymouth, from which -port it embarked for Ireland, towards the end of the -year 1799.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1800</div> - -<p>In the beginning of the year 1800, the regiment -arrived at Cork, and was subsequently stationed at -Fermoy, Limerick, and Cork.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1802</div> - -<p>While the regiment was stationed in Ireland, a -treaty of peace was signed on the 27th of March, 1802, -at Amiens, but the ambitious designs of the French -ruler occasioned the war to be renewed in May, 1803.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1804</div> - -<p>On the 5th of January, 1804, His Majesty King<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span> -George III., appointed Lieut.-General John Whyte, -from the First West India regiment, to be colonel of -the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, in succession to Lieut.-General -Sir James Henry Craig, who was removed to -the eighty-sixth regiment.</p> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment embarked at Cork for -the West Indies, and arrived at Barbadoes in April. -In June following the regiment proceeded to <em>Dominica</em>.<a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1805</div> - -<p>In February, 1805, the island of Dominica was attacked -by the French, and the gallant conduct of the -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> on that occasion cannot be better recorded -than by the insertion of the following despatch, addressed -to Earl Camden, K.G., one of His Majesty's -principal Secretaries of State, by Lieut.-General Sir -William Myers, Bart., commanding the troops in the -Windward and Leeward Islands:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80">"<em>Barbadoes, March 9th, 1805.</em></p> - -<p>"My <span class="smcap">Lord</span>,</p> - -<p class="in3">"I have the honor to enclose to your Lordship, -a copy of a despatch from Brigadier-General -Prevost, dated Dominica, 1st of March, 1805. The -details contained therein are so highly reputable to -the Brigadier-General, and the small portion of -troops employed against so numerous an enemy, that -I have great satisfaction in recommending that their -gallant exertions may be laid before His Majesty.</p> - -<p>"The zeal and talent manifested by the brigadier-general -upon this occasion, it is my duty to present -for the royal consideration, and at the same time I<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span> -beg to be permitted to express the high sense I entertain -of the distinguished bravery of His Majesty's -troops, and the militia of the colony, employed on that -service.</p> - -<p>"The vigorous resistance which the enemy have experienced, -and the loss which they have sustained in -this attack, must evince to them, that however inferior -our numbers were on this occasion, British -troops are not to be hostilely approached with impunity; -and had not the town of Roseau been accidentally -destroyed by fire, we should have little to regret, -and much to exult in.</p> - -<p>"Your Lordship will perceive by the returns, that -our loss in men, compared to that of the enemy, is -but trifling; but I have sincerely to lament that of -Major Nunn, of the First West India regiment, whose -wound is reported to be of a dangerous kind; he is -an excellent man, and a meritorious officer.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr4">"I have, &c.,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">W. Myers.</span></span></span><br /> -"<em>Lieut.-General.</em>"</p></div> - - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="p2 right fs80"> -<em>"Head Quarters, Prince Rupert's,<br /> -<span class="padr1">Dominica, March 1st, 1805.</span></em></p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Sir</span>,</p> - -<p class="in2">"About an hour before the dawn of day on the -22nd ultimo, an alarm was fired from Scots Head, -and soon after a cluster of ships was discovered off -Roseau. As our light increased, I made out five -large ships, three frigates, two brigs, and small craft -under British colours, a ship of three decks carrying -a flag at the mizen. The frigates ranging too close -to Fort Young, I ordered them to be fired on, and -soon after nineteen large barges, full of troops, appeared<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span> -coming from the lee of the other ships, attended -and protected by an armed schooner, full of -men, and seven other boats carrying carronades. The -English flag was lowered, and that of the French -hoisted.</p> - -<p>"A landing was immediately attempted on my left -flank, between the town of Roseau and the post of -Cachecrow. The light infantry of the First West -India regiment were the first on the march to support -Captain Smart's company of militia, which, throughout -the day, behaved with great gallantry; it was -immediately supported by the grenadiers of the -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment. The first boats were beat -off, but the schooner and one of the brigs coming -close on shore, to cover the landing, compelled our -troops to occupy a better position, a defile leading -to the town. At this moment I brought up the -grenadiers of the St. George's regiment of militia, -and soon after the remainder of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment, and gave over to Major Nunn these brave -troops, with orders not to yield to the enemy one inch -of ground. Two field-pieces (an amuzette and a -six-pounder), were brought into action for their support, -under the command of Serjeant Creed of the -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, manned by additional gunners -and sailors. These guns, and a twenty-four -pounder from Melville battery, shook the French -advancing column by the execution they did.</p> - -<p>"I sent two companies of St. George's militia, under -the command of Lieut.-Colonel Constable, and a -company of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, to prevent the enemy -from getting into the rear of the position occupied by -Major Nunn.</p> - -<p>"On my return I found the "Majestueuse" of 120<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span> -guns, lying opposite to Fort Young, pouring into the -town and batteries her broadsides, followed by the -other seventy-fours and frigates doing the same.</p> - -<p>"Some artillery, several captains of merchantmen -with their sailors, and the militia artillery, manned -five twenty-four pounders, and three eighteens, at -the fort, and five twenty-fours at Melville battery, and -returned an uninterrupted fire; from the first post -red-hot shot were thrown. At about ten o'clock, -<span class="fs70">A.M.</span>, Major Nunn, most unfortunately for His Majesty's -service, whilst faithfully executing the order -I had given him, was wounded; I fear mortally.</p> - -<p>"This did not discourage the brave fellows. Captain -O'Connell, of the First West India regiment, -received the command and a wound almost at the -same time; however, the last circumstance could not -induce him to give up the honor of the first, and he -continued on the field animating his men, and resisting -the repeated charges of the enemy, until about one -o'clock, when he obliged them to retire from their -position with great slaughter. It is impossible for -me to do justice to the merit of that officer; you will, -I doubt not, favorably report his conduct to His -Majesty, and at the same time that of Captain James, -who commanded the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, and Captain -Archibald Campbell, who commanded the grenadiers -of that corps.</p> - -<p>"Foiled and beat off on the left, the right flank was -attempted, and a considerable force was landed near -Morne Daniel. The regulars not exceeding two -hundred, employed on the left in opposing the advance -of three columns, consisting of upwards of two -thousand men, could afford me no reinforcement; I -had only the right wing of the St. George's regiment<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> -of militia to oppose them, of about a hundred men. -They attacked with spirit, but unfortunately the frigates -had stood in so close to the shore to protect -this disembarkation, that after receiving a destructive -fire, they fell back and occupied the heights of Woodbridge -estate. Then it was that a column of the -enemy marched up to Morne Daniel, and stormed -the redoubt defended by a small detachment, which, -after an obstinate resistance they carried. On my -left Captain O'Connell was gaining ground, notwithstanding -a fresh supply of troops and several field-pieces, -which had been brought on shore by the -enemy. I now observed a large column climbing the -mountains to get in his rear.</p> - -<p>"The town, which had been for some time in flames, -was only protected by a light howitzer and a six-pounder -to the right, supported by part of the light -company of the St. George's regiment. The enemy's -large ships in Woodbridge Bay, out of the reach of -my guns, my right flank gained, and my retreat to -Prince Rupert's almost cut off, I determined on one -attempt to keep the sovereignty of the island, which -the excellent troops I had warranted. I ordered the -militia to remain at the posts, except such as were -inclined to encounter more hardships and severe service; -and Captain O'Connell, with the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment, under the command of Captain James, and -the light company of the First West India regiment, -were directed to make a forced march to Prince -Rupert's. I then allowed the President to enter into -terms for the town of Roseau; and then demanded -from the French General that private property -should be respected, and that no wanton or disgraceful -pillage should be allowed; this done, only attended<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span> -by Brigade Major Prevost, and Deputy Quarter -Master-General Hopley, of the militia forces, I -crossed the island, and in twenty-four hours, with the -aid of the inhabitants and the exertions of the Caribs, -I got to this garrison on the 23rd. After four days' -continued march, through the most difficult country, I -might almost say existing, Captain O'Connell joined -me at Prince Rupert's, himself wounded, and bringing -in his wounded, with a few of the royal artillery, and -the precious remainder of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, -and the First West India light company.</p> - -<p>"I had no sooner got to the fort, than I ordered -cattle to be driven in, and took measures for getting -a store of water from the river in the bay. I found -my signals to Lieut.-Colonel Charles Broughton, of -the First West India Regiment, made from Roseau -soon after the enemy had landed, had been received, and -that, in consequence, he had made the most judicious -arrangements his garrison would allow for the defence -of this important post.</p> - -<p>"On the 25th I received the letter of summons I -have now the honor to transmit, from General of -Division La Grange, and without delay sent the -reply you will find accompanying it.</p> - -<p>"On the 27th the enemy's cruisers hovered about the -head, however, the "Centaur's" tender (Vigilante) -came in, and was saved by our guns. I landed Mr. -Henderson, her commander, and crew, to assist in the -defence we were prepared to make.</p> - -<p>"As far as can be collected, the enemy had about -four thousand men on board, and the whole of their -force was compelled to disembark before they gained -one inch of ground.</p> - -<p>"I entrust this despatch to Captain O'Connell,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span> -to whom I beg to refer you; his services entitle him -to consideration. I am much indebted to the zeal -and discernment of Fort Adjutant Gualy, who was -very accessary to the due execution of my orders.</p> - -<p>"I cannot pass unnoticed the very soldier-like conduct -of Lieutenant Wallis of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, -to whom I had entrusted the post of Cachecrow, -or Scots Head: on perceiving our retreat he spiked -his guns, destroyed his ammunition, and immediately -commenced his march to join me at Prince Rupert's -with his detachment: nor that of Lieutenant Schaw -of the same corps, who acted as an officer of artillery, -and behaved with uncommon coolness and judgment, -while on the battery, and great presence of mind in -securing the retreat of the additional gunners belonging -to the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment. On the 27th, -after levying a contribution on Roseau, the enemy -reimbarked, and hovered that day and the next -about this post. This morning the French fleet is -seen off the south end of Guadaloupe, under easy -sail.</p> - -<p>"Our loss, you will perceive by the returns I have -the honor to transmit, was inconsiderable, when compared -with that of the enemy, which included several -officers of rank, and about three hundred others.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr3">"I have, &c.,</span><br /> -<span class="padr1">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">Geo. Prevost</span>.</span></span></p> - -<p class="noindent fs80">"<em>Lieut.-General Sir William<br /> -Myers, Bart., &c. &c. &c.</em>"</p> - -<p>"P.S. As I find I cannot spare Captain O'Connell -from the duty of this garrison, I must refer you to -the master of a neutral vessel, who has engaged to -deliver this despatch."</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100">(<span class="smcap">Translation.</span>)</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>"From the General of Division La Grange, &c., -to his Excellency General Prevost, &c.</p> - -<p class="right fs80"> -<em><span class="padr4">"Head Quarters at Roseau,</span><br /> -the 5th Ventôse, Year 13th, Feb. 25th, 1805.</em></p> - -<p>"The General of Division La Grange, Grand -Officer of the Legion of Honor, Inspector-General -of the Gendarmerie, Commander-in-Chief of the -troops of the expedition to the Leeward Islands:</p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">General</span>,—</p> - -<p>"Before I commence any military operations against -the fort, into which it appears that you have retired, -I shall fulfil a preliminary duty authorised and practised -by civilized nations. You are aware, no less -than myself, of the nature of your position, and of the -entire inutility of occasioning any further effusion of -blood. You witnessed with grief the melancholy -fate of the town of Roseau; my first endeavours on -entering it were to issue orders for stopping the progress -of the conflagration; but, unfortunately, considerable -destruction had already taken place.