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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment - of Foot - containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, - and of its subsequent services to 1849 - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: February 17, 2021 [eBook #64581] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was - produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital - Library.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE -TWENTY-SECOND, OR THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT *** - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been - placed at the end of each major section. - - A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}, for example S^t or Esq^{re}. - - Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. - - - - -[Illustration: - - BY COMMAND OF His late Majesty WILLIAM THE IV^{TH}. - _and under the Patronage of_ - Her Majesty the Queen. - - HISTORICAL RECORDS, - _OF THE_ - British Army - - _Comprising the_ - _History of every Regiment_ - _IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE_. - - _By Richard Cannon Esq^{re}._ - - _Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards._ - - London. - - _Printed by Authority._] - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE TWENTY-SECOND, - - OR - - THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - CONTAINING - - AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT - IN 1689, - - AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES - TO 1849. - - COMPILED BY - - RICHARD CANNON, ESQ., - - ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS. - - ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES. - - LONDON: - PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER, - 30, CHARING-CROSS. - - MDCCCXLIX. - - - - -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, being 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 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 TWENTY-SECOND, - - OR - - THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT, - - BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR - - THE WORDS - - "SCINDE," "MEEANEE," AND "HYDERABAD," - - IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY - IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE AMEERS OF SCINDE, - DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE YEAR 1843; - - AND PARTICULARLY IN THE TWO DECISIVE BATTLES - - OF MEEANEE AND HYDERABAD, - - FOUGHT AT THOSE PLACES, RESPECTIVELY, - ON THE 17th OF FEBRUARY, AND ON THE 24th OF MARCH, 1843. - - - - -THE TWENTY-SECOND, - -OR - -THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - - - -CONTENTS - -OF THE - -HISTORICAL RECORD. - - - YEAR PAGE - - INTRODUCTION. - - 1689 Formation of the Regiment 1 - - ---- Henry, Duke of Norfolk appointed to the Colonelcy - - - ---- Numbered the Twenty-Second Regiment - - - ---- Stationed at Chester - - - ---- Embarked for Ireland - - - ---- Engaged at the siege of Carrickfergus 2 - - ---- Marched to Dundalk, and thence to Armagh - - - ---- Sir Henry Bellasis, from the Sixth Regiment, - appointed to the Colonelcy, in succession to - the Duke of Norfolk - - - 1690 Engaged at the _Battle of the Boyne_ - - - ---- Reviewed by King William at _Finglass_ - - - ---- Advanced against Athlone - - - ---- Rejoined the Army - - - ---- Employed at the first siege of Limerick - - - ---- Proceeded into winter-quarters - - - ---- Engaged with the Rapparees - - - 1691 Proceeded with the Army against _Ballymore_ 3 - - 1691 Engaged in the Siege and Capture of _Athlone_ 3 - - ---- Engaged at the Battle of _Aghrim_ - - - ---- Engaged at the Capture of _Galway_ - - - ---- ------------------------ _Limerick_ 4 - - ---- Termination of the War in Ireland - - - 1695 Proceeded to join the Army in Flanders - - - 1696 Returned to England - - - 1697 Treaty of Peace concluded at _Ryswick_ - - - 1698 Re-embarked for Ireland 5 - - 1701 Appointment of Brigadier-General William - Selwyn, by exchange, from the Second Foot, - with Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bellasis - - - 1702 Accession of Queen Anne on the demise of King - William III - - - ---- Regiment embarked for Jamaica - - - ---- Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Handasyd - to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General - Selwyn, deceased - - - 1705 Establishment augmented by two companies - - - 1712 Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Roger Handasyd to - the Colonelcy, in succession to his Father, - Major-General Thomas Handasyd, retired 6 - - 1713 Treaty of Peace concluded at Utrecht - - - 1714 Regiment returned to England, leaving two - Independent Companies at Jamaica - - - 1715 Employed in recruiting its Establishment - - - 1718 Embarked for _Ireland_ - - - 1726 ------------ _Minorca_ - - - 1727 Detachment embarked for _Gibraltar_ to assist in - its Defence against the Spaniards - - - 1730 Appointment of Colonel William Barrel, from - the Twenty-Eighth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, - in succession to Colonel Roger Handasyd, - removed to the Sixteenth Regiment - - - 1734 Appointment of Colonel Hon. James St. Clair to - the Colonelcy, in succession to Colonel William - Barrell, removed to the Fourth Foot 7 - - 1737 Appointment of Major-General John Moyle, - from the Thirty-Sixth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, - in succession to Colonel Hon. James - St. Clair, removed to the First, or Royal Regiment - of Foot - - - 1738 Promotion of Colonel Thomas Paget to the - Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General - Moyle, deceased - - - 1741 Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Richard O'Farrell, - from the Ninth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in - succession to Colonel Paget, deceased - - - 1748 Treaty of Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle - - - 1749 Regiment relieved at Minorca and proceeded to - Ireland - - - 1751 Royal Warrant, dated 1st July, issued for regulating - the Clothing, Colours, Numbers, - Facings, Badges, Mottos, and Distinctions of - the Regiments of Cavalry and Infantry - - - 1756 War declared against France - - - ---- Regiment embarked from Ireland for North America - - - 1757 Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Whitmore - from the Thirty-Sixth Regiment to the Colonelcy, - in succession to Major-General - O'Farrell, deceased 8 - - 1758 Engaged in the siege of _Louisburg_, and the - Capture of the Island of _Cape Breton_ - - - 1759 The Grenadier Company, incorporated with the - Louisburg Grenadiers,--Engaged at the Battle - of Quebec 9 - - 1760 Embarked from Louisburg, proceeded to - _Quebec_, and advanced to _Montreal_ - - - ---- Engaged in the conquest of the Canadas - - - 1761 Proceeded to New York, and embarked for the - _West Indies_ 9 - - ---- Engaged in the capture of the Island of _Dominica_ 10 - - 1762 Engaged in the Capture of _Martinique_, _Grenada_, - _St. Lucia_, and _St. Vincent_ -- - - ---- Embarked with the expedition against the - _Havannah_ -- - - ---- Storming and Capture of _Fort Moro_ 11 - - ---- Appointment of Major-General Honorable - Thomas Gage to the Colonelcy, in succession - to Major-General Whitmore, drowned at sea -- - - 1763 Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau -- - - ---- The Havannah restored to Spain, in exchange - for the Province of Florida, in South America -- - - ---- Regiment proceeded to West Florida -- - - 1765 Embarked for Great Britain -- - - 1773 Proceeded to Ireland -- - - 1775 Embarked for North America 12 - - ---- Engaged at the Battle of Bunker's Hill -- - - 1776 Quitted Boston, and proceeded to Nova Scotia -- - - ---- Embarked for Staten Island, near New York -- - - ---- Landed on Long Island, and engaged with the - Americans at Brooklyn -- - - ---- Gained possession of New York, captured Fort - Washington, and reduced part of the Jerseys 13 - - ---- Detached with other Corps and captured Rhode - Island -- - - 1778 The King of France having united with the - Americans, made preparations for the re-capture - of Rhode Island, but was compelled - to abandon the siege 14 - - 1779 The British Commander-in-Chief resolved to - vacate Rhode Island; the Regiment proceeded - to New York 15 - - 1782 Appointment of Major-General Charles O'Hara to the - Colonelcy, in succession to General the Honorable - Thomas Gage, removed to the Seventeenth Light Dragoons 15 - - ---- Regiment received instructions to assume the title of - _the Twenty-Second_, or _the Cheshire Regiment_ -- - - 1783 The American War having terminated, the regiment - embarked for England -- - - 1785 Regiment stationed at Windsor and furnished the Guards - at the Castle -- - - ---- King George the III. authorized an _Order of Merit_ to - be instituted in the corps -- - - 1787 Proceeded to Jersey and Guernsey, and thence to - Portsmouth 16 - - 1788 Proceeded to Chatham and Dover -- - - 1790 Embarked for Ireland -- - - 1791 Appointment of Major-General David Dundas to the - Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General O'Hara, - removed to the Seventy-Fourth Highlanders 17 - - 1793 War commenced between Great Britain and France -- - - ---- Regiment embarked for the West Indies -- - - 1794 Capture of the Island of Martinique -- - - ---- ---- ---- St. Lucia -- - - ---- ---- ---- Guadaloupe -- - - ---- ---- ---- St. Domingo -- - - 1795 Returned to England from St. Domingo 18 - - ---- Appointment of Major-General William Crosbie, from the - Eighty-Ninth Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession - to Lieut.-General Dundas, removed to the Seventh Light - Dragoons -- - - 1798 Proceeded to Guernsey -- - - 1798 Appointment of Major-General John G. Simcoe, from the - Eighty-First Regiment, to the Colonelcy, in succession - to Major-General Crosbie, deceased 18 - - 1799 Removed to Portsmouth 19 - - ---- Authorized to enlist boys or lads with a view to being - sent to the Cape of Good Hope, preparatory to being - embarked for service in the East Indies -- - - 1800 Embarked for the Cape of Good Hope -- - - 1802 Proceeded to India 20 - - 1803 Arrival at Calcutta -- - - ---- The flank companies embarked, and joined the field force - assembled for the attack of the province of Cuttack -- - - ---- Flank Companies engaged at the Capture of the fort of - Barrabatta by storm -- - - 1804 Joined the army under Lord Lake and engaged in the siege - of Bhurtpore 21 - - 1805 Marched from _Fort William_ and encamped at _Benares_, - thence proceeded to _Cawnpore_ -- - - ---- Siege of Bhurtpore continued, and the Flank Companies - distinguished themselves in three unsuccessful attacks -- - - ---- _Rajah Sing_ submitted and concluded a treaty of peace 22 - - ---- British army withdrew from Bhurtpore -- - - ---- The Flank Companies rejoined the regiment at Cawnpore -- - - ---- _Holkar_ and _Scindia_ concluded Treaties of Peace -- - - 1806 Marched from the banks of the Sutlej to _Delhi_ -- - - ---- Removed to Muttra, and received the thanks of the - Governor-General in Council and of General Lord Lake, - Commander-in-Chief, for its conduct during the war -- - - 1806 Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir James Henry Craig, - K. B., in succession to General Simcoe, deceased 22 - - 1807 Proceeded to Berhampore -- - - 1809 Appointment of Major-General the Honorable Edward Finch - to the Colonelcy, in succession to General Sir James - Henry Craig, removed to the Seventy-eighth Highlanders -- - - 1810 Embarked at Fort William, and formed part of the - expedition against the Mauritius -- - - ---- Engaged in the capture of the Mauritius 23 - - 1811 Detachment employed at Tamatave in the Island of - Madagascar -- - - 1812 Proceeded to Bourbon -- - - 1813 Removed a second time to the Mauritius -- - - 1814 A second Battalion added to the establishment of the - regiment, which was reduced in the same year -- - - 1815 The Flank Companies rejoined the regiment at the - Mauritius from Hindoostan 24 - - 1819 Embarked for England from the Mauritius -- - - ---- Landed at Gosport and marched to Northampton 25 - - 1821 Marched to Liverpool and embarked for Ireland -- - - 1822 Detachment proceeded against a body of armed men - assembled at Newmarket in county of Cork. The officers - commanding this detachment received the thanks of - H. R. H. the Duke of York, and were presented with a - silver cup by the gentlemen and inhabitants of the - Town of Newmarket, for attacking and defeating this - body of insurgents -- - - 1826 Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies - preparatory to embarkation for foreign service 26 - - ---- Service Companies embarked for Jamaica -- - - 1830 Depôt Companies embarked for England 27 - - 1831 Service Companies employed in suppressing an - insurrection among the slaves in Jamaica -- - - 1836 Depôt Companies embarked for Ireland -- - - 1837 Service Companies embarked from Jamaica for Ireland, - and rejoined by the Depôt Companies -- - - 1840 Embarked from Ireland for England -- - - 1841 Embarked for Bombay and proceeded to Poonah 28 - - 1842 Proceeded to _Scinde_, and encamped at Kurrachee -- - - 1843 Employed in the destruction of the Fort of _Emaum Ghur_ -- - - ---- The march through the Desert to Emaum Ghur, as described - by Major-General William E. P. Napier 29 - - ---- The troops returned triumphant to Peer-Abu-Bekr 30 - - ---- Treaty of Peace with the Ameers of Scinde -- - - ---- Treacherous attack upon the British residency at - _Hyderabad_, and gallant defence made by the _Light - Company_ of the _Twenty-Second_ regiment -- - - ---- Light Company joined the army under Major-General Sir - Charles Napier 31 - - ---- Battle of Meeanee -- - - ---- Surrender of six Ameers on the field of battle -- - - ---- British Colours planted on the Fortress of Hyderabad 32 - - ---- Details of the defeat of the Beloochees at Meeanee -- - - ---- Gallant conduct of the Twenty-Second regiment 34 - - ---- Threatened attack by Mere Shere Mahomed 36 - - ---- Battle of Hyderabad -- - - ---- Flight of Mere Shere Mahomed to the desert 37 - - ---- Particulars of the march of the British troops through - the desert -- - - 1843 Honors and distinctions conferred by Queen Victoria, and - by the British Parliament, on the Twenty-second - regiment for its conduct in the Campaign of Scinde 38 - - ---- Address of Major-General Sir Charles Napier to the troops - in distributing the medals conferred on them for their - gallantry in this campaign 40 - - ---- Marched from Hyderabad to Kurrachee 42 - - ---- Directed to proceed to Bombay, and Major-General Sir - Charles Napier's order on the occasion 43 - - ---- Embarked for Bombay -- - - ---- Honorable reception of the Regiment at Bombay -- - - ---- Appointment of Major-General Sir Charles Napier to the - Colonelcy, in succession to General Honorable E. Finch, - deceased 44 - - 1844 Employed on field-service in the Kolapore districts -- - - ---- Capture