</p> - -<p>"The want of necessaries is ever attended with the -most cruel consequences, the evils of which can easily -be calculated; this consideration alone is more than -sufficient, without reference to the particular circumstances -in which you are placed, to induce you -to accept the honorable conditions that I am ready -to grant you, and thus to preserve the interesting -inhabitants of this colony from fresh calamities, -which are inseparable from the occurrences of war.</p> - -<p>"I beg you, General, to make me an early communication -of your answer, and in the meantime to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span> -receive the assurance of the high esteem which I entertain -for you.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr4">"I have, &c.,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">La Grange</span>."</span></span><br /> -</p></div> - - -<p class="p2 pfs100">(<span class="smcap">Answer.</span>)</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80"> -"<em>Head Quarters, Prince Rupert's<br /> -<span class="padr2">February 25th, 1805.</span></em></p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Sir</span>,</p> - -<p class="in3">"I have the honor to say I received your letter. -My duty to my King and country is so superior to -every other consideration, that I have only to thank -you for the observations you have been pleased to -make, on the often inevitable consequences of war. -Give me leave, individually, to express the greatest -gratitude for your humanity and kind treatment of -my wife and children; and at the same time to request -a continuance thereof, not only to her and -them, but towards every other object you may meet -with.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr6">"I have, &c.,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">Geo. Prevost</span>."</span></span></p></div> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>Return of the killed and wounded in the actions of -the 22nd of February, 1805, at Point Michael, Morne -Daniel, and Roseau, in the Island of Dominica.</p> - -<p>Royal Artillery;—three rank and file wounded; one -captain, one serjeant, and six rank and file taken by -the enemy.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Forty-sixth</span> regiment;—one serjeant, one drummer, -and ten rank and file killed; one captain, and seven -rank and file wounded.</p> - -<p>First West India regiment;—nine rank and file -killed; one field officer, one captain, and eight rank and -file wounded.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span></p> - -<p><em>Total killed</em>;—one serjeant, one drummer, and nineteen -rank and file.</p> - -<p><em>Total wounded</em>;—one field officer, two captains, and -eighteen rank and file.</p> - -<p>Taken by the enemy;—one captain, one serjeant -and six rank and file.</p> - - -<p class="pfs100"><em>Names of Officers Wounded.</em></p> - -<p>Captain Colin Campbell, <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment; -Major Nunn and Captain O'Connell, First West India -regiment.</p> - -<p>N. B. Three sailors wounded, exclusive of the militia, -from which no return has been received, but whose loss -was considerable.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad3"><span class="smcap">James Prevost</span>.</span></span><br /> -<em>Major of Brigade.</em></p></div> - -<p>The Royal authority was afterwards received for the -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> to bear the word "<span class="smcap">Dominica</span>" on the -regimental colour and appointments, "as a distinguished -mark of the good conduct and exemplary valour displayed -by that regiment in the defence of the Island -of Dominica, against a very superior French force, -on the 22nd of February, 1805."</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1806</div> - -<p>In the beginning of May, 1806, the "Dominica" armed -sloop was cut from her anchorage by her own crew, and -taken from Dominica into Guadaloupe: early on the -morning of the 6th of May, a large schooner, a row-boat -full of troops, and the "Dominica" sloop, were discovered -making out from the land, and Major-General -Stair Park Dalrymple perceiving they were suspicious, -and evidently enemy's vessels, ordered detachments -from the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment to be instantly embarked -on board the "Duke of Montrose" packet, Captain<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> -Dynely, who had volunteered his services, and -another on board a small colonial sloop. Lieutenant -James Wallis, of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>, was appointed to take -command of the first detachment, and under him Lieut. -Benjamin Forster and forty men; Lieutenant Andrew -Hamilton commanded the second detachment on board -the sloop. Both were successful; the "Duke of Montrose" -chased the schooner from ten <span class="fs70">A.M.</span> until four <span class="fs70">P.M.</span>, -when she engaged within musket-shot for three-quarters -of an hour. The schooner then hove up, and again -endeavoured to escape. On the packet's overhauling -fast, and being about to board her, she surrendered. -The schooner proved to be the French national schooner -<i>L'Impérial</i>, having on board General Dumareau and -eighty soldiers, and carried one large gun amidships, -which was well served during the action. Lieutenant -Andrew Hamilton also proved successful in capturing -the row-boat.</p> - -<p>For these services the officers and men received the -unqualified approbation of Lieut.-General Henry -Bowyer, commanding the forces in the West Indies, -and of Major-General Dalrymple, for having so handsomely -supported the honor of their corps by their zeal, -courage, and steady discipline.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1808</div> - -<p>In 1808 an expedition was assembled at Carlisle -Bay, Barbadoes, for the reduction of the French island -of <em>Martinique</em>,<a name="FNanchor_16_16" id="FNanchor_16_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> and the flank companies of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment were selected to form part of the expedition. -<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span>The land forces were under Lieut.-General -George Beckwith, and the navy was commanded by -Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, K.B.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1809</div> - -<p>The fleet left Carlisle Bay on the 28th of January, -1809, and arrived off the island of <em>Martinique</em> in two -days. On the 30th, the troops landed in two divisions; -the first division at Bay Robert under Lieut.-General -Sir George Prevost, and the second division, commanded -by Major-General Maitland, near St. Luce and Point -Solomon. Both divisions were actively engaged in -operations for the reduction of the island. St. Pierre -surrendered on the 8th of February, to Lieut.-Colonel -Edward Barnes of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, who commanded -a brigade in the army employed in this -expedition.</p> - -<p>The flank companies of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> composed -part of the flank battalion under Major Richard Payne, -of the regiment, at the siege of <em>Fort Royal</em>.</p> - -<p>The reduction of <em>Fort Desaix</em> (or Fort Bourbon) by -the first division of the army, which was effected on -the 24th of February, completed the reduction of -<em>Martinique</em>, and the flank companies rejoined the regiment -at Dominica.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1810</div> - -<p>In 1810, the flank companies of the regiment were -selected to form part of an expedition under Lieut.-General -Sir George Beckwith, K.B., against the island -of <em>Guadaloupe</em>, which had been restored to the French -at the Peace of Amiens. The expedition arrived before -the island in January, 1810.</p> - -<p>The grenadiers composed part of the First Grenadier -Battalion, and the light company that of the Second -Light Battalion. On the 3rd of February the grenadiers -were engaged in the attack on the enemy's post -at <em>Bellair</em>, on the heights of Saint Louis, on which<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span> -occasion the following report was made in the despatches -of Brigadier-General George Harcourt to Lieut.-General -Sir George Beckwith, commanding the forces in the -West Indies.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80"> -"<em>Post Bellair, Morne St. Louis,<br /> -<span class="padr2">7th February, 1810.</span></em></p> - -<p>"Where all deserve so much praise, it is difficult to -discriminate, but the good fortune of the grenadiers -of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, under Captain Alexander -Ogilvie, and of the First Light Infantry Battalion, -under Lieut.-Colonel David Stewart, brought -their merits conspicuously forward. They in truth -behaved most admirably.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr3">(Signed) <span class="pad2">"<span class="smcap">G. Harcourt</span>,</span></span><br /> -<span class="padr1">"<em>Brigadier-General</em>,</span><br /> -"<em>Commanding Second Division.</em>"</p></div> - -<p>The regiment had three rank and file killed, and -one serjeant and eight rank and file wounded.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1811</div> - -<p>The <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> having been much reduced in -numbers during the arduous services of the regiment -in the West Indies, the head-quarters embarked on -board the "Earl" transport, on the 13th of November, -1811, for England, and arrived at Liverpool on the -13th of December, from whence they marched to -Kingsbridge, in Devonshire.<a name="FNanchor_17_17" id="FNanchor_17_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span></p> - -<p>Four companies of the regiment, about two hundred -strong, continued to serve in the West Indies after the -departure of the head-quarters.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1812</div> - -<p>On the 18th of March 1812, the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment -embarked on board the "Nautilus" transport at -Plymouth for Jersey, and arrived in St. Aubin's Bay -on the 11th of April, when it marched to Grouville, in -the eastern division of the island, the head-quarters -being stationed at Mont Orgueil Castle.</p> - -<p>In June 1812, the four companies which had been -left in the West Indies, arrived at Portsmouth in the -"Shipley" transport, and proceeded, without landing, to -Jersey. A few officers and men, who came home from -the West Indies in the "John Tobin" merchantman, -arrived in the same month at Liverpool, and proceeded -to the regiment at Jersey.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1813</div> - -<p>On the 11th of June 1813, the regiment embarked -on board the "Preston" transport for Portsmouth, and -after its arrival at Spithead, received orders to proceed -to Cowes, in the Isle of Wight. It disembarked at -that place on the 16th of the same month, and proceeded<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span> -to Sandown barracks, where the regiment remained -until August following, when it received orders to proceed -to New South Wales.</p> - -<p>The regiment embarked on the 23rd of August 1813, -on board the "Wyndham," "Three Bees," and "General -Hewitt" transports, and arrived at New South Wales -in February 1814.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1814</div> - -<p>On the 31st of May 1814, the regiment was inspected -by Major-General Lachlan Macquarie, who expressed -his satisfaction at its appearance in General Orders, -dated—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80"> -"<em>Head-Quarters, Sydney,<br /> -<span class="padr2">31st May, 1814.</span></em></p> - -<p>"The Commander of the Forces having inspected -His Majesty's <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, commanded by -Colonel Molle, this forenoon, is happy to express -publicly his approbation of the clean and soldier-like -appearance of that corps under arms, as well as -the uniformity of dress, both of officers and men.</p> - -<p>"The advance of the corps in line was excellent, and -the distances in formation were well preserved, and -had the weather permitted of movements, the Major-General -doubts not they would have been equally -well performed.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr3">"<span class="smcap">L. Macquarie</span>,</span><br /> -<span class="padr1">"<em>Major-General</em>."</span></p></div> - -<p>The regiment was again inspected by Major-General -Macquarie on the 21st of November following, when -its appearance and movements elicited the Major-General's -commendation.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1815</div> - -<p>In May 1815, Serjeant Robert Broadfoot and six -privates were sent from the detachment of the regiment<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span> -stationed at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, into -the interior of the colony, in order to suppress a gang -of bushrangers, which infested that settlement, and had -by their atrocious deeds become the terror of the inhabitants. -The party succeeded in taking two of the -principals, named Maguire and Burne, who were tried -and executed. The serjeant and his party received the -sum of one hundred pounds sterling, and the thanks -of Lieut.-Governor Davy for their conduct on the -occasion.</p> - -<p>In May and October 1815, the regiment was inspected -by Major-General Macquarie, who again expressed -his entire approval of its appearance and -movements.</p> - -<p>While the regiment was stationed in New South -Wales, the war, in which the European powers had -been engaged, was ended by the defeat of Napoleon -Bonaparte on the plains of <span class="smcap">Waterloo</span>, and a lengthend -period of peace has been the result of that victory.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1816</div> - -<p>Early in February 1816, Corporal Justin McCarthy -and seven privates were sent in pursuit of bushrangers, -and on the 5th of April following, they succeeded in -taking two of them, both of whom were executed.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-General Henry Wynyard was appointed Colonel -of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment on the 1st of April -1816, in succession to General John Whyte, deceased.</p> - -<p>In the early part of April 1816, the flank companies -of the regiment were detached into the interior of New -South Wales, and received in General Orders the thanks -of Major-General Macquarie, Commanding the Forces, -for their arduous services in pursuing into the interior, -and reducing the aborigines to a state of obedience. -Captain Schaw commanded the light company, and -Captain Wallis the grenadiers.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span></p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80"> -<em><span class="padr2">"Head Quarters, Sydney,</span><br /> -Tuesday, 7th May, 1816.</em></p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">General Orders.</span></p> - -<p class="in2">"Captains Schaw and Wallis having returned -to head-quarters, with the detachments of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment under their respective commands, recently -employed against the hostile black natives, -and having executed the service they were thus employed -on to the entire approbation of His Excellency -the Governor and Commander of the Forces, he -requests Captains Schaw and Wallis will accept his -best thanks for their zealous exertions, and strict -attention to the fulfilling of the instructions on this -delicate but very important service.</p> - -<p>"The Commander of the Forces also requests that -Captains Schaw and Wallis will convey to the officers, -non-commissioned officers, and privates of their respective -detachments, his best thanks for their zeal and -activity, and for the patience with which they endured -a great deal of marching and fatigue, through a very -rough and intricate country during the said service.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">L. Macquarie</span>,</span></span><br /> -"<em>Major-General</em>."</p></div> - -<p>In July 1816, Serjeant Broadfoot, and sixteen rank -and file were detached from the head-quarters of the -corps at Sydney into the interior of the country, to protect -the inhabitants from the natives, and were employed -on this service until December of the same year, during -which period their conduct was such as to call forth the -thanks of Major-General Macquarie, from whom Serjeant -Broadfoot received a certificate <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'approvng of his'">approving of his</ins> "<em>zeal -and activity during his services against the natives</em>."</p> - -<p>After chasing the bushrangers for six months, Corporal<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span> -McCarthy and his party, in July, came up with -the main body, consisting of eleven desperate characters, -and headed by a deserter from the seventy-third regiment, -named Geary. They were all armed, each with -a musket and a brace of pistols, and well supplied with -ammunition. The corporal and his men, now reduced -to five, engaged them for an hour and a half, when the -leader of the bushrangers being mortally wounded, his -followers endeavoured to escape; two, however, were -taken, tried, and executed. The corporal and his men -received one hundred pounds for Geary, and twenty-five -pounds for each of the other two, and were highly -recommended by Lieut.-Governor Sorrell for their zeal, -courage, and perseverance.</p> - -<p>On the 10th of August following, this small party -again came up with the remainder of the banditti. -Their leader was shot during the action, and another -of his followers was wounded, and made prisoner.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1817</div> - -<p>On the 8th of September, 1817, the regiment embarked -in three divisions at Sydney Cove on board the -"Matilda," "Lloyd," and "Dick" transports, and arrived -at Madras on the 16th of December following. On the -29th of that month the regiment marched for Vellore.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1818</div> - -<p>The regiment arrived at Vellore on the 8th of January, -1818, and on the 26th of September following proceeded -from thence <em>en route</em> to the Presidency of Madras, -and arrived at Fort Saint George on the 12th of -October.</p> - -<p>Previously to the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> quitting Vellore an -Order was issued by Colonel Hall, commanding -the troops at that garrison, in which he stated "that -during the period the regiment had been in the -garrison, he had not had occasion to confine or pass a -censure on any rank," and then added, "that a stronger<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span> -proof cannot be offered of the excellent interior arrangement -and discipline of the corps."</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1820</div> - -<p>On the 1st of July, 1820, the regiment commenced -its march from Fort Saint George for Bellary, in the -Ceded Districts, and arrived at that station on the 10th -of August following.</p> - -<p>A detachment of the regiment, consisting of two captains, -five lieutenants, two ensigns, one assistant -surgeon, twenty serjeants, four drummers, and four -hundred rank and file, marched from Bellary, for -Belgaum, on field service in the Doab, on the 1st of -October, 1820, and arrived at its destination on the 23rd -of that month.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1821<br />1823</div> - -<p>During the years 1821, 1822, and 1823, the head-quarters -of the regiment continued to be stationed at -Bellary.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1824</div> - -<p>On the 31st of October, 1824, a detachment of the -regiment, consisting of one captain, four lieutenants, -eight serjeants, nine corporals, two drummers, and a -hundred and forty-four privates, under the command of -Captain Charles Dawe, proceeded from Bellary towards -the southern Mahratta country, and was joined on the -10th of November by a second detachment of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -from Belgaum, under the command of Captain -William Nairn, consisting of one captain, one lieutenant, -one ensign, five serjeants and one hundred -rank and file.</p> - -<p>The remainder of the detachment from Belgaum, -under the command of Major (Brevet-Lieut. Colonel) -Thomas Willshire, joined the above, on the 2nd of December, -before the Fort of <em>Kittoor</em>, which place was in -a state of insurrection. The fort being reduced, the -detachment from Belgaum returned to that station on<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span> -the 15th of December, leaving the detachment under -Captain Dawe before Kittoor.</p> - -<p>On the 16th of December, 1824, the following Division -Order was issued by Major-General Hall, commanding -the ceded districts, on his inspecting the regiment:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80"> -"<em><span class="padr2">Head Quarters, Ceded Districts,</span><br /> -Bellary, 16th December, 1824.</em></p> - -<p>"The recent review and inspection of His Majesty's -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment has afforded Major-General -Hall an opportunity of witnessing the very efficient -state of that corps, and of expressing his unqualified -satisfaction with the result of his enquiries, the whole -of which tend greatly to the credit of the commanding -officer, Major Wallis.</p> - -<p>"The Major-General will have a pleasing part of -his duty to perform in reporting the present state of -His Majesty's <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr4">"By order of Major-General Hall,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">B. McMaster</span>,</span></span><br /> -"<em>Acting Brigade Major, Ceded Districts</em>."</p></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1825</div> - -<p>On the 7th of February 1825, the grenadier company, -and head-quarters of the regiment, marched from Bellary -for Cannanore, under the command of Major James -Wallis, leaving two companies at Bellary. The detachment -under Captain Dawe marched on the same day -from Kittoor to Belgaum, where it was joined by two -other companies, and proceeded from Belgaum to Vengoolah -on the 16th of February, the whole under the -command of Captain Alexander Campbell, and embarked -at that port for Cannanore, where they arrived -on the 28th of that month. The head-quarters of the -regiment arrived at Cannanore on the 17th of March, -under the command of Major Wallis, Lieut.-Colonel<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span> -Archibald Campbell (the senior Lieut.-Colonel), having -been appointed to the command of the provinces of -Malabar and Canara.</p> - -<p>The remainder of the regiment marched from Belgaum -under the command of Major (Brevet Lieut.-Colonel) -Willshire, for Bellary, and arrived at that station on -the 18th of March, 1825.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1826</div> - -<p>The following Provincial Order was issued by Lieut.-Colonel -Campbell, commanding the provinces of Malabar -and Canara, on the inspection and review of the regiment -at Cannanore on the 31st of May, 1826:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80"> -"<em><span class="padr2">Head Quarters, Malabar and Canara,</span><br /> -Cannanore, 31st May, 1826.</em></p> - -<p>"Lieut.-Colonel Campbell cannot permit the present -half-yearly inspection and review of His Majesty's -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment to pass over without expressing -to Major Wallis, and the officers and men under his -command, the high sense he entertains of the improved -state of discipline and order <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'of the regigiment'">of the regiment</ins>, in every -respect, of which he will not fail to make the most -favorable report.<a name="FNanchor_18_18" id="FNanchor_18_18"></a><a href="#Footnote_18_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a></p> - -<p>"It is with heartfelt regret the Lieut.-Colonel has -learnt, that the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment is likely soon -to lose the valuable services of Major Wallis, who has -ever been enthusiastic in doing all which could contribute -to the advantage and credit of the corps, and -whose ability, zeal, and talents in command of it, are -evinced by the perfection to which he has brought the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span> -regiment in the revised system of discipline, and the -excellent state of its interior economy.</p> - -<p>"After an intimate friendship of twenty-three years, -as a brother officer, Lieut.-Colonel Campbell trusts -he may be permitted thus publicly to express his sentiments -of Major Wallis's merits and worth, and to -lament the loss which he, individually, must sustain, -when deprived of the cordial, zealous, and able support -that has invariably been afforded to him by this -meritorious officer.</p> - -<p>"When Major Wallis withdraws from the active -duties of his profession, he will be accompanied in his -retirement by the most fervent wishes of Lieutenant-Colonel -Campbell for his future welfare, happiness, -and prosperity.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr10">"By order,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">A. H. Colberg</span>, <em>Captain</em>,</span></span><br /> -<span class="padr2">"<em>Major of Brigade</em>."</span></p></div> - -<p>The detached wing of the regiment, under the command -of Lieut.-Colonel Willshire, marched from Bellary -on the 22nd of July, 1826, and arrived at Secunderabad -on the 21st of August following.</p> - -<p>The head-quarters, under the command of Captain -William Mallet, marched from Cannanore on the 2nd -of November, 1826, and arrived at Secunderabad on the -12th of January, 1827.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1827</div> - -<p>The regiment remained at Secunderabad during -1827, and the five following years.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1829</div> - -<p>On the 24th of June 1829, instructions were received -for reducing the establishment of the regiment, from -the 25th of the previous December, to the following -numbers; namely, forty-five serjeants, fourteen drummers, -and seven hundred and forty rank and file.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1832</div> - -<p>Arrangements having been made for the relief of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span> -<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, a General Order was issued permitting -the soldiers to volunteer to other corps serving -in India. The volunteering was opened at Secunderabad -on the 9th of November, and was finally closed on -the 17th of December, 1832, when two hundred and -thirty-seven men had volunteered their services to -other regiments of His Majesty's service stationed in -the Madras Presidency.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1833</div> - -<p>The regiment afterwards proceeded to Masulipatam, -where it arrived on the 17th of January 1833, and -while on the march the following General Order by the -Right Honorable the Governor in Council was received:</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80"> -"<em><span class="padr2">Fort Saint George,</span><br /> -4th December, 1832.</em></p> - -<p>"The Right Honorable the Governor in Council -cannot permit His Majesty's <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment -to embark for England, without expressing his approbation -of its conduct during the period which -it has been employed on this establishment.</p> - -<p>"To Colonel Campbell, C.B., Aide-de-camp to the -King, the Right Honorable the Governor in Council -considers himself particularly indebted, for the temper -and judgment with which he has exercised the several -important commands which have been entrusted to -him by Government, and he attributes, in a great -measure, to the example of Colonel Campbell, and -the officers of His Majesty's <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, -the cordiality and good feeling which has at all times -prevailed between the several branches of the army -at stations where the regiment has been employed.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr2">"By order of the Right Honorable</span><br /> -<span class="padr4">"The Governor in Council,</span><br /> -<span class="padr6">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">Robert Clerk</span>,</span></span><br /> -"<em>Secretary to Government</em>."</p></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span></p> - -<p>Four companies of the regiment, consisting of one -captain, two lieutenants, two ensigns, one assistant surgeon, -thirteen serjeants, four drummers, and one hundred -and sixty-seven rank and file, under the command of -Captain Donald Stuart, embarked at Madras, on board -the "Red Rover" on the 4th of March 1833, disembarked -at Gravesend on the 25th of August 1833, and marched -to Canterbury barracks, where they arrived on the 28th -of August, and were consolidated with the depôt company.