of Forts _Punalla_ and _Pownghur_ -- - - ---- Operations in the Sawunt-Warree district 45 - - ---- Investments of the Forts of Monuhurr and Monsentosh -- - - 1845 Capture of the village of Seevapore and other Forts -- - - ---- Returned to Poonah -- - - 1846 Marched to Bombay 46 - - 1847 Removed to Poonah -- - - 1849 Proceeded to Bombay -- - - ---- Conclusion -- - - - Description of the Standards captured at the battles of - Meeanee and Hyderabad, and of the Medal conferred in - honor of the victories obtained at those places 47 - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF - -THE TWENTY-SECOND, - -OR - -THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - - YEAR PAGE - - 1689 Henry Duke of Norfolk 48 - - ---- Sir Henry Bellasis, Kt. 49 - - 1701 William Selwyn 51 - - 1702 Thomas Handasyd -- - - 1712 Roger Handasyd 52 - - 1730 William Barrell -- - - 1734 _Hon._ James St. Clair -- - - 1737 John Moyle 53 - - 1738 Thomas Paget 54 - - 1741 Richard O'Farrell -- - - 1757 Edward Whitmore -- - - 1762 _Hon._ Thomas Gage 55 - - 1782 Charles O'Hara 56 - - 1791 David Dundas 57 - - 1795 William Crosbie 59 - - 1798 John Graves Simcoe 60 - - 1806 Sir James Henry Craig, K.B. 61 - - 1809 _Hon._ Edward Finch 62 - - 1843 Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B. 63 - - -PLATES. - - Colours of the Regiment _to face_ 1 - - Costume of the Regiment 32 - - Engraving of the Beloochee Standard captured at the - Battle of Meeanee in 1843; and of the Silver - Medal conferred on the Officers and Men engaged - in the Battles of Meeanee and Hyderabad 47 - - -[Illustration: TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. - -QUEEN'S COLOUR. - -REGIMENTAL COLOUR. - -FOR CANNON'S MILITARY RECORDS. - -_Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S^t. Strand_] - - - - -HISTORICAL RECORD - -OF - -THE TWENTY-SECOND, - -OR - -THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - -[Sidenote: 1689] - -The accession of King William III. and Queen Mary, in February, -1689, was welcomed in England with anticipations of security to the -civil and religious institutions of the country, and of prosperity -in every branch of national industry; but in Ireland the majority -of the people adhered to the interests of the Stuart dynasty, and a -body of troops was raised in England, for the deliverance of that -country from the power of King James, who had landed there with -an armament from France. On this occasion HENRY, DUKE OF NORFOLK, -evinced zeal for the principles of the Revolution, and raised a -regiment of pikemen and musketeers, to which a company of grenadiers -was attached; and the corps raised under the auspices of his Grace -now bears the title of the TWENTY-SECOND, or the CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF -FOOT. - -Having been speedily completed in numbers, equipped, and disciplined, -the regiment was encamped near Chester in the early part of August, -and soon afterwards embarked for Ireland, with the forces commanded -by Marshal Duke Schomberg. On landing in Ireland, the siege of -_Carrickfergus_ was commenced, and the garrison of that fortress was -forced to surrender in a few days. - -From Carrickfergus, the regiment marched with the army to Dundalk, -where the troops were encamped on low and wet ground, and suffered -much in their health. - -While the regiment was encamped at Dundalk, the Duke of Norfolk was -succeeded in the colonelcy by Sir Henry Bellasis, who had commanded -the Sixth regiment of foot when it was in the Dutch service. - -On the 7th of November the regiment commenced its march from Dundalk -for Armagh, for winter-quarters. - -[Sidenote: 1690] - -In the summer of 1690, the regiment had the honour to serve at the -battle of the _Boyne_, under the eye of its Sovereign, who commanded -the army in Ireland in person; and on this occasion it took part in -forcing the passage of the river, and in gaining a decisive victory -over the army of King James on the 1st of July. - -Advancing from the field of battle towards Dublin, the regiment -was reviewed by King William at Finglass, on the 8th of July, and -mustered six hundred and twenty-eight rank and file under arms. -It was afterwards detached, under Lieut.-General Douglas, against -Athlone; but that fortress was found better provided for a siege than -had been expected, and the regiment rejoined the army. - -The TWENTY-SECOND was one of the corps employed at the siege of -_Limerick_. Many things combined to prevent the capture of that -fortress until the following year, and when the siege was raised, -the regiment proceeded into winter-quarters, from whence it sent -out detachments, which had several rencounters with bands of armed -peasantry, called Rapparees. - -[Sidenote: 1691] - -On the 6th of June, 1691, the regiment joined the army commanded by -Lieut.-General De Ghinkel (afterwards Earl of Athlone) on its march -for _Ballymore_, which fortress was speedily forced to surrender. - -From Ballymore, the regiment marched to _Athlone_, and had the honour -to take part in the siege of that fortress, which was captured by -storm on the 1st of July. The grenadier company of the regiment -formed part of the storming party, which forded the river Shannon -under a heavy fire, and carried the works with great gallantry. The -capture of Athlone is one of the many splendid achievements which -have exalted the reputation of the British arms, and its reduction -proved a presage of additional triumphs. - -Astonished and confounded by the capture of Athlone, General St. Ruth -retreated, with the French and Irish army under his orders, to a -position at _Aghrim_, where he was attacked on the 12th of July. On -this occasion, the regiment formed part of the brigade commanded by -its Colonel, Brigadier-General Sir Henry Bellasis, and it contributed -towards the complete overthrow of the army of King James, which was -driven from the field with severe loss, including its commander, -General St. Ruth, who was killed by a cannon-ball. - -The regiment had one Ensign and two private soldiers killed; one -Major, and twenty-three soldiers wounded. - -On the 19th of July the army approached _Galway_; after sunset six -regiments of foot and four squadrons of horse and dragoons passed the -river by pontoons, and on the following morning they captured some -outworks. On the 21st the garrison surrendered. Brigadier-General -Sir Henry Bellasis was nominated Governor of Galway, and he took -possession of the town with the TWENTY-SECOND and two other regiments -of foot. - -The surrender of Galway was followed by the siege and capitulation -of _Limerick_, which city was surrendered in September, and completed -the deliverance of Ireland from the power of King James. - -[Sidenote: 1692] - -[Sidenote: 1695] - -After the reduction of Ireland, the regiment was employed in garrison -and other duties of home-service, until 1695, when it proceeded to -the Netherlands, to reinforce the army commanded by King William -III., who was engaged in war for the preservation of the liberties of -Europe against the power of Louis XIV. of France. After landing at -Ostend, the regiment was placed in garrison. - -[Sidenote: 1696] - -Some advantages had been gained over the French arms; to counteract -which, Louis XIV. attempted to weaken the confederates by forming -plans for causing England to become the theatre of civil war. With -this view the Duke of Berwick and several other officers in the -French service were sent to England in disguise, to instigate the -adherents of King James to take arms; a plot was also formed for -the assassination of King William, and a French army marched to -the coast to be in readiness to embark for England. Under these -circumstances the TWENTY-SECOND regiment and a number of other corps -were ordered to return to England, where they arrived in March, 1696, -and the TWENTY-SECOND landed at Gravesend. The conspirators for the -assassination of King William were discovered; several persons were -apprehended, the British fleet was sent to blockade the French ports, -and the designs of Louis XIV. were frustrated. - -[Sidenote: 1697] - -In the following year a treaty of peace was concluded at Ryswick, -and the British Monarch saw his efforts for the civil and religious -liberties of Europe attended with success. - -[Sidenote: 1698] - -[Sidenote: 1700] - -The TWENTY-SECOND regiment was afterwards sent to Ireland, where it -was stationed during the remainder of the reign of King William III. - -[Sidenote: 1701] - -On the 28th of June, 1701, the colonelcy of the regiment was -conferred on Brigadier-General William Selwyn, in succession to -Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bellasis, who was removed to the Second -foot, then styled the Queen Dowager's regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1702] - -King William died in March, 1702, and was succeeded by Queen -Anne, who declared war against France. Brigadier-General Selwyn -was nominated Governor of Jamaica, and promoted to the rank of -Major-General on the 10th of June, 1702. The TWENTY-SECOND regiment -was ordered to proceed to Jamaica, and several other corps also -embarked for stations in the West Indies: the British government -designing to make a general attack on the possessions of France and -Spain in South America. - -Major-General Selwyn died at Jamaica, and was succeeded in the -colonelcy of the regiment by the Lieut.-Colonel, Thomas Handasyd, by -commission dated the 20th of June, 1702. - -[Sidenote: 1703] - -A considerable body of troops arrived in the West Indies in 1703: but -they were afterwards recalled to take part in the war in Europe. The -TWENTY-SECOND regiment was left at the island of Jamaica, and during -the reign of Queen Anne the regiment was employed in protecting -Jamaica, and the other British settlements in the West Indies, which -important duty it performed with reputation. - -[Sidenote: 1704] - -[Sidenote: 1705] - -While employed on this duty, the regiment received drafts from -several other corps, and in 1705 an augmentation of two companies was -made to its establishment. - -[Sidenote: 1712] - -Colonel Handasyd was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General in -December, 1705, and to that of Major-General in January, 1710. In -1712 he retired from the colonelcy, resigning his commission in -favour of his son, Lieut.-Colonel Roger Handasyd, of the regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1713] - -[Sidenote: 1714] - -In the following year the treaty of Utrecht gave peace to Europe; -and on the 31st of May, 1711, an order was issued for the men of the -regiment fit for duty to be formed into two independent companies for -service at Jamaica: the officers and staff returning to Europe to -recruit. - -The two independent companies thus formed from the TWENTY-SECOND -were the nucleus of the FORTY-NINTH regiment, which was formed of -independent companies at Jamaica in 1743. - -[Sidenote: 1715] - -[Sidenote: 1718] - -The officers and the serjeants not required for the independent -companies, having arrived in England, were actively employed in -recruiting in 1715; and in 1718 the regiment proceeded to Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1719] - -[Sidenote: 1726] - -The regiment was stationed in Ireland during the eight years from -1719 to 1726, and in the spring of the last-mentioned year, it -proceeded to the island of Minorca, which had been captured by the -English, in 1708, and was ceded to Great Britain by the treaty of -Utrecht in 1713, together with the fortress of Gibraltar. - -[Sidenote: 1727] - -In the beginning of 1727, the Spaniards besieged _Gibraltar_, and a -detachment of the regiment, being sent to reinforce the garrison, had -the honor to take part in the successful defence of that important -fortress. When the Spaniards raised the siege, the detachment -rejoined the regiment at Minorca. - -[Sidenote: 1730] - -Colonel Handasyd commanded the regiment with reputation until 1730, -when he was removed to the Sixteenth foot, and was succeeded by -Brigadier-General William Barrell, from the Twenty-eighth regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1734] - -Brigadier-General Barrell was removed to the Fourth foot in 1734, -when King George II. conferred the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment on Colonel the Honorable James St. Clair, from Major in the -First foot-guards. - -[Sidenote: 1737] - -On the 27th of June, 1737, Colonel the Honorable James St. Clair was -removed to the First, the Royal regiment of foot, and his Majesty -nominated Major-General John Moyle, from the Thirty-sixth, to the -colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1738] - -Major-General Moyle died on the 3rd of November, 1738, and the -colonelcy was afterwards conferred on Colonel Thomas Paget, from the -Thirty-second regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1739] - -[Sidenote: 1741] - -In 1739 Colonel Paget was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. -He died on the 28th of May, 1741, and was succeeded in the colonelcy -of the regiment by Lieut.-Colonel Richard O'Farrell, from the Ninth -foot. - -[Sidenote: 1748] - -[Sidenote: 1749] - -The TWENTY-SECOND regiment was employed in the protection of the -island of Minorca, during the whole of the War of the Austrian -Succession, and, peace having been concluded, it was relieved from -that duty in 1749, and proceeded to Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1751] - -In the Royal Warrant for regulating the uniform and distinctions of -the several regiments of the army, dated the 1st of July, 1751, the -facings of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment were directed to be of _pale -buff_. The First, or King's colour, was the Great Union; the Second, -or Regimental colour, was of pale buff 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: 1755] - -[Sidenote: 1756] - -The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle was interrupted in 1755 by the -aggressions of the French on the British territory in North America; -and on the 18th of May, 1756, war was declared against France; in the -same year the TWENTY-SECOND regiment embarked from Ireland for North -America. - -[Sidenote: 1757] - -In 1757 the regiment was formed in brigade with the Forty-third, -Forty-eighth, and fourth battalion of the Sixtieth, under -Major-General Lord Charles Hay, with the view of being employed in -the attack of _Louisburg_, the capital of the French island of _Cape -Breton_, situate in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; but the expedition was -deferred until the following year, and the regiment was stationed in -Nova Scotia during the winter. Major-General O'Farrell died in the -summer of this year, and the colonelcy of the regiment was conferred -on Brigadier-General Edward Whitmore, from the lieut.-colonelcy of -the Thirty-sixth regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1758] - -Embarking from Halifax, in May, 1758, under the command of -Lieut.-Colonel Andrew Lord Rollo, the regiment proceeded with the -expedition commanded by Lieut.-General (afterwards Lord) Amherst, -and a landing was effected on the island of Cape Breton, on the -8th of June, when the British troops evinced great gallantry. The -TWENTY-SECOND had Lieutenants Pierce Butler, John Jermyn, and William -Hamilton wounded; also several private soldiers killed and wounded.[6] - -The siege of _Louisburg_, the capital of the island, was afterwards -commenced; and in carrying on the approaches the troops underwent -great fatigue with cheerful alacrity. By their perseverance, and -the co-operation of the fleet, the town was taken in July, and two -other islands in the Gulf were surrendered. The troops received the -thanks of Parliament, and the approbation of the Sovereign, for their -conduct on this occasion. - -[Sidenote: 1759] - -During the year 1759 the TWENTY-SECOND regiment was stationed at -Louisburg. Major-General James Wolfe proceeded up the river St. -Lawrence, with a small armament,[7] and Quebec was captured; but the -nation sustained the loss of Major-General Wolfe, who was killed in -the battle on the heights of Abraham, in front of Quebec, on the 13th -of September, 1759. - -[Sidenote: 1760] - -In the spring of 1760 the TWENTY-SECOND and Fortieth regiments -proceeded from Louisburg, under Colonel Lord Rollo, of the -TWENTY-SECOND, up the river St. Lawrence, to Quebec, from whence they -advanced upon _Montreal_, with the troops under Brigadier-General -the Honorable James Murray. The French possessions in Canada were -invaded at three points, and the Governor concentrated his forces at -Montreal; but he was unable to withstand the valour and discipline of -British troops, commanded by officers of talent and experience; he -therefore surrendered Montreal, and with it all Canada, the French -battalions becoming prisoners of war. The TWENTY-SECOND had thus the -honor of taking part in the conquest of the two fine provinces of -Upper and Lower Canada, which have since continued to form part of -the possessions of the British Crown. - -[Sidenote: 1761] - -After the conquest of Canada, the TWENTY-SECOND were removed to -Albany, from whence they proceeded to New York, in April, 1761, and -afterwards embarked, under Lord Rollo, for the West Indies. - -The island of _Dominica_ had been declared neutral; but it was found -to be so much under the influence of France, and proved a refuge -to so many privateers of that nation, that the British government -resolved to take possession of it. The TWENTY-SECOND, and other corps -under Lord Rollo, landed on the island on the 6th of June, under -cover of the fire of the men-of-war, and drove the enemy from his -batteries: the grenadiers of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment distinguished -themselves on this occasion. In two days the island was reduced to -submission with little loss. - -[Sidenote: 1762] - -From Dominica the TWENTY-SECOND proceeded to Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, -and joined the troops assembled at that place under the orders of -Major-General the Honorable Robert Monckton, for the attack of the -French island of _Martinique_. After several attempts on other parts -of the island, a landing was effected in Cas des Navières Bay, on the -16th of January, 1762; the works on the heights of _Morne Tortenson_ -were captured on the 24th of that month; _Morne Garnier_ was carried -on the 27th; and the citadel of _Fort Royal_ surrendered on the 4th -of February. These successes were followed by the surrender of the -opulent city of St. Pierre, and the submission of the whole island -to the British Crown. The Commander of the expedition stated in his -despatch--"I cannot find words to render that ample justice which is -due to the valor of his Majesty's troops which I have had the honor -to command. The difficulties they had to encounter in the attack of -an enemy possessed of every advantage of art and nature were great; -and their perseverance in surmounting these obstacles, furnishes a -noble example of British spirit." - -The capture of Martinique was followed by that of _Grenada_, _St. -Lucia_, and _St. Vincent_; and the acquisition of these islands -gave additional honor to the expedition of which the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment formed part. - -Additional forces arrived in the West Indies, and the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment, mustering six hundred and two rank and file, under -the command of Major Loftus, joined the expedition commanded by -General the Earl of Albemarle, for the reduction of the wealthy and -important Spanish city of the _Havannah_, in the island of Cuba The -TWENTY-SECOND, Fortieth, Seventy-second, and five companies of the -Ninetieth, were formed in brigade under Brigadier-General Lord Rollo. - -Proceeding through the Straits of Bahama, the armament arrived -within six leagues of the Havannah on the 6th of June. A landing -was effected on the following day, and the _Moro_ fort, being the -key-position of the extensive works which covered the town, was -besieged. This proved an undertaking of great difficulty; but every -obstacle was overcome by the spirited efforts of the land and sea -forces, and the fort was captured by storm on the 30th of July. An -extensive series of batteries was prepared, and opened, on the 11th -of August, so well-directed a fire on the works which protected the -town, that the guns of the garrison were soon silenced, and the -important city of the Havannah was surrendered to the British arms. -Nine Spanish men-of-war were delivered up; two were found upon the -stocks; and three sunk at the entrance of the harbour. - -In March of this year Major-General Whitmore, who was drowned at -sea, was succeeded in the colonelcy by Major-General the Honorable -Thomas Gage, from the Eightieth regiment, a provincial corps which -was raised in 1758, and disbanded after the treaty of Fontainebleau. - -[Sidenote: 1763] - -At the peace of Fontainebleau the _Havannah_ was restored to Spain, -in exchange for the province of Florida, on the continent of America; -and in 1763 the TWENTY-SECOND regiment proceeded to _West Florida_. - -[Sidenote: 1764] - -[Sidenote: 1765] - -The regiment was stationed in Florida during the year 1764, and in -1765 it was relieved from duty in that province, and embarked for -Great Britain. - -[Sidenote: 1766] - -[Sidenote: 1770] - -[Sidenote: 1772] - -[Sidenote: 1773] - -From 1766 to 1769 the regiment was employed at various stations in -England; during the years 1770, 1771, and 1772, it performed duty in -Scotland; and in 1773 it proceeded to Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1775] - -While the TWENTY-SECOND were stationed in Ireland the -misunderstanding between the English government and the British -provinces in North America, on the subject of taxation, was followed -by hostilities. The regiment embarked from Ireland for North America -in 1775, and joined the troops at Boston under General Gage. - -During the night of the 16th of June the Americans commenced -fortifying the heights on the peninsula of Charlestown, called -_Bunker's Hill_; and on the following day they were attacked by the -flank companies of the British corps, and by a few regiments, and -driven from their works. The TWENTY-SECOND lost their commanding -officer, Lieut.-Colonel James Abercromby, who died of his wounds. He -was succeeded by Major James Campbell. - -[Sidenote: 1776] - -General Sir William Howe assumed the command of the British troops in -North America, on General Gage returning to England in October, 1775; -in March, 1776, Boston was vacated, when the TWENTY-SECOND proceeded -to Nova Scotia. - -From Nova Scotia, the regiment sailed with the expedition to Staten -Island, near New York; and, additional troops having arrived from -Europe, it was formed in brigade with the Forty-third, Fifty-fourth, -and Sixty-third, under Brigadier-General Francis Smith. - -A landing was effected on _Long Island_ on the 22nd of August; and -on the 27th of that month the TWENTY-SECOND were engaged in driving -the Americans from their positions at _Flat Bush_ to their fortified -lines at _Brooklyn_. The flank companies had several men killed and -wounded on this occasion; the loss of the battalion companies was -limited to two men. - -The Americans abandoned their lines at Brooklyn, and passed the -river to New York. They were followed by the British, who gained -possession of New York, captured Fort Washington, and reduced a great -part of the Jerseys. - -During the winter the regiment was detached, with several other -corps, under Lieut.-Generals Clinton and Earl Percy, against _Rhode -Island_. The regiment embarked on this service in the beginning of -December, and a landing being effected at daybreak on the 9th of that -month, the island was speedily reduced to submission. - -[Sidenote: 1777] - -During the year 1777 the regiment was stationed in Rhode Island. -On the 10th of July the American Colonel, Barton, arrived at Rhode -Island with a few active men, surprised Major-General Richard -Prescott in his quarters, and conveyed him from the island a prisoner. - -[Sidenote: 1778] - -In May, 1778, it was ascertained that Major-General Sullivan had -taken the command of the American troops at Providence, with the -view of making a descent on Rhode Island; and on the night of the -24th of May the battalion companies of the TWENTY-SECOND, the flank -companies of the Fifty-fourth, and a company of Hessians, embarked -under Lieut.-Colonel Campbell of the TWENTY-SECOND, to attack the -enemy's quarters. After landing three miles below _Warren_, early -on the following morning, a detachment under Captain Seir of the -TWENTY-SECOND destroyed a battery at Papasquash Point, making a -Captain and six American artillery men prisoners. Another detachment -destroyed a number of boats, a galley of six twelve pounders, and two -sloops, in the Kickamuct River. The party then marched to Warren, -destroyed a park of artillery, a quantity of stores, and a privateer -sloop. Afterwards proceeding to Bristol, a further quantity of stores -was destroyed. The Americans assembled in great numbers, and fired on -the British from a great distance, but did little injury. Lieutenant -HAMILTON of the TWENTY-SECOND, eight British, and four Hessian -soldiers were wounded. - -On the 30th of May another detachment, under Major Eyre of the -Fifty-fourth, made a successful incursion to a creek near Taunton -River, and inflicted a severe loss on the Americans. - -The King of France having united with the Americans, a French -armament arrived off the coast, and formidable preparations were -made for the re-capture of Rhode Island. The French fleet, however, -sustained some severe losses from a storm, and from the English -navy. A numerous American force under Major-General Sullivan landed -at Howland's Ferry, on the 9th of August, and commenced the siege -of _Newport_, in defence of which place the TWENTY-SECOND were -employed. The place being defended with great resolution, and -the Americans being disappointed of aid from the French fleet, -they raised the siege, and retired on the 29th of August. The -TWENTY-SECOND, Forty-third, and flank companies of the Thirty-eighth -and Fifty-fourth regiments, marched under Brigadier-General Smith, by -the east road, to intercept the retreating enemy. A stand was made -by the Americans, and some sharp fighting occurred, in which the -TWENTY-SECOND, under Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, highly distinguished -themselves. The Americans were driven from _Quakers' Hill_, when they -fell back to their works at the north end of the island, from which -they afterwards withdrew. Major-General Pigot stated in his public -despatch,--"To these particulars I am, in justice, obliged to add -Brigadier-General Smith's report, who, amidst the general tribute -due to the good conduct of every individual under his command, -has particularly distinguished Lieut.-Colonel CAMPBELL and the -TWENTY-SECOND regiment, on whom, by their position, the greatest -weight of the action fell." The regiment had eleven rank and file -killed; Lieutenant Cleghorn, Ensigns Bareland, Proctor, and Adam, two -serjeants, and forty-eight rank and file wounded; one man missing. - -[Sidenote: 1779] - -The British Commander-in-Chief in North America, Lieut.-General Sir -Henry Clinton, having resolved to vacate Rhode Island, the regiment -embarked from thence on the 25th of October, 1779, and proceeded to -New York, where it arrived on the 27th of that month. - -[Sidenote: 1780] - -During the remainder of the American War the regiment was stationed -at New York and the posts in advance of that city. - -[Sidenote: 1782] - -General the Honorable Thomas Gage was removed to the Seventeenth -Light Dragoons in April, 1782, and King George III. conferred the -colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment on Major-General Charles -O'Hara, from captain and lieut.-colonel in the Second foot-guards. - -A letter, dated the 31st of August, 1782, conveyed to the -regiment His Majesty's pleasure that it should be designated the -TWENTY-SECOND, or the CHESHIRE regiment, in order that a connexion -between the corps and that county should be cultivated, with the view -of promoting the success of the recruiting service. - -[Sidenote: 1783] - -The American War having terminated, the regiment returned to Europe -in 1783 and was stationed in South Britain. - -[Sidenote: 1785] - -In 1785, while the regiment was stationed at Windsor, under the -command of Lieut.-Colonel Crosbie, and furnished the usual guard -at the Castle, where his Majesty resided, an "ORDER OF MERIT" was -instituted in the corps, with the view of promoting good order and -discipline,--the field-officers, captains, and adjutant for the time -being, to be members of the order. The order consisted of THREE -CLASSES: the first wore a silver medal gilt, suspended to a blue -riband two inches broad, and worn round the neck; the second a silver -medal, and the third a bronze medal, similarly worn. The candidates -for the third class must have served seven years with an unblemished -character; for the second, fourteen; and for the first, twenty-one -years. On the 1st of July, the KING was graciously pleased to accept -from Lieut.-Colonel Crosbie a medal of the first class of the -regimental ORDER OF MERIT: and on the 3rd of that month, the regiment -being then encamped in Windsor Forest, assembled on parade, with the -non-commissioned officers and soldiers selected to receive medals in -front, the rules of the order were read; the corps presented arms, -the band played "God save the King;" the members of the order took -off their hats, and the commanding officer invested each member with -his medal; the drums beating a point of war during the whole time. - -[Sidenote: 1787] - -In 1787 the regiment proceeded to Guernsey and Jersey, where its -establishment was augmented; and it was ordered to be held in -readiness for foreign service, in consequence of some revolutionary -proceedings in Holland. In October the regiment proceeded to -Portsmouth, and its establishment was soon afterwards reduced. -Previous to leaving Guernsey, it received the thanks of the -Lieut.