</p> - -<p>The head-quarters of the regiment, consisting of two -captains, four lieutenants, one paymaster, one quartermaster, -one assistant surgeon, twenty-three serjeants, -seven drummers, and two hundred and sixteen rank -and file, under the command of Captain Robert Martin, -embarked at Masulipatam on the 5th of March 1833, -disembarked at Margate and Whitstable on the 6th -and 7th of September, from whence they marched to -Canterbury.</p> - -<p>Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., being in command -of the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, was not relieved -from that duty in time to proceed with the regiment, -but embarked at Madras on the 18th of March 1833, -and arrived at Portsmouth on the 18th of August -following.</p> - -<p>One company of the regiment, consisting of two lieutenants, -four serjeants, two drummers, and sixty-eight -rank and file, under the command of Lieutenant James -Taylor, embarked at Madras on the 27th of May 1833, -disembarked at Gravesend on the 28th of September, -and marched from thence to join the head-quarters of -the regiment at Canterbury.</p> - -<p>On the 12th of November the following letter was -addressed by the Adjutant-General to Colonel Campbell,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span> -in reference to the distinction of <em>Red Feathers</em>, -conferred upon the light company for its share in the -attack upon General Wayne on the 20th of September -1777, as narrated at <a href="#Page_24">page 24</a>.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p class="right fs80"> -"<em><span class="padr4">Horse Guards,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">12th November, 1833.</span></em></p> - -<p>"<span class="smcap">Sir</span>,</p> - -<p>"I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt -of your letter of the 1st instant, and to signify to you -that, under all the circumstances stated, the General -Commanding-in-Chief will undertake to recommend -to His Majesty, that the distinction mentioned may -be continued to the light company of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment, and will, accordingly, submit that the company -be allowed to wear a <em>Red Ball Tuft</em>.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr10">"I have, &c.,</span><br /> -<span class="padr2">(Signed) <span class="pad3">"<span class="smcap">John Macdonald</span>,</span></span><br /> -"<em>Adjutant-General</em>.</p> - -<p class="negin3 fs80"> -"<em>Colonel Campbell</em>,<br /> -"<span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> <em>regiment</em>."</p></div> - -<div class="sidenote">1834</div> - -<p>On the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd of April 1834, the regiment -proceeded from Canterbury to Weedon, where it -arrived in the beginning of May.</p> - -<p>In September following, the regiment marched from -Weedon to Liverpool for embarkation for Ireland, and -arrived at Dublin on the 3rd of October. The regiment -subsequently proceeded to Newry.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1835</div> - -<p>The head-quarters marched on the 30th of January -1835, from Newry for Belfast, where they arrived on -the 2nd of February. While stationed at Belfast, the -regiment furnished several detachments to aid the -civil power.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1836</div> - -<p>The regiment, under the command of Colonel Archibald -Campbell, C.B., marched from Belfast for Enniskillen -on the 16th of May 1836, and was again ordered<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span> -to furnish detachments in aid of the civil power. In -October following, the regiment marched from Enniskillen -for Dublin.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1837</div> - -<p>Orders having been received to hold the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'in readines for'">in readiness for</ins> foreign service, it was formed -into six <em>service</em> and four <em>depôt</em> companies. The service -companies, under the command of Colonel Archibald -Campbell, C.B., proceeded to Cork in September 1837, -and the head-quarters embarked at the Cove of Cork, -on the 26th of that month, on board the "Prince Regent" -transport. The remaining three companies, under the -command of Major Robert Garrett, embarked on the -5th of October on board the "Arab" transport; the former -arrived at Gibraltar on the 18th of October, and the -latter in November.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1838</div> - -<p>On the 6th of April 1838, Lieut.-General Sir John -Keane, K.C.B., was removed from the sixty-eighth to -the Colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, in succession -to General Henry Wynyard, deceased.</p> - -<p>In June 1838, the depôt companies embarked at -Kinsale for England, and arrived at Plymouth on the -27th of that month.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1839</div> - -<p>On the 1st of August 1839, Lieut.-General John -Ross was appointed, from the ninety-eighth, to be -Colonel of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, in succession to -Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, who was removed to -the forty-third regiment.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1841</div> - -<p>The depôt companies embarked at Plymouth for -Jersey on the 5th of August 1839; and in June 1841 -proceeded to Ireland.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1842</div> - -<p>On the 20th of January 1842, the service companies -embarked at Gibraltar for Barbadoes, in the "Java" -transport, and arrived at their destination on the 25th -of February. They were afterwards encamped on the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span> -Savannah until the 18th of April. Upon the embarkation -of the fifty-second regiment, the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -moved into the Stone Barracks, but, on the fever -breaking out, encamped on the 2nd of December at the -Naval Hospital.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1843</div> - -<p>On the 15th of January, 1843, the head-quarters, -under the command of Captain Child, embarked on -board the "Dee" steamer for St. Vincent, where they -arrived on the 16th of that month, and marched to -Fort Charlotte. The other companies were stationed -at St. Lucia, Dominica, and Berbice.</p> - -<p>The grenadier company at Berbice suffered severely -from yellow fever, and also the head-quarters, which -were compelled to leave Fort Charlotte, and encamp at -Townan's-pasture, about three miles distant.</p> - -<p>Her Majesty was pleased to appoint General the -Earl of Stair, from the ninety-second, to be Colonel of -the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, on the 31st of May, 1843, -in succession to Lieut.-General John Ross, C.B., -deceased.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1844</div> - -<p>On the 15th of October, 1844, the head-quarters -sailed from St. Vincent for Barbadoes, where the -grenadier company had also arrived. The companies -from Dominica and St. Lucia arrived at Barbadoes in -December.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1845</div> - -<p>The regiment embarked on the 3rd of February, -1845, on board the "Resistance" for Nova Scotia, and -disembarked at Halifax on the 25th of that month, -when it was quartered in the South Barracks.</p> - -<p>On the 7th of July, 1845, the regiment embarked, -on board the troop ship "Apollo," for Canada East, and -anchored at Quebec on the 20th, when it was transhipped -into the "Canada" steamer on the 22nd, and -arrived at Montreal on the 23rd of July; the regiment<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span> -then proceeded in the "Prince Albert" steamer for La -Prairie, about nine miles from Montreal.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1846</div> - -<p>The regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel -Garrett, K.H., proceeded on the 9th of October, -1846, to Kingston, in Canada West, and occupied the -<em>Tête-de-Pont</em> Barracks.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1847</div> - -<p>On the 25th of September, 1847, the head-quarters -of the regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel -Garrett, K.H., proceeded from Kingston in the "Highlander" -steamer, and was followed on the next day by -the second division, under the command of Major -Robert Campbell, in the "Passport" steamer, for Montreal, -on passage for Quebec, where, on arrival, the -regiment was immediately transhipped to the "Belle-Isle," -and proceeded to Nova Scotia, where it arrived -on the 16th of October.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1848</div> - -<p>The service companies of the regiment, under the -command of Lieut.-Colonel Garrett, K.H., embarked -on board the ship "Herefordshire," for England, on -the 8th of April, 1848, and arrived at Portsmouth on -the 8th of May. The service companies proceeded to -Dover, where they were joined by the depôt companies -from Guernsey, under Major John Maclean.</p> - -<p>In July, 1848, the regiment proceeded to Liverpool, -and afterwards marched into camp at Everton. On -the 29th of September the head-quarters were removed -to Chester, and in December proceeded to Liverpool.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1850<br />1851</div> - -<p>On the 16th of April, 1850, the head-quarters and -four companies proceeded from Liverpool to Hull, -where the regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel -Robert Garrett, K.H., was stationed on the 1st -of April, 1851, the date to which the present record -has been continued.</p> - - -<hr class="chap pg-brk" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="large">CONCLUSION.</h2> - - -<p class="p2 noindent">The scene of the principal active services of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment, from its formation in 1741, until the -present period, has been limited to <em>North America</em> and -the <em>West India Islands</em>.</p> - -<p>After the unsuccessful attach on <em>Fort Ticonderago</em> in -July, 1758, the regiment shared in the capture of <em>Fort -Niagara</em> on the 25th of July, 1759, and of other forts -in Canada, which led to the surrender of <em>Montreal</em> on -the 8th of September, 1760; and thus completed the -conquest of that country,—<em>Quebec</em> having been acquired, -in September of the preceding year, by the troops -detached under Major-General Wolfe.</p> - -<p>In February, 1762, the regiment shared in the capture -of <em>Martinique</em>, which was followed by the reduction -of <em>Grenada</em>, <em>St. Lucia</em>, and <em>St. Vincent</em>; and in August -following was present at the conquest of the <em>Havannah</em>, -which last acquisition was restored to Spain at the -Peace of 1763.</p> - -<p>The regiment embarked in 1776, for <em>North America</em>, -and shared in several actions of the war with the United -States until November, 1778, when it proceeded to -the <em>West Indies</em>, and participated in the capture of -<em>St. Lucia</em> in December following.</p> - -<p>During the years 1795 and 1796, the regiment -was employed in the campaign against the Caribs in -<em>St. Vincent</em>, a severe and harassing service.</p> - -<p>While other regiments had the opportunity of encountering<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span> -the French legions in other parts of the world, -the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> was employed in protecting the -colonial possessions of Great Britain; how efficiently -this duty was performed is testified by the word -"<span class="smcap">Dominica</span>," conferred by Royal authority, for the -gallant defence made by the regiment against a very -superior French force on the 22nd of February, 1805. -The language of Lieut.-General Sir John Hope, when -reporting the battle of <em>Corunna</em>, is alike applicable to -the conduct of the troops at <em>Dominica</em>, for there, as at -the former place,—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>"The enemy has been taught, that whatever advantages -of position, or of <em>numbers</em> 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."</p></div> - -<p>The flank companies of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> formed part -of the troops which reduced <em>Martinique</em> in February, -1809, and thus the services of the regiment were a -<em>second</em> time connected with the conquest of that -island.</p> - -<p>In 1810, the flank companies of the regiment shared -in the reduction of <em>Guadaloupe</em>, and were honorably -mentioned in the despatches.</p> - -<p>In 1811, the regiment arrived in England from the -<em>West Indies</em>, and in 1813 embarked for New South -Wales, from which country it proceeded, in 1817, to -the East Indies, and returned to Great Britain in -1833.</p> - -<p>The regiment embarked for Gibraltar in 1837; -proceeded to the <em>West Indies</em> in 1842, and to <em>North<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span> -America</em>in 1845, whence it returned, in 1848, to -England.</p> - -<p>Services of the foregoing description, combined with -excellent conduct in quarters at home and abroad, -during a period of upwards of a century, have deservedly -acquired for the regiment the approbation of -the Sovereign, and the confidence of the Nation.</p> - - -<p class="p4 pfs135"> -———–<br /> - 1851<br /> -———–</p> -<p class="p4" /> - - -<div class="footnotes pg-brk"> - -<h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_6_6" id="Footnote_6_6"></a><a href="#FNanchor_6_6"><span class="label">[6]</span></a> The "<em>Pragmatic Sanction</em>" was published by the Emperor -Charles the Sixth on the 17th of April, 1713, whereby, in case of -his having no male issue, his daughters were to succeed to his hereditary -dominions, in preference to the sons of his late brother, Joseph -the First.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_7_7" id="Footnote_7_7"></a><a href="#FNanchor_7_7"><span class="label">[7]</span></a> The <em>ten</em> regiments of Marines took rank in the regular Army, -and were numbered from the <em>Forty-fourth</em> to the <em>Fifty-third</em> regiment:—The -<em>seven</em> additional regiments of Infantry, raised in -January 1741, were numbered from the <em>Fifty-fourth</em> to the <em>Sixtieth</em> -regiment.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_8_8" id="Footnote_8_8"></a><a href="#FNanchor_8_8"><span class="label">[8]</span></a> <em>James Francis Edward</em>, "<em>The Pretender</em>," son of <em>James II.