-Governor for its excellent conduct. - -[Sidenote: 1788] - -On quitting Portsmouth in 1788 for Chatham, the regiment received a -very flattering mark of the high estimation in which its conduct was -held by the inhabitants. - -[Sidenote: 1790] - -The regiment left Chatham and Dover in the spring of 1790, and -proceeding to Ireland landed at Cork on the 5th of April. - -[Sidenote: 1791] - -Major-General Charles O'Hara was removed to the Seventy-fourth -Highlanders in April, 1791, and was succeeded in the colonelcy of -the TWENTY-SECOND by Major-General David Dundas, Adjutant-General of -the Army in Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1792] - -In 1792, a slight alteration was made in the uniform, and the -establishment was augmented. - -[Sidenote: 1793] - -Meanwhile a revolution had taken place in France, and the violent -conduct of the republican government in that country occasioned a -war between Great Britain and France, which commenced in 1793. In -September of that year the flank companies of the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment embarked for the West Indies, for the purpose of taking part -in the capture of the French West India islands. They were followed -by the battalion companies in December. - -[Sidenote: 1794] - -The flank companies joined the armament under General Sir Charles -(afterwards Earl) Grey, who effected a landing at three different -points on the island of _Martinique_, in February, 1794, and -accomplished in a short period the conquest of that valuable colony. - -The grenadier brigade under His Royal Highness Prince Edward, -afterwards the Duke of Kent, and the light infantry under -Major-General Dundas, were engaged in the conquest of _St. Lucia_ in -the beginning of April. - -After the conquest of St. Lucia, an attack was made on _Guadaloupe_, -and that valuable island was speedily rescued from the power of the -republican government of France. - -The regiment proceeded to the island of Martinique, where it was -joined by the flank companies. - -Two hundred men, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Lysaght, proceeded to -the island of _St. Domingo_, and formed part of the garrison of -Cape St. Nicholas Mole: and five companies joined the garrison of -_Busy-town_, which place was besieged by the enemy. - -In April, the TWENTY-SECOND, Twenty-third, and Forty-first -regiments, with some other troops, embarked under the command of -Brigadier-General John Whyte, for the attack of _Port-au-Prince_, the -capital of the French possessions in the island of _St. Domingo_. -A landing was effected on the 31st of May; some severe fighting -occurred, in which the TWENTY-SECOND distinguished themselves: -_Fort Bizzotton_ was captured, and the enemy was forced to abandon -_Port-au-Prince_, which was taken possession of by the British -troops. The regiment had Captain Wallace killed on this occasion, -also several private soldiers killed and wounded. Unfortunately a -malignant fever broke out in the town, and the British lost forty -officers and six hundred soldiers by disease within two months after -the capture of the place. - -A detachment of the regiment formed part of the garrison of _Fort -Bizzotton_, which was attacked by two thousand of the enemy on -the 5th of December. The British defended their post with great -gallantry, and repulsed the assailants. Lieutenant Hamilton of the -TWENTY-SECOND distinguished himself. - -Another portion of the regiment was stationed at Jeremie, and a -detachment at Irois. - -[Sidenote: 1795] - -Having sustained severe loss from the climate of St. Domingo, the -regiment was relieved from duty at that island, and returned to -England in 1795. - -Lieut.-General Dundas was removed to the Seventh Light Dragoons, and -the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND was conferred on Major-General -William Crosbie, from the Eighty-ninth regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1798] - -The regiment was stationed in England recruiting its ranks until -December, 1798, when it proceeded to Guernsey. - -Major-General Crosbie died this year, and was succeeded by -Major-General John Graves Simcoe, from the Eighty-first regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1799] - -In November, 1799, the regiment was withdrawn from Guernsey, and -landed at Portsmouth on the 15th of that month. - -On its return from the West Indies, the regiment enlisted a number -of boys, or youths; and in 1798 it received drafts of boys, or lads, -from other corps; it was designated a boy regiment, and sent to the -Cape of Good Hope, where the youths, it was conjectured, would be -gradually accustomed to a warm climate, and become better adapted for -service in the East Indies, than recruits sent direct from Europe to -India. - -[Sidenote: 1800] - -In January and February, 1800, the regiment embarked for the Cape of -Good Hope, where it arrived in May and June following. The companies -on board of one transport, the Surat Castle, suffered severely in -consequence of their crowded state: the crew was composed of Lascars, -among whom much disease prevailed; the infection was communicated -to the soldiers, and the men of the TWENTY-SECOND suffered in their -health; sixty soldiers were sent on shore, to a general hospital, -before the ship left England. The survivors arrived at the Cape in -a sickly state; they had been obliged to aid in working the vessel -during the voyage, and the masts and rigging had been damaged during -a gale of wind. - -[Sidenote: 1801] - -The head-quarters were established at Muisenberg, and afterwards -encamped at Wynberg, a tongue of land projecting from the east side -of Table Mountain. The sick men received every attention which could -be procured by Major-General Francis Dundas, commanding at the Cape, -and as they recovered they joined the head-quarters, which were -removed to Simon's-town in January, 1801, and again encamped at -Wynberg in March. In May the regiment marched into Cape Town, and in -September joined the camp at Rondebosch. - -The lads having become much improved in size and strength, the light -infantry company joined the flank battalion; and the grenadiers were -detached to the interior, and stationed at Graaff Reinett. - -[Sidenote: 1802] - -Leaving the camp in January, 1802, the regiment was removed to -Muisenberg, Simon's-town, and Graaff Reinett. - -The period having arrived for the regiment to proceed to India, it -was joined by a number of volunteers from corps serving at the Cape -of Good Hope, and embarked from thence in September, October, and -November, when it mustered thirty-one officers, and one thousand and -fifty-five non-commissioned officers and soldiers fit for duty. - -[Sidenote: 1803] - -In February, 1803, the last division of the regiment landed at Fort -William, Calcutta, where the other companies had previously arrived. - -At this period two powerful chieftains, Dowlat Rao Scindia and -Jeswunt Rao Holkar, had usurped the powers of the Peishwa, and were -desolating the Mahratta states with war; and these two chiefs, -with the Rajah of Berar, formed a confederacy against the British -and their allies. Under these circumstances the flank companies -of the regiment embarked from Fort William, and joined the field -force, under Lieut.-Colonel Harcourt, assembled for the attack of -the province of Cuttack. On entering that province, the troops had -to overcome numerous difficulties from the nature of the country, -the season of the year, and the resistance of the enemy, which they -surmounted with great gallantry. - -On the 4th of October, the flank companies of the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment highly distinguished themselves at the capture of the fort -of _Barrabatta_ by storm, when they led the assault, and took several -of the enemy's colours. They had one man killed; Captain Harlston and -eight soldiers wounded. The colours captured by the TWENTY-SECOND, -with some others taken by the Ninth and Nineteenth Native Infantry, -were publicly displayed at Calcutta, and afterwards lodged at Fort -William, with an inscription of the names of the corps by which taken. - -[Sidenote: 1804] - -The flank companies of the regiment remained in the field, and the -splendid successes of the British arms appeared likely to bring about -a speedy termination of the war; but hostilities were protracted -by the defection of the Rajah of Bhurtpore. The flank companies of -the TWENTY-SECOND joined the army under Lord Lake: they had two men -killed and three wounded at the capture of _Deeg_, in December, and -were engaged in the attempt to bring the refractory Rajah Sing to -submission by the siege of the strong fortress of Bhurtpore. - -[Sidenote: 1805] - -In the meantime, the regiment had commenced its march from Fort -William, for the Upper provinces, and in January, 1805, it halted and -encamped at Benares; but resumed its march in February, and proceeded -to Cawnpore. - -The siege of _Bhurtpore_ was carried on, and the flank companies -were engaged in the unsuccessful attempt to capture that place -by storm on the 9th of January, when they had eleven men killed -and twenty-four wounded. They were also engaged in the desperate -attempt to capture the place by storm, on the 21st of January, when -they had Captain Menzies and four men killed; Captains Lindsay and -McNight, Lieutenants Mansergh, Sweetman, and Caswell, and thirty-one -non-commissioned officers and soldiers, wounded. At the third -unsuccessful attack, on the 21st of February, they had two serjeants -and three soldiers killed; three serjeants and four soldiers wounded. - -Serjeant John Ship, of the regiment, led the forlorn hope on each -occasion, and his gallant conduct was rewarded with the commission -of ensign in the Sixty-fifth regiment. - -Rajah Sing submitted, and concluded a treaty of peace with the -British: the army withdrew from Bhurtpore, and the surviving officers -and soldiers of the flank companies joined the regiment at Cawnpore, -in June. - -Holkar continued his resistance to the British authority, and Scindia -evinced a disposition to renew hostilities. These events occasioned -the regiment to quit Cawnpore, in October, to pursue the army of -Holkar, who was driven from place to place, until the British troops -arrived at the banks of the Hyphasis, or Sutlej, where he submitted, -and a treaty of peace was concluded in December. Scindia also -concluded a second treaty, and the British power and influence in -India were thus augmented and consolidated. - -[Sidenote: 1806] - -From the banks of the Sutlej, the regiment marched to Delhi, where -it arrived in February, 1806, and in March it was removed to Muttra, -where it received the thanks of General Lord Lake, and of the -Governor-General in Council, for its conduct during the war. - -On the 30th of October, General Simcoe, who died in 1806, was -succeeded in the colonelcy of the regiment by Lieut.-General Sir -James Henry Craig, from the Eighty-sixth foot. - -[Sidenote: 1807] - -Leaving Muttra in July, 1807, the regiment proceeded to Berhampore, -where it arrived on the 7th of August. - -[Sidenote: 1809] - -Major-General the Honorable Edward Finch was appointed colonel of -the regiment on the 18th of September, 1809, from the Fifty-fourth -foot, in succession to Sir James Henry Craig, K.B., removed to the -Seventy-eighth Highlanders. - -[Sidenote: 1810] - -The regiment remained at Berhampore until August, 1810, when it -embarked in boats, and proceeded to Fort William, in order to form -part of the expedition against the _Mauritius_, under Major-General -the Honorable J. Abercromby. A landing was effected in the bay of -Mapou, on the 29th of November, without opposition, and on the -following day the troops advanced towards the capital; being exposed -to severe heat, and unable to procure water, the soldiers became -exhausted, and arriving at the powder-mills, five miles from Port -Louis, they halted near the stream. Resuming the march on the 1st of -December, the troops were opposed by the enemy in force, and some -sharp fighting occurred, in which the TWENTY-SECOND took part and had -several men wounded. The French were driven from their ground, and -they fell back upon Port Louis; the British took post in front of the -position occupied by the French. Being unable to withstand the valour -and discipline of the invading army, the governor, General de Caen, -surrendered the island to the British arms. - -[Sidenote: 1811] - -After the capture of the Mauritius, the regiment was stationed a -short time at that island, and in January it sent a detachment -of five officers and seventy men to Tamatave, in the Island of -Madagascar. In March and April the regiment was removed to the island -of Bourbon, where it was joined by the survivors of the detachment -from Madagascar, reduced in number, by disease, to two officers and -twenty-five men: they had been made prisoners by the enemy, and -re-captured by the British ships of war. - -[Sidenote: 1812] - -[Sidenote: 1813] - -In July, 1812, the regiment returned to the Mauritius; but again -proceeded to Bourbon, in August, and was removed to the Mauritius a -second time in May, 1813. - -[Sidenote: 1814] - -[Sidenote: 1815] - -A number of men having volunteered from the militia to the -TWENTY-SECOND regiment, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent was -pleased to approve of a _second battalion_ being formed, and it was -placed on the establishment of the army on the 10th of February, -1814. The war in Europe being terminated soon afterwards, by the -abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the restoration of the Bourbon -dynasty to the throne of France, the second battalion was disbanded -at Chester, on the 24th of October, transferring the men fit for duty -to the first battalion, which they joined at the Mauritius, in April, -1815, in so good a state, as to be specially noticed in general -orders, and Captain Thomas Poole, commanding the party, received the -thanks of the governor. - -On the 1st of June, 1815, the rifle company of the first battalion -of the Twelfth regiment, together with the first battalion of the -Eighty-seventh regiment, and the flank companies of the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment, were formed into a field brigade, and on the 16th of June -embarked from the Mauritius to join the army in Bengal. The troops -arrived at Bengal on the 2nd and 3rd of August; re-embarked on -the 23rd of September, and landed at the Mauritius on the 14th of -November, 1815. The light company of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, -while on passage to Bengal, was wrecked in the Straits between Ceylon -and the opposite continent. The conduct of the flank companies, while -in India, was highly commended in general orders issued before they -embarked from Fort William,--on their return to the Mauritius. - -While the flank companies were thus employed, the remainder of the -TWENTY-SECOND regiment was placed under canvas at Pamplemousse, seven -miles from Port Louis, as it was suffering severely from a prevailing -disease at the Mauritius. There being but a small force left on -the island, and this reduced in numbers and efficiency by disease, -a meditated insurrection had nearly attained an outbreak, but for -timely information. - -[Sidenote: 1819] - -The regiment occupied various stations at the Mauritius, under the -command of Colonel Dalrymple, until July, 1819, when it embarked -for England. Previous to quitting the island it was inspected by -Major-General Ralph Darling, who expressed, in general orders, his -admiration of its appearance, and of its excellent conduct while -serving under his command. - -Though the TWENTY-SECOND had participated in the capture of the -Mauritius, the French inhabitants of the island presented a large -and handsome gold snuff-box to the regiment on its embarkation for -England, bearing this inscription, "_Aux Officiers du 22 Régiment -de S. M.