</em>, -and of <em>Mary</em>, his second wife, daughter of the Duke of Modena, -was born on the 10th June, 1688. He married, in 1719, Mary -Clementina, daughter of Prince James Sobieski, and granddaughter of -John Sobieski, King of Poland. He died on the 1st June, 1766, -(aged 78 years), leaving issue two sons:— -</p> -<p> -1. <em>Charles Edward Louis Cassimir</em>, termed in England "<em>The -Young Pretender</em>;" born on the 30th November, 1720, who married -the Princess Stohlberg of Germany, and died at Rome, without issue, -on the 31st January, 1788. -</p> -<p> -2. <em>Henry Benedict</em>, called <em>The Cardinal York</em>; born on the 24th -March, 1725. When the last grand effort for the restoration of his -family, in 1745, proved abortive, he took holy orders, and was elevated -to the purple by Pope Benedict XIV. in 1747, and died at Rome -in 1807. The Cardinal was the last male branch of the House of -Stuart.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_9_9" id="Footnote_9_9"></a><a href="#FNanchor_9_9"><span class="label">[9]</span></a> <em>Preston</em>, contracted from <em>Priests' town</em>, the early proprietors of -the soil being the monks of Holyrood and Newbattle, who erected -on the sea-shore <em>pans</em> for the manufacture of salt, from which circumstance -it received the name of <em>Preston-Pans</em>.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_10_10" id="Footnote_10_10"></a><a href="#FNanchor_10_10"><span class="label">[10]</span></a> <em>Return of the Officers and Men in each regiment of Infantry -on the day of the Battle of Culloden</em>:—</p> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="99%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl wd30"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdrx fs80" colspan="2">Officers.</td><td class="tdc fs80">Serjeants, Drummers, and Rank and File.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Royal Scots</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">now</td><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdl">Foot</td><td class="tdc">26</td><td class="tdc">455</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Lieut.-General Howard's</td><td class="tdl">regiment</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">3rd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">16</td><td class="tdc">448</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pad4">"</span> Barrell's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">4th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">353</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Major-General Wolfe's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">8th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">22</td><td class="tdc">352</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pad4">"</span> Pulteney's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">13th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">22</td><td class="tdc">352</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Brigadier-General Price's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">14th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">23</td><td class="tdc">336</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pad4">"</span> <span class="pad3">Bligh's</span></td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">20th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">447</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Major-General Campbell's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">21st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">19</td><td class="tdc">393</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Brig.-General Lord Semple's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">25th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">23</td><td class="tdc">392</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Major-General Blakeney's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">27th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">336</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Brig.-General Cholmondeley's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">34th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">24</td><td class="tdc">435</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pad4">"</span> Fleming's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">36th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">26</td><td class="tdc">389</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Colonel Battereau's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc" colspan="3">" (disbanded)</td><td class="tdc">27</td><td class="tdc">396</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pad2">"</span> Dejean's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">37th</td><td class="tdl">regt.</td><td class="tdc">23</td><td class="tdc">468</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"><span class="pad2">"</span> Conway's</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">48th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">24</td><td class="tdc">362</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="5"></td><td class="tdc">—– </td><td class="tdc">—— </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl pad3" colspan="3">Total</td><td class="tdc">335 </td><td class="tdc">5,914 </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="5"></td><td class="tdc">—– </td><td class="tdc">—— </td></tr> -</table></div> -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_11_11" id="Footnote_11_11"></a><a href="#FNanchor_11_11"><span class="label">[11]</span></a> The <em>seven</em> regiments, raised in 1741, were numbered as shown -in the following list, and the <em>Numerical titles</em> of six of them, which -have since been retained on the establishment of the army, were -changed after the Peace of 1748, as specified, viz.:—</p> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="99%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">54th</td><td class="tdl">regt.,</td><td class="tdl">com. by Col.</td><td class="tdl">Thomas Fowke,</td><td class="tdl">now the</td><td class="tdl">43rd</td><td class="tdl">regt.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">55th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">James Long</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">44th</td><td class="tdc">"</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">56th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">D. Houghton</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">45th</td><td class="tdc">"</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">57th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">John Price</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">46th</td><td class="tdc">"</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">58th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">J. Mordaunt</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">47th</td><td class="tdc">"</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">59th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">J. Cholmondeley</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">48th</td><td class="tdc">"</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">60th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">H. De Grangue</td><td class="tdl" colspan="4">disbanded in 1748.</td></tr> -</table></div> -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_12_12" id="Footnote_12_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12_12"><span class="label">[12]</span></a> Cape Breton was captured by the troops under Lieut.-General -Amherst, on the 26th of July, 1758.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_13_13" id="Footnote_13_13"></a><a href="#FNanchor_13_13"><span class="label">[13]</span></a> <em>Ticonderoga</em>, or <em>Ticonderago</em>, was the name of a fort built, in -1756, by the French in Canada, on the north side of a <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'peninsula, or'">peninsula, for</ins> -communication between Lakes George and Champlain. The fort afterwards -became a heap of ruins, and formed an appendage to a farm. <ins class="corr" title="Transcriber's Note—Original text: 'Its is derived'">Its name -is derived</ins> from a word in the Indian language, signifying <em>Noisy</em>. -In 1759, the fort was captured by the British, and in 1775 it was -surprised by the Americans, but was retaken by Major-General Burgoyne -in July 1777.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_14_14" id="Footnote_14_14"></a><a href="#FNanchor_14_14"><span class="label">[14]</span></a> It was in this action at St. Lucia that the fifth foot acquired the -privilege of wearing a <em>white plume</em> in the cap, instead of the red and -white tuft worn by the other regiments of the line: the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment had already obtained the distinction of <em>red feathers</em>, under -the circumstances stated at <a href="#Page_25">page 25</a>.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_15_15" id="Footnote_15_15"></a><a href="#FNanchor_15_15"><span class="label">[15]</span></a> The island of Dominica was reduced by a British armament in -June 1761, and was retained by Great Britain by the conditions of -the Treaty of Peace which was concluded at Paris on the 10th of -February, 1763. Dominica was taken by the French in September -1778, but was restored to Great Britain at the Peace of 1783.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_16_16" id="Footnote_16_16"></a><a href="#FNanchor_16_16"><span class="label">[16]</span></a> Martinique was captured by the British in 1762, but was restored -to France by the Peace of Fontainebleau, concluded in the -following year. It was again captured in 1794, but was restored to -France at the Peace of Amiens in 1802. Martinique was captured -in 1809 for the third time, and was again restored to the French -nation at the Peace of 1814.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_17_17" id="Footnote_17_17"></a><a href="#FNanchor_17_17"><span class="label">[17]</span></a> Captain Archibald Campbell, on his return from the West Indies -in 1811, obtained the permission of His Royal Highness the Duke -of York to proceed to Portugal, for the purpose of offering his services -to Marshal Sir William Carr Beresford, which being accepted, -he served from September 1811 until 1814 with the Portuguese -troops in the fifth division of the British army; and was, in 1812, -promoted to the rank of major. He was present in the battles of -<em>Salamanca</em> and <em>Vittoria</em>; in the latter of which he commanded the -advance of his brigade, consisting of every third file; when he, and -two captains, under his command, were severely wounded; his conduct -on the occasion was mentioned in the orders issued after -the action by Major-General Spry, who commanded the brigade. -Major Archibald Campbell commanded the 15th Portuguese infantry -in the affairs of crossing the <em>Bidassoa</em> into France, forcing the -enemy's lines on the <em>Nive</em>, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of December -1813, on which occasion he was promoted for his conduct to the rank -of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Portuguese service, and his name was -mentioned in General Orders by Marshal Beresford; he was honored -with a medal by his Sovereign, and on his return to England -was promoted, on the 17th of February, 1814, to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel -in the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment, with which his earlier services -were connected. He was subsequently appointed a Companion -of the Order of the Bath, and was appointed extra aide-de-camp to -His Majesty King William IV. on the 6th of May 1831, with the -rank of colonel in the army. He retired from the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment -on the 11th of October 1839. The decease of Colonel Archibald -Campbell, C.B., occurred at the Isle of Mull, on the 16th of -November, 1840.</p></div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a name="Footnote_18_18" id="Footnote_18_18"></a><a href="#FNanchor_18_18"><span class="label">[18]</span></a> The remark here made by Lieut.-Colonel Campbell is in allusion -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., Adjutant-General of the -Forces.</p></div></div> - - -<div class="figcenter pg-brk"> -<a name="Plate_66" id="Plate_66"></a> -<p class="pfs100">FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.</p> -<img src="images/i_b_066fp.jpg" width="650" alt="" /> -<div class="caption"> -<em>For Cannons Military Records</em><br /> -<p class="right fs70"><em>Madeley lith 3 Wellington S<sup>t</sup> Strand</em></p></div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span></p> - -<h2 class="large">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</h2> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs135">THE FORTY-SIXTH,</p> - -<p class="pfs60">OR</p> - -<p class="pfs100">THE SOUTH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT,</p> - -<p class="pfs60">ORIGINALLY NUMBERED</p> - -<p class="pfs100">THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT.</p> - -<p class="p2" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<hr class="r30b" /> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">John Price.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 13th January, 1741.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Mr. John Price</span> obtained a commission of ensign in a -regiment of foot in 1706; and subsequently rose to the rank -of Captain and Lieut.-Colonel in the First Foot Guards. In -January, 1741, he was promoted to the colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> -(now <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>) regiment, which was then being -raised. In June, 1743, Colonel Price was removed to the fourteenth -regiment of foot, and was promoted to the rank of -Brigadier-General on the 6th of June, 1745. During the -campaign of 1747, he commanded a brigade of infantry in the -Netherlands, under His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, -and highly distinguished himself at the battle of Val, -or Laffeld, near Maestricht, on the 2nd of July of that year. -His brigade was posted in the village of Val, and his gallantry -during the action was commended by the Duke of Cumberland -in his public despatch. He died in November following at -Breda, in Holland.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">The Honorable Thomas Murray.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 23rd June, 1743.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">This Officer was promoted by His Majesty King George II. -from the Third Foot Guards to be colonel of the <span class="fs70">FIFTY-SEVENTH</span> -(now <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span>) regiment, upon Colonel Price -being removed to the fourteenth foot in June, 1743. Colonel -the Honorable Thomas Murray was promoted to the rank of -major-general on the 1st of April, 1754, and to that of lieut.-general -on the 19th of January, 1758. His decease occurred -in November, 1764.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">William Viscount Howe, K.B.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 21st November, 1764.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">This distinguished officer was the fifth son of Emanuel Scrope -Viscount Howe, and commenced his military career as a cornet -in the Duke of Cumberland's regiment of light dragoons, -in which he was promoted to a lieutenancy on the 21st of September, -1747. The regiment was disbanded in 1749, shortly -after the conclusion of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which was -signed in October of the preceding year. He was promoted to -the rank of captain in the twentieth regiment on the 1st of -June, 1750, and to that of major in the sixtieth (afterwards -fifty-eighth) regiment on the 4th of January, 1756. On the -17th of December, 1757, he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy -of the fifty-eighth regiment. During the "<em>Seven -Years' War</em>," he served in America under Major-General -Wolfe with great reputation, and was advanced to the brevet -rank of colonel on the 19th of February 1762. Colonel the -Honorable William Howe was appointed by King George III. -to the colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment on the 21st of -November 1764. His Majesty also advanced him to the rank -of major-general on the 25th of May, 1772. Major-general the -Honorable William Howe was appointed to succeed General -Gage in the chief command of the British Forces in America -shortly after the commencement of the War of Independence, -and arrived at Boston with Major-Generals Clinton and Burgoyne -in May, 1775. Major-General the Honorable Sir William<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span> -Howe, K.B., was appointed by His Majesty, colonel of the -twenty-third Royal Welsh Fusiliers, from the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment, on the 11th of May, 1775. He commanded at the -attack on Bunker's Hill on the 17th of June following, was -besieged in Boston during the winter, evacuated that town in -the spring of 1776, and retired to Halifax, in Nova Scotia. -On the 1st of January, 1776, he received the local rank of -General in North America. In June he arrived at Staten -Island, where he was joined by his brother Admiral Richard -Lord Howe. The brothers here informed the American Congress, -that they had received full power to grant pardon to such -as should return to their obedience; but the Commissioners -appointed by that body declined the proposition as unworthy of -attention. In August, he defeated the Americans at Long -Island, and took possession of New York in September, 1776. -After the campaign in the Jerseys, in 1777, Sir William Howe -sailed from Sandy Hook and entered Chesapeake Bay. Having -previously secured the command of the Schuylkill, he crossed it -with his army, and defeated the Americans at Brandywine on -the 11th of September, and at Germantown on the 4th of -October, 1777. On the 29th of August, 1777, His Majesty -advanced him to the rank of lieut.-general. In the spring of -1778, he returned to England, having resigned the command -of the army to General Sir Henry Clinton. On the 21st of -April, 1786, Sir William Howe was removed to the colonelcy -of the nineteenth (late twenty-third) Light Dragoons, which -he retained until his decease. On the 12th of October, 1793, -Sir William Howe was promoted to the rank of general. In -1799, he succeeded to the Irish peerage held by his brother -Richard Earl Howe, the celebrated Admiral; and in 1805 he -was appointed Governor of Plymouth. General William -Viscount Howe died on the 12th of July, 1814, in the eighty-fifth -year of his age.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">The Honorable Sir John Vaughan</span>, K.B.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 11th May, 1775.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Lieut.-Colonel</span> Commandant the Honorable John Vaughan, -who distinguished himself at the capture of Martinique in<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span> -February, 1762, was appointed from the ninety-fourth, Royal -Welsh Volunteers (since disbanded) to be lieut.-colonel of -the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment on the 25th of November, 1762, in -succession to Lieut.-Colonel John Young, who retired. Lieut.-Colonel -the Honorable John Vaughan was promoted to the -rank of colonel in the army on the 25th of May, 1772, and -His Majesty King George III. appointed him to the colonelcy -of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment on the 11th of May, 1775, upon -Major-General the Honorable Sir William Howe, K.B., being -removed to the twenty-third, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Colonel -Vaughan embarked with his regiment for North America in -the beginning of the year 1776, and, for his services during -the American war, was promoted to the rank of major-general -on the 29th of August, 1777, and was advanced to that of -lieut.-general on the 20th of November, 1782. In 1792 His -Majesty conferred upon him the dignity of a Knight of the -Order of the Bath. Lieut.-General the Honorable Sir John -Vaughan died on the 30th of June, 1795, at which period he -was Commander in Chief of the troops stationed in the Leeward -Islands.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir James Henry Craig</span>, K.B.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st August, 1795.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">James Henry Craig</span> was appointed ensign in the thirtieth -foot, in 1763, and served with his regiment at Gibraltar: in -1771 he was promoted to captain in the forty-seventh regiment, -with which corps he served several campaigns in -America; and in 1777 he was promoted to the majority, and -in 1781 to the lieut.-colonelcy, of the eighty-second regiment, -from which he was removed, in 1783, to the sixteenth. He -was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1790, and to that of -major-general in 1794; in August, 1795, he was nominated to -the colonelcy of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment; he was advanced -to the rank of lieut.-general in 1801, and removed to the -eighty-sixth in 1804. He commanded an expedition to the -Mediterranean, in 1805, with the local rank of general, and -the dignity of a Knight of the Bath; the troops under his orders -landed at Naples, and subsequently took possession of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span> -island of Sicily. In 1806 he was removed to the twenty-second -regiment; and in 1807 he was appointed Governor of -Upper and Lower Canada, with the local rank of General in -America; in 1809 he was removed to the seventy-eighth -Highlanders. He was also appointed Governor of Blackness -Castle. He died on the 12th of January, 1812.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">John Whyte.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 5th January, 1804.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">This officer commenced his military career, in 1761, as an ensign -in the Thirty-eighth regiment, and was promoted to the rank -of lieutenant in the fifty-sixth regiment on the 9th of February, -1762, and to that of captain on the 25th of March, -1771. He was promoted from the fifty-sixth to be major -in the eighty-third regiment (afterwards disbanded) on the -23rd of December, 1777. Major Whyte was promoted to the -rank of lieut.-colonel in the sixth regiment of foot on the 3rd -of April, 1782, and received the brevet rank of colonel on the -12th of October, 1793. On the 26th of February, 1795, he -was promoted to the rank of major-general, and on the 24th -of April following, His Majesty King George III. appointed -him to the colonelcy of the First West India regiment. -Major-General Whyte was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general -on the 29th of April, 1802, and on the 5th of January, -1804, he was appointed colonel of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment. -On the 1st of January, 1812, he was advanced to the rank of -general. The decease of General John Whyte occurred on -the 30th of March, 1816.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Henry Wynyard.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st April, 1816.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">The early services of this officer are connected with the first -regiment of foot guards, in which he was appointed ensign on -the 6th of June, 1778, and in which he rose to the rank of captain -on the 4th of June, 1781. In February, 1793, he embarked -with the brigade of guards for Holland, and advanced<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span> -with the army through Flanders. In May following he -returned to England, having been promoted to a company -with the rank of lieut.-colonel in the preceding month. In -November, 1794, he rejoined the British army in the neighbourhood -of Arnheim, and after the retreat of that winter, he -embarked for England. On the 3rd of May, 1796, he received -the brevet rank of colonel; and early in 1798 was appointed -to the command of a flank battalion, formed from the grenadiers -of the brigade of guards, and in August, 1799, landed at the -Helder under General Sir Ralph Abercromby. Colonel -Wynyard was present in every action during that expedition -except the last; in that of the 19th of September near <em>Bergen</em> -he was wounded. On the 29th of April, 1802, he was promoted -to the rank of major-general, and in May, 1803, was -placed upon the staff of Great Britain, being appointed to the -command of a brigade of guards in the Southern District. In -September, 1806, Major-General Wynyard embarked with a -brigade of guards and other troops destined for Sicily, in which -Island he was placed in command upon the southern coast. -In January, 1808, he arrived in England, and was again placed -upon the staff in the Southern District. On the 25th of April, -1808, he was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general, and in -June was appointed to the staff of Ireland, which he held until -the 24th of January, 1812. On the 15th of September, 1808, -His Majesty King George III. conferred upon him the colonelcy -of the sixty-fourth regiment, from which he was -appointed colonel of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment on the 1st of -April, 1816. Lieut.-General Wynyard commanded the forces -in North Britain from the 28th of July, 1812, to the 24th of -April, 1816, and on the 12th of August, 1819, was advanced -to the rank of general. General Wynyard was also a member -of the Consolidated Board of General Officers, and a Groom -of the Bedchamber to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, -now King of Hanover. General Wynyard died on -the 3rd of April, 1838, after a lengthened service of sixty -years.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir John</span> (afterwards <span class="smcap">Lord</span>) <span class="smcap">Keane</span>, G.C.B., & G.C.H.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 6th April, 1838.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">This officer entered the army at an early age, and on the -12th of November 1794, was promoted to the rank of captain -in the hundred-and-twenty-fourth regiment, afterwards disbanded. -Captain Keane was placed on the half-pay of the -seventy-third regiment on the 11th of March 1795, and on -the 7th of November 1799 he was removed to the forty-fourth -regiment, which he joined at Gibraltar. During the -campaign in Egypt, Captain Keane served as aide-de-camp to -Major-General Lord Cavan, and was present in the actions -near Alexandria, on the 13th and 21st of March 1801. On -the 27th of May 1802, he was promoted to the rank of -major in the sixtieth regiment; he remained in the Mediterranean -on the staff until March 1803, when he returned to -England. Major Keane was promoted to the rank of lieut.-colonel -in the thirteenth foot on the 20th of August 1803, -which regiment he joined at Gibraltar early in 1804. Lieut.-Colonel -Keane afterwards served under Lieut.-General George -Beckwith, in the expedition against Martinique in 1809, and -was present at the siege of Fort Desaix, which surrendered on -the 24th of February, of that year, and completed the capture -of the island. In January 1812, he received the brevet rank -of colonel, and on the 25th of June following, he was removed -to the sixtieth regiment. His reputation was then such that -immediately on his arrival at Madrid, he was appointed to -command a brigade in the third division of the army under -the Marquis of Wellington, in which he served until the end -of the war with France, in 1814, and was present at the battles -of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle and Orthes; the action at -Vic Bigorre, battle of Toulouse, besides other minor actions. -For his services he was promoted to the rank of major-general -on the 4th of June 1814, and was appointed a Knight Commander -of the Bath. The honors which Major-General -Keane had now acquired were the Egyptian Medal, and a -cross and two clasps for Martinique, Vittoria, Pyrenees, -Nivelle, Orthes, and Toulouse. In August 1814, he was appointed -to a command ordered for particular service, and on -his arrival at Jamaica, being senior officer, he assumed the -command of the military force destined to co-operate with<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span> -Vice-Admiral the Honorable Sir Alexander Cochrane for the -attack on New Orleans and the province of Louisiana. On -the morning of the 23rd of December, Major-General Keane -effected a landing within nine miles of New Orleans, and the -same night, with only eighteen hundred bayonets on shore, -repulsed a serious attack of five thousand of the enemy, assisted -by three large armed vessels on their flank. He held the -command until the 25th of December, when Major-General -Sir Edward Pakenham arrived, and assumed the command of -the entire army. Major-General Keane was then appointed -to the third brigade, and was present in the affairs of the 28th -of December and 1st of January, as also at the assault made -in the enemy's fortified lines on the morning of the 8th of -January 1815, when he was severely wounded in two places. -Sir John Keane afterwards passed eight years in Jamaica -(from 1823 to 1831), as major-general commanding the forces -in that island; and, during a year and a half of the time, he -administered the civil government likewise. The colonelcy -of the ninety-fourth regiment was conferred upon him on the -18th of April 1829, and on the 22nd of July 1830, he was -promoted to the rank of lieut.