--Souvenir des Habitans de l'île Maurice_; 1819;" thus -testifying their good feeling, and appreciation of the orderly and -soldierlike conduct of the corps during its service of nine years in -the colony. - -After landing at Gosport, in November and December, the regiment -marched to Northampton, under the orders of Colonel Sir Hugh Gough, -K.C.B. - -[Sidenote: 1821] - -In the Autumn of 1821 the regiment marched to Liverpool, where -it embarked on the 9th of October, for Ireland. Having landed at -Dublin on the 10th of October, the regiment marched to Buttevant, -with detachments at Mallow, Bantyre, Charleville, Newmarket, and -Ballyclough. - -Some changes of quarters afterwards took place in consequence of the -riotous and violent proceedings of the misguided peasantry at this -part of the country, and the disposition evinced to violate the law. - -[Sidenote: 1822] - -On the evening of the 25th of January, 1822, three thousand men -assembled with such arms as they could procure, for an attack on -Newmarket; and they were repulsed, with severe loss, by thirty men -of the regiment, under Captain Thomas Keappock and Lieutenant Samuel -Green, who received the expression of the approbation of His Royal -Highness the Duke of York, the Commander-in-Chief, and were presented -with a silver cup, by the noblemen, gentlemen, and inhabitants of -the town and vicinity of Newmarket,--"In testimony of the high sense -entertained of their gallant conduct in attacking and defeating an -armed body of three thousand insurgents, with thirty men." - -A reinforcement was sent to Newmarket, and the regiment performed -many marches, and much extra duty, in consequence of the disturbed -state of the country. - -[Sidenote: 1823] - -[Sidenote: 1824] - -The head-quarters of the regiment were stationed at Buttevant during -the year 1823, and the first nine months of 1824; and the state -of the regiment was repeatedly commended in orders by the General -Officers who made the half-yearly inspections. - -[Sidenote: 1826] - -In October, 1824, the regiment marched to Dublin; it was subsequently -stationed in Galway, and in the summer of 1826 it was divided into -six service and four depôt companies, in order that the former might -proceed on foreign service. - -The service companies embarked from Cork in November and December, -in three divisions, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel P. C. Taylor, Major -James Steuart, and Captain Thomas Poole, and the last division -arrived at the island of Jamaica in February, 1827. - -[Sidenote: 1827] - -The service companies suffered severely from the effects of the -climate of Jamaica; in September and October, 1827, they lost three -officers, seventeen serjeants, and one hundred and twenty men, from -fever; the total loss during the first year was Lieut.-Colonel P. -C. Taylor, Major James Steuart, Captain William Norton, Lieutenant -Edward Gordon, Ensign E. T. Evans, Paymaster R. Barlow, Adjutant -William Potenger, and one hundred and seventy-two non-commissioned -officers and soldiers. - -[Sidenote: 1828] - -[Sidenote: 1829] - -In the following year the losses were much less numerous; and in -April, 1829, Lieut.-Colonel C. G. Falconar arrived and assumed the -command. In June of the same year, the regiment received the thanks -of the civil authorities for the prompt assistance rendered in -extinguishing an alarming fire in the vicinity of Spanish Town. - -[Sidenote: 1830] - -On the 7th of June, 1830, the depôt companies embarked from Cork for -South Britain, where they were stationed until the summer of 1836, -when they embarked from Liverpool for Ireland, and landed at Dublin. - -[Sidenote: 1831] - -The regiment was employed in suppressing a formidable insurrection -among the slaves in Jamaica in the winter of 1831-2; the two flank -companies were encamped on the scene of the insurrection in the -following winter, and when the regiment left Falmouth, in Jamaica, -in the latter part of the year 1833, the thanks of the custos and -magistrates were awarded to the corps for its good conduct.[8] - -[Sidenote: 1837] - -The service companies performed duty at the island of Jamaica until -the beginning of 1837, when they commenced embarking for Europe, and -landed at Cork in March and April; they were afterwards joined by the -depôt companies. - -[Sidenote: 1838] - -[Sidenote: 1839] - -[Sidenote: 1840] - -The regiment remained in Ireland during the years 1838 and 1839; -and embarking from Dublin on the 19th of December, 1840, landed at -Liverpool on the 21st of that month. - -[Sidenote: 1841] - -The TWENTY-SECOND regiment, having been selected to proceed to -India, embarked from Gravesend in January, 1841, and landed at -Bombay in May following. It afterwards proceeded to Poonah, where an -encampment was formed, and the regiment was stationed there during -the remainder of the year. - -[Sidenote: 1842] - -In the following year the regiment quitted the camp at Poonah by -divisions, and proceeding to the country of Scinde, was encamped -some time near Kurrachee. The regiment was encamped in two separate -divisions at Kurrachee, as cholera had broken out violently in its -ranks, from which it suffered severely, and during its prevalence -a field-officer's detachment, under Major Poole, consisting of two -companies, was ordered to proceed by the Indus, in the month of -April, 1842, to Sukkur, in Upper Scinde, previously to the withdrawal -of the British force from Beloochistan. - -The navigation of the Indus had been acquired by the British in 1839, -and application was made to the Ameers, who governed the country, -for a portion of land on the banks of the river. This they agreed to -give; but at the same time meditated the destruction of the British -power in the country by treachery. The TWENTY-SECOND quitted the camp -at Kurrachee in November, and proceeded up the country. - -[Sidenote: 1843] - -The regiment formed part of the force assembled under Major-General -Sir Charles Napier, and was employed in the destruction of the fort -of _Emaum Ghur_, in the desert, on the 14th and 15th of January, 1843. - -Major-General W. F. P. Napier, in his work entitled "_The Conquest -of Scinde_," has given, with his characteristic eloquence, the -following spirited description of the march to _Emaum Ghur_, a march -which His Grace the Duke of Wellington described in the House of -Lords, "_as one of the most curious military feats he had ever known -to be performed, or had ever perused an account of in his life. -Sir Charles Napier_ (added His Grace) _moved his troops through -the desert against hostile forces; he had his guns transported -under circumstances of extreme difficulty, and in a manner the most -extraordinary; and he cut off a retreat of the enemy which rendered -it impossible for them ever to regain their positions_." - -"It was a wild and singular country, the wilderness through which -they (the Anglo-Indian troops) were passing. The sand-hills stretched -north and south for hundreds of miles in parallel ridges, rounded at -top, and most symmetrically plaited, like the ripple on the sea-shore -after a placid tide. Varying in their heights, their breadth and -steepness, they presented one uniform surface, but while some were -only a mile broad, others were more than ten miles across; some -were of gentle slopes and low, others lofty, and so steep that the -howitzers could only be dragged up by men. The sand was mingled with -shells, and ran in great streams resembling numerous rivers, skirted -on each side by parallel streaks of soil, which nourished jungle, -yet thinly and scattered. The tracks of the hyena and wild boar, and -the prints of small deer's footsteps, were sometimes seen at first, -but they soon disappeared, and then the solitude of the waste was -unbroken. - -"For eight days these intrepid soldiers traversed this gloomy region, -living from hand to mouth, uncertain each morning if water could be -found in the evening; and many times it was not found. They were not -even sure of their right course; yet with fiery valour and untiring -strength, they continued their dreary dangerous way. The camels found -very little food, and got weak, but the stout infantry helped to -drag the heavy howitzers up the sandy steeps; and all the troops, -despising the danger of an attack from the Beloochees, worked with a -power and will that overcame every obstacle. On the eighth day they -reached _Emaum Ghur_, eager to strike and storm, and then was seen -how truly laid down is Napoleon's great maxim, that moral force is in -war to physical force, as four to one. Mahomed Khan, with a strong -fortress well provided, and having a garrison six times as numerous -as the band coming to assail him, had fled with his treasure two days -before; taking a southerly direction, he regained the Indus by tracks -with which his people were well acquainted, leaving all his stores of -grain and powder behind." - -As Emaum Ghur could only serve as a stronghold in which the -Beloochees might be able to resist British supremacy, Major-General -Sir Charles Napier determined upon destroying the fortress. It was -a place of great strength, and was constructed of unburnt bricks, -into which the shot easily penetrates, but brings nothing down, so -that recourse was had to mining. The place was full of gunpowder and -grain, and the former was employed in blowing up the fortress, which -was effected on the 15th of January. - -After this difficult and harassing service, the troops returned -triumphant on the 23rd of January, to Peer-Abu-Bekr, where -Major-General Sir Charles Napier reunited his whole army. It is to be -observed that the march was performed without the loss of a man, or -without even a sick soldier, and the Ameers' troops were dispersed, -and their plan of campaign frustrated. - -A treaty of peace was signed by the Ameers on the 14th of February: -directions were sent to the British political resident, Major Outram, -by the Ameers, to quit _Hyderabad_, the capital, and before this was -complied with, _eight thousand_ Beloochees, commanded by several -Ameers in person, attempted to force an entrance into the enclosure -of the British residency. The light company of the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment, mustering _one hundred_ men, under Captain T. S. Conway, -Lieutenant F. P. Harding, and Ensign R. Pennefather, was the only -force at the residency, the enclosure of which was surrounded by a -wall from four to five feet high. The gallant officers and soldiers -of this company kept the eight thousand Scindian troops, with six -pieces of artillery, at bay nearly four hours; and when their -ammunition was nearly expended, they retreated to the river, with -Major Outram, and embarking on board of two steam-vessels, joined the -troops under Major-General Sir Charles Napier, at Hala. The light -company had two men killed and four wounded on this occasion. - -The Ameers having thus commenced hostilities, assembled a numerous -force to destroy the few British troops in the country. Major-General -Sir Charles Napier, trusting to the valour of the troops under -his orders, advanced to meet the enemy. On the 17th of February, -_twenty-two thousand_ Scindian troops were discovered in position -behind the bank of a river at _Meeanee_. The British, mustering _two -thousand eight hundred_ men, advanced in _echelon_ of regiments to -attack their numerous opponents, and the TWENTY-SECOND, commanded by -Lieut.