-general; on the 13th of April, -1831, he was appointed colonel of the sixty-eighth regiment; -and in the year 1833, he succeeded Lieut.-General Sir Colin -Halkett in the command of the army at Bombay: on the 6th -of April 1838, Lieut.-General Sir John Keane was appointed -colonel of the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> regiment. After nearly six years' -service in the Bombay presidency, on the 29th of October -1838, he received authority from the government of India to -organise and lead into Scinde a force intended to co-operate -with the army then on the north-west frontier of India, under -the command of General Sir Henry Fane. In December following -Sir Henry Fane forwarded his resignation to head-quarters, -and the command of the combined forces devolved -upon Sir John Keane, who was now called upon to lead a -considerable army, and to conduct operations requiring much -discretion, delicacy, and tact in dealing with those half-friendly -powers, whose existence is one of the greatest difficulties in -the government of a semi-civilized land. After penetrating -the Bolan Pass, the troops arrived on the 27th of April 1839 -at Candahar, from whence they proceeded to Ghuznee, which -was captured by their gallant exertions on the 23rd of July<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span> -following. This completed the conquest of Affghanistan; and -Shah Shoojah-ool-Moolk, after an exile of many years, was restored -to the throne of his ancestors. Lieut.-General Sir John -Keane, K.C.B., was removed from the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> to the -forty-third regiment on the 1st of August 1839. For his -services during the expedition to Cabool, Lieut.-General Sir -John Keane was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Most -Honorable Military Order of the Bath, and on the 11th of -December, was raised to the peerage as Baron Keane, of -Ghuznee in Affghanistan, and of Cappoquin, county of Waterford, -and obtained a pension of two thousand pounds a-year -for his own life and that of his two immediate successors in -the peerage, added to which he received the thanks of both -Houses of Parliament, of the Court of Directors of the East -India Company, and other marks of public approbation. These -honors were not long enjoyed by Lieut.-General Lord Keane, -who died in the sixty-fourth year of his age, at Burton Lodge, -Hampshire, on the 26th of August 1844.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">John Ross</span>, C.B.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 1st of August, 1839.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Lieut.-General Ross</span> commenced his military career as an -ensign in the thirty-sixth regiment, his commission being -dated 2nd of June 1793; was promoted to the rank of lieutenant -in the fifty-second regiment on the 8th of May 1796, -and to that of captain on the 11th of January 1800. Captain -Ross served with the expedition against Ferrol under Lieut.-General -Sir James Pulteney in August following, and was -engaged with the enemy. On the 15th of August 1804, he -was promoted to the rank of major in the fifty-second regiment, -and obtained the rank of lieut.-colonel in the army on -the 28th of January 1808, and was promoted lieut.-colonel in -the fifty-second regiment on the 18th of February following. -Lieut.-Colonel Ross commanded the second battalion of the -fifty-second regiment at the battle of Vimiera, on the 21st -of August 1808, for which he received a medal; and also -during the campaign in Spain under Lieut.-General Sir John -Moore, which ended by the battle of Corunna on the 16th of -January 1809. Lieut.-Colonel Ross in July following commanded -five companies of the fifty-second regiment, which<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span> -formed part of the force under Lieut.-General the Earl of -Chatham, employed in the expedition to the Scheldt. Lieut.-Colonel -Ross subsequently proceeded to the Peninsula, and -commanded the first battalion of the fifty-second at the actions -of Pombal, Redinha, Miranda de Corvo, Foz d'Arronce and -Sabugal, and at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor. On the 18th -of July 1811, he was removed to the sixty-sixth regiment, and -in August following he was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General -to the forces in Ceylon, from whence he returned to -Europe in June 1814 for the benefit of his health; was promoted -to the brevet rank of colonel on the 4th of that month; -and was subsequently appointed Deputy Adjutant-General in -Ireland. In June 1815, he was nominated a Companion of -the Order of the Bath, and on the 12th of August 1819, Colonel -Ross was appointed Commandant of the Depôt at the Isle -of Wight. On the 27th of May 1825, he was promoted to -the rank of major-general, and on the 14th of August 1828, -was appointed Lieut.-Governor of Guernsey, which he held -until the 31st of March 1837. His Majesty King William IV. -appointed Major-General Ross to be colonel of the ninety-eighth -regiment on the 30th of May 1836; on the 28th of -June 1838, he was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general. In -August 1839, Lieut.-General Ross was removed to the <span class="fs70">FORTY-SIXTH</span> -regiment. The decease of Lieut.-General Ross, C.B., -occurred at Southampton on the 17th of May 1843.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">John Earl of Stair</span>, K.T.</p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed from the Ninety-second regiment<br /> -on the 31st of May, 1843.</em></p> - - -<p class="p6" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p class="pfs60">London: Printed by <span class="smcap">William Clowes</span> and <span class="smcap">Sons</span>, Stamford Street,<br /> -For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.</p> - - -<hr class="chap" /> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73a" id="Page_73a">[73a]</a></span></p> - -<h2>APPENDIX</h2> - -<p class="pfs100">BRITISH AND HANOVERIAN ARMY AT WATERLOO,</p> -<p class="pfs80"><em>as formed in Divisions and Brigades on the 18th of June, 1815</em>.</p> - -<hr class="r10a" /> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="99%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdc fs120" colspan="3">CAVALRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3">Commanded by Lieut.-General the <span class="smcap">Earl of Uxbridge</span>, G.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>1st Brigade.</em>—Commanded by Major-General <span class="smcap">Lord Edward Somerset</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1st Life Guards</td><td class="tdl bl wd20">Lieut.-Colonel</td><td class="tdl wd30">Ferrier.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">2nd "</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">the Hon. E. P. Lygon.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Royal Horse Guards, Blue</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">Sir Robert Hill.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1st Dragoon Guards</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">Fuller (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>2nd Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Sir William Ponsonby</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1st or Royal Dragoons.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel</td><td class="tdl">A. B. Clifton.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">2nd or Royal North British Dragoons</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">J. J. Hamilton.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">6th or Inniskilling Dragoons</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">J. Muter (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>3rd Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">W. B. Domberg</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">23rd Light Dragoons</td><td class="tdl bl" colspan="2">Lieut.-Colonel the Earl of Portarlington (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1st " King's German Legion</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">J. Bulow.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">2nd " "</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">C. de Jonquiera.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>4th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Sir John O. Vandeleur</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">11th Light Dragoons</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel</td><td class="tdl">J. W. Sleigh.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">12th "</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">the Honorable F. C. Ponsonby (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">16th "</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">J. Hay.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>5th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Sir Colquhoun Grant</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">7th Hussars</td><td class="tdl bl">Colonel Sir</td><td class="tdl">Edward Kerrison.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">15th "</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel</td><td class="tdl">L. C. Dalrymple.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">2nd " King's German Legion.</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">Linsingen.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>6th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Sir Hussey Vivian</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">10th Royal Hussars.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel</td><td class="tdl">Quentin (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">18th Hussars.</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl"><em>Hon.</em> H. Murray.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1st " King's German Legion.</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">A. Wissell.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>7th Brigade.</em>—Colonel <span class="smcap">Sir Frederick Arenschildt</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">13th Light Dragoons.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel</td><td class="tdl">Doherty.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">3rd Hussars King's German Legion.</td><td class="tdc bl">"</td><td class="tdl">Meyer.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc" colspan="3">Colonel <span class="smcap">Estorff</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Prince Regent's Hussars.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel</td><td class="tdl">Kielmansegge.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Bremen and Verden Hussars.</td><td class="tdl bl" colspan="2">Colonel Busche.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p2" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74a" id="Page_74a">[74a]</a></span></p> - -<hr class="r10a" /> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="99%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdc fs120" colspan="6">INFANTRY.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><span class="smcap">First Division.</span>—Major-General <span class="smcap">G. Cooke</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>1st Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">P. Maitland</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdl">Foot</td><td class="tdl">Guards,</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">2nd Battalion.</td><td class="tdl bl wd60">Major H. Askew (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdc" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl">3rd</td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl bl"> " the Honorable W. Stewart (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>2nd Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">J. Byng</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="5">Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major A. G. Woodford (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">3rd</td><td class="tdl">Foot</td><td class="tdl">Guards,</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl bl"> " F. Hepburn (Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><span class="smcap">Second Division.</span>—Lieut.-General <span class="smcap">Sir H. Clinton</span>, G.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>3rd Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">F. Adam</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">52nd</td><td class="tdl">Foot,</td><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Colborne,<br /><span class="pad4">K.C.B. (Colonel).</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">71st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">T. Reynell (Col.)</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">95th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdc"> " }</td><td class="tdlm" rowspan="2">Rifles.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major J. Ross (Lieut.-Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">95th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">3rd</td><td class="tdc"> " }</td><td class="tdl bl">Major A. G. Norcott (Lieut.-Col.)</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>1st Brigade, King's German Legion.</em>—Colonel <span class="smcap">Du Plat</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="5">1st Line Battalion., King's German Legion.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major W. Robertson.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"> " G. Muller.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">3rd</td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel F. de Wissell</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">4th</td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Major F. Reh.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>3rd Hanoverian Brigade.</em>—Colonel <span class="smcap">Hugh Halkett</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Militia Battalion.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Bremervorde.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel Schulenberg.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Duke of York's</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">2nd Battalion.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major Count Munster.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="3">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">3rd "</td><td class="tdl bl"> " Baron Hunefeld.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Militia Battalion.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Salzgitter.</td><td class="tdl bl"> " Hammerstein.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><span class="smcap">Third Division.</span>—Lieut.-General Baron <span class="smcap">Alten</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>5th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Sir Colin Halkett</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">30th</td><td class="tdl">Foot,</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major W. Bailey (Lieut.-Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">33rd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel W. K. Elphinstone.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">69th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">C. Morice (Col.)</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">73rd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">W. G. Harris (Colonel).</span></td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>2nd Brigade.</em>—King's German Legion.—Colonel <span class="smcap">Baron Ompteda</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdl">Light</td><td class="tdl">Battalion.,</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">K.G.L.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel L. Bussche.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Major G. Baring.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">5th</td><td class="tdl">Line</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Linsingen.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">8th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Major Schroeder (Lieut.-Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>1st Hanoverian Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Count Kielmansegge</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Duke of York's</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">1st Battalion.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major Bulow.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Field Battalion.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Grubenhagen.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel Wurmb.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="3">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Bremen.</td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">Langrehr.</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="3">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Luneburg.</td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">Kleucke.</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="3">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Verden.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major De Senkopp.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75a" id="Page_75a">[75a]</a></span></p> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="99%" summary=""> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><span class="smcap">Fourth Division.</span>—Lieut.-General <span class="smcap">Sir Charles Colville</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>4th Brigade.</em>—Colonel <span class="smcap">Mitchell</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">14th</td><td class="tdl">Foot,</td><td class="tdl">3rd</td><td class="tdl">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl wd60">Major F. S. Tidy (Lieut.-Col.)</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">23rd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry W. Ellis, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">51st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">H. Mitchell (Colonel).</span></td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>6th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Johnstone</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">35th</td><td class="tdl">Foot,</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdl">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Major C. M'Alister.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">54th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Col. J. Earl of Waldegrave.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">59th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdl">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad2">"</span><span class="pad2">H. Austin.</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">91st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad2">"</span><span class="pad2">Sir W. Douglas, K.C.B., (Colonel).</span></td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>6th Hanoverian Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Lyon</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Field Battalion.,</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Calenberg.</td><td class="tdl bl">————</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Lanenberg.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel Benort.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Militia Battalion.,</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Hoya.</td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">Grote.</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Nieuberg.</td><td class="tdl bl">————</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Bentheim.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major Croupp.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><span class="smcap">Fifth Division.</span>—Lieut.-General <span class="smcap">Sir Thomas Picton</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>5th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Sir James Kempt</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">28th</td><td class="tdl">Foot,</td><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdl">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Major R. Nixon (Lieut.-Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">32nd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"> " J. Hicks (Lieut.-Colonel).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">79th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel Neil Douglas.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">95th</td><td class="tdl">Rifles</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">Sir A. F. Barnard, K.C.B., (Colonel).</span></td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>9th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">Sir Denis Pack</span>, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdl">Foot,</td><td class="tdl">3rd</td><td class="tdl">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Major C. Campbell.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">42nd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel Sir Robert Macara, K.C.B.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">44th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">J. M. Hamerton.</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">92nd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Major Donald McDonald.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>5th Hanoverian Brigade.</em>—Colonel <span class="smcap">Vincke</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Militia Battalion.,</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Hameln.</td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel Kleucke.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Hildesheim.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major Rheden.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Peina.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major Westphalen.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Giffhorn.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major Hammerstein.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><span class="smcap">Sixth Division.</span>—<em>10th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">J. Lambert</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">4th</td><td class="tdl">Foot,</td><td class="tdl">1st</td><td class="tdl">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel F. Brooke.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">27th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Captain Sir J. Reade (Major).</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">40th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl">Major F. Browne.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">81st</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"> " P. Waterhouse.</td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76a" id="Page_76a">[76a]</a></span></p> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="99%" summary=""> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>4th Hanoverian Brigade.</em>—Colonel <span class="smcap">Best</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Militia Battalion.,</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Luneburg.</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl wd60">Lieut.-Colonel De Ramdohr.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Verden.</td><td class="tdl bl">Major Decken.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Osterode.</td><td class="tdl bl"> " Baron Reden.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad4" colspan="2">"</td><td class="tdl" colspan="3">Minden.</td><td class="tdl bl"> " De Schmidt.</td></tr> -<tr><td> </td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc padr6" colspan="6"><em>7th Brigade.</em>—Major-General <span class="smcap">M'Kenzie</span>.</td></tr> -<tr><td></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">25th</td><td class="tdl">Foot,</td><td class="tdl">2nd</td><td class="tdl">Battalion.</td><td class="tdl"> </td><td class="tdl bl">Lieut.-Colonel A. W. Light.</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">37th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">S. Hart.</span></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">78th</td><td class="tdc">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl">"</td><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl bl"><span class="pad3">"</span><span class="pad3">M. Lindsay.</span></td></tr> -</table></div> - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="r30" /> - -<div class="center fs80"> -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="60%" summary=""> -<tr><td class="tdl">Cavalry</td><td class="tdr pad6">8,883</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Infantry</td><td class="tdr">29,622</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl">Artillery</td><td class="tdr">5,434</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">———</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl pad10">Total</td><td class="tdr">43,939</td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdr">======</td></tr> -</table></div> - - -<p class="p6" /> -<hr class="r30a" /> - -<p class="pfs60"><span class="smcap">London</span>: Printed by <span class="smcap">W. Clowes</span> and <span class="smcap">Sons</span>, Stamford Street,<br /> -For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.</p> - - -<div class="transnote pg-brk"> -<a name="TN" id="TN"></a> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>The early pages of the book have a gap in the roman numbering. -Pages i to xix are followed by xxv to xxxv. The last four pages -were numbered 73 to 76, but should probably have been 77 to 80; -these have been changed to 73a to 76a.</p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within -the text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p>Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, -and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, -favour, favored; honour, honors; head quarters, head-quarters; -negociations; despatches.</p> - -<p> -<a href="#Page_xxxii">Pg xxxii</a>, page number '4 ' replaced by '44'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_xxxv">Pg xxxv</a>, 'Viscount Ho weK.B' replaced by 'Viscount Howe, K.B.'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_9">Pg 9</a>, Sidenote '1747' was moved down two paragraphs.<br /> -<a href="#Page_19">Pg 19</a>, 'for Belleisle' replaced by 'for Belle-Isle'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_21">Pg 21</a>, Sidenote '1776' was moved down two paragraphs.<br /> -<a href="#Page_22">Pg 22</a>, 'this columm fell' replaced by 'this column fell'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_30">Pg 30</a>, Sidenote '1784' was moved down one paragraph.<br /> -<a href="#Page_32">Pg 32</a>, 'on the Virgie' replaced by 'on the Vigie'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_46">Pg 46</a>, Sidenote '1809' was moved down one paragraph.<br /> -<a href="#Page_51">Pg 51</a>, 'approvng of his' replaced by 'approving of his'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_55">Pg 55</a>, 'of the regigiment' replaced by 'of the regiment'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_60">Pg 60</a>, 'in readines for' replaced by 'in readiness for'.<br /> -<a href="#Page_64">Pg 64</a>, Sidenote '1848' was removed (no other Sidenotes - appear in this Conclusion section).<br /> -<a href="#Footnote_13_13">Footnote [13]</a>, 'peninsula, or' replaced by 'peninsula, for'.<br /> -<a href="#Footnote_13_13">Footnote [13]</a>, 'Its is derived' replaced by 'Its name is derived'.<br /> -</p> -</div> - - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Historical Record of The 46th or South -Devonshire Regiment of Foot, by Richard Cannon - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD--46TH FOOT *** - -***** This file should be named 55087-h.htm or 55087-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/5/0/8/55087/ - -Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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