-Colonel J. L. Pennefather, had the honor to lead the attack. A -numerous body of Beloochees discharged their matchlocks and pistols -at the TWENTY-SECOND, and then rushed forward sword in hand to close -upon the British line; but these bold and skilful swordsmen went down -under the superior power of the musket and bayonet. - -After a severe contest the Scindian army was defeated, and, on the -day following the victory, six of the Ameers delivered their swords -to the British General upon the field of battle. The Beloochees -lost five thousand men, and all their guns, ammunition, and treasure -were taken, together with their camp and standards. On the 20th of -February, the British colours waved in triumph over the fortress of -_Hyderabad_. - -In Major-General Napier's admirable work on "_The Conquest of -Scinde_," is given the following spirited and picturesque description -of the battle of MEEANEE:-- - -"The Ameers' right was found to be strengthened and covered by the -village of Kattree, which was filled with men; that flank offered no -weak point. But in the Shikargah on their left the General instantly -detected a flaw. It has been before said this Shikargah was covered -by a wall, having only one opening, not very wide, through which it -was evident the Beloochees meant to pour out on the flank and rear -of the advancing British line. The General rode near this wall, and -found it was nine or ten feet high; he rode nearer, and marked it -had no loop-holes for the enemy to shoot through; he rode into the -opening under a play of matchlocks, and, looking behind the wall, -saw there was no scaffolding to enable the Beloochees to fire over -the top. Then the inspiration of genius came to the aid of heroism. -Taking a company of the TWENTY-SECOND, he thrust them at once into -the opening, telling their brave Captain, Tew, that he was to block -up that entrance; to die there, if it must be,--never to give way! -And well did the gallant fellow obey his orders: he died there, but -the opening was defended. The great disparity of numbers was thus -abated, and the action of six thousand men paralysed by the more -skilful action of only eighty! It was, on a smaller scale as to -numbers, a stroke of generalship like that which won Blenheim for the -Duke of Marlborough. - -[Illustration: TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. - -FOR CANNON'S MILITARY RECORDS. - -_Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S^t. Strand._] - -"Now the advancing troops, in echelon of regiments, approached the -enemy's front. The British right passed securely under the wall of -the Shikargah, cheered and elated as they moved by the rattling sound -of Tew's musketry. * * * * Meanwhile the dead level of the plain was -swept by the Beloochee cannon and matchlocks, which were answered -from time to time by Lloyd's batteries, yet not frequently, for -rapidly and eagerly did the troops press forward to close with their -unseen foes. When the TWENTY-SECOND had got within a hundred yards -of the high sloping bank of the Fulaillee, they threw their fire at -the top of the bank, where the heads of the Beloochees could be just -seen, bending with fiery glances over the levelled matchlocks, and -the voice of the General, shrill and clear, was heard along the line, -commanding the charge. - -"Then rose the British shout; the English guns were run forward into -position, the infantry closed upon the Fulaillee with a run, and -rushed up the sloping bank. The Beloochees, having their matchlocks -laid ready in rest along the summit, waited until the assailants -were within fifteen yards ere their volley was delivered; the rapid -pace of the British, and the steepness of the slope on the inside, -deceived their aim, and the execution was not great; the next moment -the TWENTY-SECOND were on the top of the bank, thinking to bear -down all before them, but they staggered back in amazement at the -forest of swords waving in their front! Thick as standing corn, -and gorgeous as a field of flowers, stood the Beloochees in their -many-coloured garments and turbans; they filled the broad deep bed -of the Fulaillee, they clustered on both banks, and covered the -plain beyond. Guarding their heads with their large dark shields, -they shook their sharp swords, beaming in the sun, their shouts -rolled like a peal of thunder, as with frantic gestures they rushed -forwards, and full against the front of the TWENTY-SECOND dashed with -demoniac strength and ferocity. But with shouts as loud, and shrieks -as wild and fierce as theirs, and hearts as big, and arms as strong, -the Irish soldiers met them with that queen of weapons the musket, -and sent their foremost masses rolling back in blood." - -The following extracts from the despatch of Major-General Sir Charles -Napier testify the part borne by the TWENTY-SECOND in the victory of -MEEANEE:-- - -"Lieutenant-Colonel Pennefather was severely wounded as with the -high courage of a soldier he led his regiment (TWENTY-SECOND) up -the desperate bank of the Fulaillee. Major Wyllie, Captains Tucker -and Conway, Lieutenants Harding and Phayre, were all wounded, while -gloriously animating their men to sustain the shock of numbers." - -"Captains Meade, Tew, and Cookson, with Lieutenant Wood, all fell -honorably, urging on the assault with unmitigated valour. - -"Major Poole, of the TWENTY-SECOND, and Captain Jackson of the -Twenty-fifth native infantry, who succeeded to the command of those -regiments, proved themselves worthy of their dangerous posts. - -"The Acting Assistant Quartermaster-General, Lieutenant McMurdo, of -the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, had his horse killed, and, while on foot -leading some soldiers in a desperate dash down the enemy's side of -the bank, he cut down a Chieftain. He has greatly assisted me by his -activity and zeal during the whole of our operations. - -"Innumerable are the individual acts of intrepidity which took place -between our soldiers and their opponents, too numerous for detail in -this despatch, yet well meriting a record." - -In the NOTIFICATION of the Right Honorable Lord Ellenborough, the -Governor-General of India, it was directed, - -"That the unserviceable guns, taken at Hyderabad, shall be sent -to Bombay, and there cast into a triumphal column, whereon shall -be inscribed in the English, and two native languages, the names -of Major-General Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B., and of the several -officers mentioned by His Excellency in his despatch, and likewise -the names of the several officers, non-commissioned officers, and -privates mentioned in the reports, that thus the names may be for -ever recorded of those who, at MEEANEE, obtained for themselves that -glory in the field, which is the reward dearest to a true soldier." - -Major Poole, commanding the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, in consequence -of Lieutenant-Colonel Pennefather having been severely wounded, -stated in his report, respecting the soldiers of the regiment -under his command, who had distinguished themselves in the battle -of Meeanee, "that the officers generally assert that they feel -difficulty in making selections, where the conduct of every man of -their companies was so satisfactory. In so general a field of action -and persevering exertion, I equally feel at a loss where to draw a -distinction; but it may be proper to mention the names of Private -James O'Neill, of the light company, who took a standard whilst we -were actively engaged with the enemy, and drummer Martin Delaney, who -shot, bayoneted, and captured the arms of Meer Whullee Mahomed Khan, -who was mounted, and directing the enemy in the hottest part of the -engagement." - -The loss of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment at the battle of Meeanee -was, Captain J. McLeod Tew,[9] one serjeant, and twenty-two rank -and file killed; Lieut.-Colonel J. L. Pennefather, Captain T. S. -Conway, Lieutenants W. M. G. McMurdo and F. P. Harding, Ensigns R. -Pennefather and H. Bowden, one serjeant, one corporal, and fifty -privates wounded. - -The whole of the Ameers did not submit, and the Chiefs who continued -to resist assembled an army, which was commanded by Meer Shere -Mahomed. The British advanced from _Hyderabad_ at daybreak on the -morning of the 24th of March, and about half-past eight o'clock -twenty thousand Scindian troops were discovered in order of battle -behind a nullah. Arrangements were immediately made for commencing -the action, and the TWENTY-SECOND regiment led the attack in gallant -style. Major John Poole commanded the brigade, and Captain F. D. -George the regiment, and, stimulated by the heroic example of these -officers, the TWENTY-SECOND advanced steadily against the enemy's -left, exposed to a heavy fire of matchlocks, without returning a -shot, until they arrived within forty paces of the entrenchment, -when they stormed the position occupied by the Beloochees with that -determined bravery which has ever distinguished British soldiers. -Lieutenant Henry J. Coote first mounted the rampart, seized one of -the enemy's standards, and was severely wounded while in the act of -waving it, and cheering on his men; Lieutenant C. T. Powell seized -another standard; and the soldiers, being encouraged by the gallant -example of their officers, displayed that heroism which adorns the -British military character. Privates J. Doherty, C. Lynar, E. Jobin, -J. McCartin, J. Walmsley, G. Roberts, E. Watson and J. Oakley, shot -the defenders, and then captured fourteen standards, and made five -prisoners. Privates S. Cowen, S. Alder, and G. Banbury also captured -standards; and Corporal Tim. Kelly shot one of the Scindians, and -took from him a silver-knobbed standard. The Beloochee infantry and -artillery fought well, but were unable, although greatly superior in -numbers, to resist the determined attack of disciplined soldiers. - -Major-General Sir Charles Napier stated in his public despatch, "The -battle was decided by the troop of Horse Artillery, and Her Majesty's -TWENTY-SECOND regiment. - -"Of Lieutenant McMurdo's abilities as Acting Assistant -Quartermaster-General, I cannot speak too highly; and regret to say, -he has received a sabre wound from a Beloochee, the third that he cut -down in single combat during the day. - -"To the commanders of brigades and regiments, and the officers, -non-commissioned officers, and privates under their command, I have -to return my thanks for their valiant bearing in the action." - -The loss of the enemy was very great, and eleven pieces of cannon -were taken in position on the nullah, together with seventeen -standards. The Beloochee force was completely defeated, and their -commander, Meer Shere Mahomed, fled to the desert.[10] Among the -killed was the great promoter of the war, Hoche Mahomed Seedee. -Twenty-three rank and file of the regiment were killed on this -occasion; Lieutenants Thomas Chute, Henry J. Coote, H. A. G. Evans, -and John Brennan, Ensign Richard Pennefather, six serjeants, one -drummer, four corporals, and one hundred and twenty-three privates -wounded. At the battle of Hyderabad, the regiment mustered only five -hundred and sixty-two rank and file; the remainder being sick and -convalescent, having been left at Sukkur in Upper Scinde. - -As a mark of Royal approbation for these victories, Her Majesty, -on the 4th of July, 1843, was pleased to appoint Major-General Sir -Charles James Napier a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable -Military Order of the Bath; Lieutenant-Colonel Pennefather,[11] -Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Poole, Brevet Majors Frederick George, and -Thomas Conway, were also nominated Companions of the Bath, and their -brevet rank was dated from the above period. - -Her Majesty was also graciously pleased to command that a medal -should be conferred upon the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and -Soldiers engaged in the battles of Meeanee and Hyderabad. - -On the 18th of August, 1843, the TWENTY-SECOND received the Royal -authority to bear upon the regimental or second colour, and on -the appointments, the word "SCINDE," in commemoration of its -distinguished gallantry in the campaign against the Ameers of that -country, during the early part of the year 1843. - -Her Majesty, on the 2nd of July, 1844, conferred increased honor on -the TWENTY-SECOND, by authorising the corps to bear on the regimental -colour and appointments, in addition to the word "SCINDE," the words -"MEEANEE" and "HYDERABAD," in commemoration of the distinguished -gallantry displayed in the general engagements fought at those places -respectively, on the 17th of February, and 24th of March, 1843. - -On the 12th of February, 1844, the thanks of Parliament were voted to -Major-General Sir Charles Napier, G.C.B., and to the troops under his -command, "_for the eminent skill, energy, and gallantry, displayed by -him in the recent military operations in_ SCINDE, _particularly in -the two decisive battles of_ MEEANEE _and_ HYDERABAD;" to the several -officers serving under Sir Charles Napier, "_for their unwearied zeal -and conspicuous gallantry_;" and to the troops, "_for their brave and -meritorious conduct_." - -Major-General Sir Charles Napier, on presenting the regiments at -Kurrachee with the Medals conferred on them for their gallantry in -this campaign, addressed the soldiers as follows:-- - -"Soldiers! the Battle of _Meeanee_ is among those of which history -will speak as proving the superiority of _discipline_ over numbers; -and it is well, Soldiers! that we should dwell upon these things; -that we may understand how Medals are won, and why they are bestowed. - -"Had we been without discipline, valour alone would not have won the -victories of _Meeanee_ and _Hyderabad_! Valour is like the _Strength_ -of a man, Discipline is like his _Mind_, that directs his strength -to effective exertion. If two pugilists have a boxing-match, and one -strikes at random, while the other boxes with science, planting every -blow home, we know how the fight must be soon decided. So it is with -two armies,--the one disciplined, the other without discipline. The -General of the disciplined Army directs his columns upon that part of -the enemy's position which he deems to be the weakest; as the mind -of the boxer directs his blow against the opening offered by his -unskilful enemy. But this is not all,--obedience to orders (which -is discipline) enables us to bring up all the necessary provisions -of war to the day and to the hour; thus food and ammunition are at -hand to support the blow of battle, just as the shoulder and the -body are thrown forward to support and give vigour to the blow of -the pugilist. But not only is valour useless without discipline, -but it is even dangerous; for without discipline the rashly brave -would run heedlessly against the enemy, the cautious would seek -'vantage ground, and the timid would retreat. Thus the Army would be -scattered: but when an Army is disciplined, the ponderous charges -of Cavalry, the steady tramp of the advancing Infantry, preparing -to charge with a mighty shout, and the rolling thunder of Artillery -pouring forth its iron shower, all combine simultaneously to strike -and overthrow the enemy. Thus, Soldiers, are Medals won, more by -discipline than by any extraordinary efforts of individual courage. -To reward this obedience medals are bestowed, so that every man who -wears this honoured badge is known to the world as one who, in the -midst of the noise, the danger, and confusion of battle, had obeyed -orders, and performed the three great duties of a Soldier--first, not -to fire without orders; next, when he does fire, to level low, so as -to make sure of striking down an enemy; thirdly, to keep his rank and -dress upon his colours. The Medal tells the world that he has bravely -done these things, and no man can walk with one of these Medals -on his breast without feeling the conscious pride of an intrepid -Soldier! His caste may be high caste, or it may be low caste, but the -Soldier, who bears on his breast a medal won in battle, is above all -the castes in the world. The pleasure of giving you these Medals, -Soldiers of the 12th Regiment (Native Infantry), is indeed great to -me. I saw your valiant conduct, and I rejoice in distributing the -reward which you honorably earned, and my satisfaction is increased -by the presence of so large a body of Europeans, for it affords me -an opportunity of saying to my countrymen that they will find these -swarthy warriors of the East staunch and true in action as they were -at Meeanee and Hyderabad, when they followed the example set them by -the glorious TWENTY-SECOND regiment. They will fight to the last -drop of their blood, and stand or fall by the side of their European -comrades. If the Almighty so wills it, that in these eventful times, -War should again arise, and that I am once more permitted to lead an -Army into the field, I should go into action with perfect confidence -in the courage of the Native Troops. I speak of what I know of their -gallantry, not from what I hear, but from what I have seen, and from -my own knowledge, of their daring courage. - -"Here I must address myself in a more direct manner to the Officers -now before me, and in justice to them say, that their conduct, and -the conduct of all the British Officers in these two battles, was -very noble. For several hours the two lines were fighting close to -each other, and as I cast my eye along the field, I everywhere saw -the British Officers display their worthiness as Military leaders, -and with unflinching intrepidity animating their Soldiers to battle! -To them, therefore, I will now first distribute these honorable -decorations." - -The Governor then dismounted, and advancing to the line of officers -of several regiments, and who had not before received their medals, -his Excellency presented each with the Medal,--the bands playing "God -save the Queen." - -On giving that which belonged to Lieutenant Marston, of the 25th -N. I., the General observed,--"But for you, Marston, I probably -should not have had this pleasure;" alluding to this Officer having -intrepidly thrown himself in front of his General when attacked by a -Beloochee Chief, whom the Lieutenant cut down ere he could reach the -General. - -On the 18th of April the regiment left Hyderabad, and proceeded to -Kurrachee, where the right wing and head-quarters embarked on the -27th of April, and sailed to Bombay. Previously to the embarkation -of the regiment for Bombay, the following order was issued by -Major-General Sir Charles Napier, Governor of Scinde:-- - - "_27th April, 1843._ - - "TWENTY-SECOND Regiment! - - "You well know why I send you to Bombay, and you also know how much - I dislike doing so. But nothing shall stand in the way of your - health and well-being, that I have the power to remove. Cut up by - Disease and by Battle, you require rest, that you may again join - us, and add to the Laurels with which you are already decorated. - - "C. J. NAPIER, _Major-General_, - _Governor_." - -The reception of the regiment at Bombay, on the 2nd of May, was -distinguished by high marks of honor, by command of the Governor, on -which occasion the accompanying order was issued:-- - - "_Bombay, Monday, 1st May, 1843._ - - "GARRISON ORDERS. - - "By the Honorable the Governor.--The Head-Quarters of Her Majesty's - TWENTY-SECOND Regiment of Foot having arrived from Scinde, will be - disembarked to-morrow morning at sunrise. - - "On this occasion the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the - Garrison, desirous of paying every mark of honor to this - distinguished Corps, will himself receive it at the Apollo Pier. - - "On the landing of the first Division, a Royal Salute is to be - fired from the Saluting Battery. - - "The Troops composing the Garrison will be drawn up in Review - Order, in a convenient position, and will salute Her Majesty's - TWENTY-SECOND regiment, as it passes on its way to Fort George - Barracks. - - "His Excellency directs the attendance of all Military Officers at - the Presidency who may not be sick, or engaged on other duty. - - "The Commandant of the Garrison is requested to carry out the above - order. - - "BRUCE SETON, _Major_, - _Town Major_." - -The General Staff of the Garrison testified their admiration of the -gallant conduct of the regiment, by giving a public banquet to the -Officers of the corps; and the inhabitants of Bombay, including the -Civil Authorities, raised a handsome subscription, to be applied to -the benefit of the sufferers in the regiment, widows and orphans, by -the Campaign in Scinde. - -The left wing landed at Panwell on the 16th of May, and proceeded -from thence to Poonah, where it arrived on the 23rd of May. The right -wing and head-quarters arrived at Poonah, from Bombay, on the 1st of -June. - -General the Honorable Edward Finch died on the 27th of October, 1843, -and the colonelcy of the regiment was conferred on Major-General Sir -Charles James Napier, K.C.B. - -[Sidenote: 1844] - -On the 17th and 18th of October, 1844, the regiment marched from -Poonah in wings to Bowree, and on the 19th the whole moved together -for Field Service in the Kolapore districts, where the regiment lost -two officers, and thirty non-commissioned officers and privates, by -cholera. - -A portion of the regiment was employed in taking the north pettah -under the walls of the fort of Punalla, on the 27th of November; on -the 28th, 29th, and 30th of November the regiment, under the command -of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Poole, was employed in the investment -of _Punalla_ and _Pownghur_, and on the 1st of December was at -the capture of those forts, the latter of which was taken by the -regiment. During these operations the TWENTY-SECOND formed part of -the third brigade of the force employed under Major-General Delamotte. - -On the 26th of December a wing of the regiment marched, and joined -the first brigade on service in the Sawunt-Warree district; the other -wing remained near Kolapore. - -On the 31st of December, 1844, a wing of the regiment arrived at -Susseedroog from Kolapore, and joined the first brigade of the Field -Force in the Sawunt-Warree country, and was employed in investing -the forts of Monuhurr and Monsentosh, and participated in all the -operations for driving the enemy out of their stockades in the -densely wooded country between Susseedroog and the Forts. - -[Sidenote: 1845] - -The regiment had several skirmishes with the enemy; on the 17th of -January, 1845, part of the wing descended the Elephant rock with -other troops, and took the village of Seevapore, in the Concan, close -under Fort Monuhurr, where one man was killed and seven wounded. The -whole of the soldiers were employed, part in the Deccan or heights -above, and part in the Concan close under the forts, investing them -from the 17th to the 26th of January, during which period the forts -were constantly shelled by the British artillery, the enemy from the -forts firing their great guns and musketry. - -On the night of the 26th of January the enemy vacated the forts -unperceived, and escaped through a dense jungle, leaving the forts in -the possession of the Anglo-Indian army. - -The wing joined the regiment at Kolapore on the 6th of February, -escorting prisoners taken during the insurrection. The regiment was -employed in doing duty over about six hundred prisoners until its -recall to Poonah, for which place it marched on the 16th of April, -and arrived on the 2nd of May, 1845. - -A wing of the regiment, consisting of four hundred rank and file, -under the command of Captain Souter, marched from Poonah for Bombay -on the 25th of December, 1845. - -[Sidenote: 1846] - -The head-quarters of the regiment, under the command of -Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Brandram Boileau, consisting of five -companies, marched from Poonah to Bombay on the 15th of August, 1846, -and joined the wing of the TWENTY-SECOND at that station. The march -was performed in the middle of the monsoon, in eight days, rain -consequently falling nearly the whole of the way. - -The regiment remained together at Bombay, having six companies -at Colaba, and three at Fort George, until the 14th of November, -1846, when the head-quarters, with five of the companies which were -stationed at Colaba, were ordered to Poonah, in consequence of fever -of a malarious nature having attacked the men, nearly every soldier -at Colaba having been admitted into hospital in less than two months; -the casualties were very numerous. - -[Sidenote: 1847] - -[Sidenote: 1848] - -The left wing, consisting of four companies, marched from Bombay -on the 12th of January, 1847, and arrived at Poonah on the 21st of -January. During the year 1848 the regiment continued to be stationed -at Poonah. - -[Sidenote: 1849] - -On the 25th of January, 1849, the regiment proceeded to Bombay, and -was subsequently stationed at Colaba. The left wing, consisting of -four companies, embarked for Kurrachee on the 24th of January. - -In June, 1849, the period to which the Record has been extended, the -regiment remained at Colaba, and consisted of fifty-three serjeants, -nineteen drummers, and 1042 rank and file, under the command of -Lieutenant-Colonel Sydney John Cotton, Lieutenant-Colonel Boileau -being in command of the Poonah brigade. - - -1849. - - -[Illustration: BELOOCHEE STANDARD, CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE OF MEEANEE, -BY THE XXII REGIMENT, ON THE 17^{TH} FEBRUARY 1843. - -SILVER MEDAL STRUCK IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLES OF MEEANEE AND -HYDERABAD, IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1843. - -_For Cannon's Military Records._ - -_Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S^t. Strand._] - - - _Description of the Beloochee Standard captured at the Battle of_ - MEEANEE, _on the 17th of February, 1843._ - -The Beloochee Standard, represented in the engraving, was taken at -the Battle of _Meeanee_, on the 17th of February, 1843, by Private -James O'Neill of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, as narrated at page 35 -of the Historical Record. The Standard is triangular; the longest -side is about seven feet in length, and the other sides measure each -about five feet. The Staff is nine feet in length. - -The Standards captured at the Battle of _Hyderabad_, on the 24th of -March, 1843, were of a similar rude description, and do not afford a -just idea of the Army which they may be supposed to have led on. No -person, on viewing these Trophies, would suppose the Beloochee Army, -to which they belonged, to have been composed of men so gallant and -so formidable; so well armed, and so expert in the use of their arms, -as the Scindian troops proved themselves in these battles. - - - _Description of the Silver Medal struck in commemoration of the - Victories of_ MEEANEE _and_ HYDERABAD, _and conferred on the - Officers and Men engaged in those Battles._ - -On the obverse; the bust of HER MAJESTY, with the inscription -"VICTORIA REGINA." - -On the reverse; the words "MEEANEE," "HYDERABAD," "1843," enclosed -within branches of Laurel, and surmounted by the Imperial Crown. - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[6] Cape Breton had been captured by the British in 1745, but was -restored to the French at the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. It -was retaken in 1758 (as above narrated), and was finally ceded to -Great Britain by the treaty of Fontainebleau, in 1763. - -[7] The grenadier company of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, which had -been incorporated with the "_Louisburg Grenadiers_," formed part of -the armament, and was engaged in the battle on the heights of Abraham -on the 13th of September, 1759. - -[8] When the Marquis of Normanby (then Earl of Mulgrave) presented -the regiment with New Colours at Jamaica, he remarked, in reference -to the conduct of the regiment,--"I had myself the means of -knowing upon the many times I have been at Falmouth, whilst your -head-quarters were there, that the regiment was universally popular, -and their departure generally regretted. During the few pleasant days -I passed at Shuttlewood, in the camp of which the flank companies of -the TWENTY-SECOND regiment formed a part, I remember upon remarking -to the Major-General there commanding, the perfect good conduct of -all there, he said, 'Yes, I never knew better men.'" - -[9] Lieutenant Thomas Chute succeeded to the vacancy caused by -the death of Captain Tew; Ensign Richard Pennefather was promoted -Lieutenant; and Serjeant-Major Thomas Stack was appointed ensign -in the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, the commissions being dated 18th -February, 1843, the day following the battle of Meeanee. - -[10] The following interesting circumstance is recorded by -Major-General Napier, in his history of the conquest of Scinde, -respecting the march into the desert in pursuit of Meer Shere -Mahomed:-- - -"On one of those long marches, which were almost continual, the -Twenty-fifth Sepoys, being nearly maddened by thirst and heat, -saw one of their water-carriers approaching with full skins of -water; they rushed towards him in crowds, tearing away the skins -and struggling together, with loud cries of Water! Water! At that -moment, some half-dozen straggling soldiers of the TWENTY-SECOND -came up, apparently exhausted, and asked for some. At once the -generous Indians withheld their hands from the skins, forgot their -own sufferings, and gave the fainting Europeans to drink; then they -all moved on, the Sepoys carrying the TWENTY-SECOND men's muskets for -them, patting them on the shoulders, and encouraging them to hold -out. It was in vain; they did so for a short time, but soon fell. -It was then discovered that these noble fellows were all wounded, -some deeply, but thinking there was to be another fight, they had -concealed their hurts, and forced nature to sustain the loss of -blood, the pain of wounds, the burning sun, the long marches, and the -sandy desert, that their last moments might be given to their country -on another field of battle!" - - _Names of men of the_ TWENTY-SECOND _regiment who concealed their - wounds, received in the Battle of Hyderabad, and marched with their - regiment the next day, thinking another battle was at hand._ - -Serjeant Haney, John Durr, John Muldowney, Robert Young, Henry Lines, -Patrick Gill, James Andrews, Thomas Middleton, James Mulvey, and -Silvester Day. - -[11] Lieutenant-Colonel Pennefather was appointed Aide-de-Camp to -the Queen, with the rank of Colonel, in 1846, the honor having been -deferred until this period in consequence of his short standing as -a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1843, the year in which the victories of -Meeanee and Hyderabad were gained. - -Colonel Pennefather exchanged to the Twenty-eighth Regiment, with -Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Cotton, on the 2nd December, 1847, and becoming -supernumerary on the arrival of the Twenty-eighth regiment from India -in 1848, was placed on half-pay. In August, 1848, Colonel Pennefather -was appointed to serve on the Staff of the army in Ireland. - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF - -THE TWENTY-SECOND, - -OR - -THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT. - - -HENRY, DUKE OF NORFOLK, K.G. - -_Appointed 16th March, 1689._ - -LORD HENRY HOWARD, son of Henry, Earl of Norwich, afterwards Duke of -Norfolk, was summoned to parliament in 1678, by the title of Lord -Mowbray: and on the death of Prince Rupert, in 1682, his lordship -was nominated governor and constable of Windsor Castle, and warden -of the forest of Windsor; also lord lieutenant of Berkshire and -Surrey. On the decease of his father, in 1684, he succeeded to the -dignity of DUKE OF NORFOLK, and of Earl Marshal of England; and in -May, 1685, he was elected a Knight of the most noble order of the -Garter. On the breaking out of the rebellion of the DUKE OF MONMOUTH, -the DUKE OF NORFOLK took great interest in raising a regiment of -foot for the service of King James II., now the twelfth regiment of -foot, of which he was appointed colonel. His Grace did not approve -of the measures of the court, and evinced a strong attachment to the -protestant religion. One day (says Bishop Burnet) the King gave the -DUKE OF NORFOLK the sword of state to carry with him to the Popish -chapel, which he carried as far as the door and then stopped, not -being willing to enter the chapel. The King said, "My Lord, your -father would have gone farther;" to which the Duke answered,--"Your -Majesty's father was the better man, and he would not have gone so -far." His Grace resigned his regiment, and joined in the invitation -to the PRINCE OF ORANGE. When the Prince landed, the DUKE OF NORFOLK -was in London, and was one of the Peers who petitioned the King for -a free parliament. He afterwards proceeded to his seat in Norfolk, -declared for the Prince of Orange, and brought that and some of the -neighbouring counties into the Prince's interest. On the elevation -of the Prince of Orange to the throne, his Graced was sworn a member -of the privy council; and afterwards used his interest and influence -in raising a corps of infantry, now the TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, of -which he was appointed colonel in March, 1689; but he resigned his -commission in the same year. He died on the 2nd of April 1701. - - -SIR HENRY BELLASIS, KT. - -_Appointed 28th September, 1689._ - -SIR HENRY BELLASIS was educated in strict principles of loyalty and -attachment to monarchical government, and when a youth he suffered -in the royal cause during the usurpation of Cromwell. Soon after the -restoration he was nominated captain of an independent company in -garrison at Hull, of which fortress the Lord Bellasis (or Belasyse) -was appointed governor; but he resigned, in 1673, in consequence of -the Test Act, he being a Roman Catholic. In the summer of 1674, Sir -Henry Bellasis raised a company of musketeers and pikemen for the -service of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and was engaged -at the siege of Grave in the autumn of that year. He also served -at the siege of Maestricht in 1676; at the battle of Mont-Cassel -in 1677; and in the following spring he succeeded Colonel Ashley -in the command of a regiment which is now the sixth foot. At the -battle of St. Denis, in 1678, he evinced signal valour and ability, -vying in feats of gallantry with his commanders the Prince of -Orange and the celebrated Earl of Ossory, and was wounded. During -the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, in 1685, he accompanied -his regiment to England; and in 1687 circumstances occurred which -occasioned him to withdraw from the Dutch service; but he preserved -his attachment to the Protestant interest and to the Prince of -Orange. In 1689 he succeeded the Duke of Norfolk in the colonelcy of -the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, with which corps he served in Ireland -under the veteran Duke Schomberg. He served as brigadier-general -under King William in 1690; was at the battle of the Boyne; and at -the siege of Limerick, where he again distinguished himself. In 1691 -he acquired new honours at the siege of Athlone; he also displayed -bravery and judgment at the battle of Aghrim; and on the reduction -of Galway he was appointed governor of that fortress, and took -possession of the town on the 26th of July, with his own and two -other regiments of foot. The rank of major-general was conferred -on this distinguished officer in April, 1692, and he commanded a -brigade under King William in Flanders, in the autumn of that year. -He acquired additional reputation at the battle of Landen, in 1693; -also in the command of a brigade under King William during the -following campaign; and in October, 1694, his Majesty rewarded him -with the rank of lieut.-general. His meritorious conduct procured him -the favour and confidence of his Sovereign, by whom he was employed -on important services. He commanded the camp on the Bruges canal, -in May, 1695; and a division of the covering army was placed under -his orders during the siege of Namur. At the close of the campaign -he was appointed president of the general court-martial which tried -the officers who surrendered Dixmude and Deinse to the enemy, and -sentenced Major-General Ellemberg to be shot. He continued to serve -in the Netherlands until the peace of Ryswick. In 1701 he obtained -the colonelcy of the Queen Dowager's regiment (now second foot) in -exchange with Colonel Selwyn. In 1702 he was second in command of the -British troops in the expedition to Cadiz; and having been charged -with participating in the plunder of Port St. Mary, he was tried by -a court-martial and dismissed the service. His reputation was thus -unfortunately tarnished; but his crime does not appear to have been -considered of a heinous nature, as he was subsequently elected a -member of parliament for the city of Durham; was appointed by Queen -Anne, in 1711, one of the commissioners to inquire into several -particulars respecting the accounts of the army in Spain; and in -June, 1713, he was appointed governor of Berwick. He died on the 14th -of December, 1717. - - -WILLIAM SELWYN. - -_Appointed 28th June, 1701._ - -WILLIAM SELWYN served in the army of the United Provinces of the -Netherlands, in the time of King Charles II., and afterwards held a -commission under the British crown. In 1688 he was nominated captain -and lieut.-colonel in the second foot guards, with which corps he -served in Flanders, and in 1691 King William gave him the colonelcy -of the second foot, vacant by the decease of Lieut.-General Kirke. -He served at the head of his regiment at the battle of Landen on -the 29th of July, 1693, and distinguished himself under the eye of -his sovereign; he also served at the siege of Namur, in the summer -of 1695, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general during -the siege. He subsequently commanded a brigade of infantry in the -Netherlands, under King William III., who nominated him governor of -the island of Jamaica. He exchanged to the TWENTY-SECOND regiment in -1701; and was promoted to the rank of major-general on the 10th June, -1702. He died in June, 1702. - - -THOMAS HANDASYD. - -_Appointed 20th June, 1702._ - -After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, THOMAS -HANDASYD was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment, with which corps he proceeded to the island of Jamaica; -and in June, 1702, Queen Anne promoted him to the colonelcy of the -regiment. He served in the West Indies; was advanced to the rank of -brigadier-general in 1705, and to that of major-general in 1710. In -1712, he resigned the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment in -favour of his non. - - -ROGER HANDASYD. - -_Appointed 3rd April, 1712._ - -This Officer served many years in the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, and was -promoted by Queen Anne to the lieut.-colonelcy of that corps, which -he commanded some time at the island of Jamaica. He succeeded his -father in the colonelcy of the regiment in 1712; was removed to the -sixteenth foot in 1730,--promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in -1735,--to that of major-general in 1739,--and to lieut.-general in -1743. He died in 1763. - - -WILLIAM BARRELL. - -_Appointed 25th August, 1730._ - -This officer entered the army in the reign of William III.; he -obtained the rank of captain in 1698, and his distinguished conduct -in the wars of Queen Anne was rewarded with the brevet rank of -colonel on the 1st of January, 1707. In 1715 he was promoted to -the colonelcy of the Twenty-eighth foot; in 1727 he was appointed -brigadier-general; in 1730 he was removed to the TWENTY-SECOND -regiment, and in 1734 to the King's Own. In the following year -he was promoted to the rank of major-general; in 1739 to that of -lieut.-general; and he was also appointed governor of Pendennis -Castle. He died on the 9th of August, 1749. - - -THE HONORABLE JAMES ST. CLAIR. - -_Appointed 30th October, 1734._ - -THE HONORABLE JAMES ST. CLAIR entered the army in the reign of Queen -Anne, and served under the celebrated JOHN DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. He -was several years an officer in the third foot guards, in which -corps he rose to the commission of major, with the rank of colonel, -and in 1734 King George II. nominated him to the colonelcy of the -TWENTY-SECOND regiment, from which he was removed, in 1737, to the -first, the royal regiment. In 1739 he was promoted to the rank of -brigadier-general; in 1741 to that of major-general; and to that of -lieut.-general in 1745, at which time he was performing the duty of -quartermaster-general in the Netherlands, to the army commanded by -His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. In the following year -he commanded an expedition which was originally designed for the -attack of the French settlements in Canada; but was countermanded, -and afterwards proceeded against the French seaport L'Orient and the -peninsula of Quiberon; no important results were, however, achieved. -He was subsequently employed on an embassy to the courts of Vienna -and Turin.[12] On the decease of his brother, in 1750, he became -entitled to the dignity of Lord Sinclair, a Scottish peerage; but he -preferred a seat in the House of Commons, of which he had been many -years a member, and therefore did not assume the title. In 1761 he -was promoted to the rank of general. He died at Dysart, in November, -1762. - - -JOHN MOYLE. - -_Appointed 27th June, 1737._ - -JOHN MOYLE entered the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and served -with reputation under the celebrated John Duke of Marlborough; he -rose to the lieut.-colonelcy of a newly raised regiment of foot, -and in 1708 was promoted to the rank of colonel in the army. At the -peace of Utrecht his regiment was disbanded. In 1723 King George -I. conferred the colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment on Colonel -Moyle, who was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1727, -and to that of major-general in 1735; in 1737 he was removed to the -TWENTY-SECOND regiment. He died on the 3rd of November, 1738. - - -THOMAS PAGET. - -_Appointed 13th December, 1738._ - -This officer entered the army in the reign of King William III., -and was many years an officer of the eighth horse, now seventh -dragoon guards, with which corps he served under the celebrated John -Duke of Marlborough. On the 1st of August, 1710, he was promoted -to the lieut.-colonelcy of the eighth horse; he was afterwards -lieut.-colonel of the first troop of horse grenadier guards; and in -July, 1732, was nominated colonel of the Thirty-second regiment, from -which he was removed, in 1738, to the TWENTY-SECOND. In 1739 he was -promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He died on the 28th of -May, 1741. - - -RICHARD O'FARRELL. - -_Appointed 12th August, 1741._ - -RICHARD O'FARRELL was nominated ensign in a regiment of foot on -the 1st of May, 1692; and he served with reputation in the wars of -King William III. and of Queen Anne. On the 20th of December, 1722, -he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the ninth foot, and he -performed the duties of commanding officer to that corps many years, -with credit to himself and advantage to the service. On the decease -of Brigadier-General Paget, in 1741, King George II. rewarded the -long and faithful services of Lieut.-Colonel O'Farrell with the -colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. In 1746 Colonel O'Farrell -was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general, and in 1754 to that of -major-general. His decease occurred in 1757. - - -EDWARD WHITMORE. - -_Appointed 11th July, 1757._ - -EDWARD WHITMORE entered the army in the reign of King George II., and -serving with distinction in the wars of the Austrian succession, -was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Thirty-sixth regiment -on the 17th of July, 1747. He performed the duty of commanding -officer of the Thirty-sixth regiment with reputation ten years; -and in July, 1757, King George II. rewarded him with the colonelcy -of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. He was nominated brigadier-general -in America in December, 1757; in 1758 he commanded a brigade under -Lieut.-General (afterwards Lord) Amherst, in the descent on Cape -Breton, and at the siege and capture of Louisburg, of which fortress -he was afterwards nominated governor. On the 19th of February, 1761, -he was promoted to the rank of major-general. During the following -winter he left Louisburg for Boston; during the voyage the ship -was driven, by severe weather, into the harbour of Plymouth, and -Major-General Whitmore, being on deck, in the night, fell overboard -and was drowned. - - -THE HONORABLE THOMAS GAGE. - -_Appointed 29th March, 1762._ - -THE HONORABLE THOMAS GAGE, second son of Thomas, first Viscount -Gage, of Castle Island, in Ireland, having served some time in the -subordinate commissions, was appointed major of the Forty-fourth -foot in February, 1747; and he was further promoted to the -lieut.-colonelcy of the regiment on the 2nd of March, 1751. He -was serving with his regiment in America, when a dispute occurred -between Great Britain and France respecting the territory on the -banks of the Ohio, and he commanded the advance-guard of the -forces sent against Fort Du Quesne, which the French had built to -command the entrance into the country on the Ohio and Mississippi. -In the disastrous action on the 9th of July, 1755, Major-General -Braddock was killed, and Lieut.-Colonel the Honorable Thomas Gage -was wounded. He continued to serve in America, where he raised a -provincial regiment, which was numbered the eightieth, light-armed -foot, of which he was appointed colonel in May, 1758; he was also -appointed brigadier-general in North America, and the efforts of the -army effected the conquest of Canada, which has continued to form -part of the British dominions from that period. He was promoted -to the rank of major-general in 1761, and in the same year he -performed the duty of Commander-in-Chief in North America, and also -succeeded Sir Jeffrey Amherst as Colonel-in-Chief of the sixtieth -regiment, which he held two months, when Lieut.-General Amherst -was re-appointed. In March, 1762, he was appointed colonel of the -TWENTY-SECOND foot; and in April, 1770, he was promoted to the rank -of lieut.-general. When the misunderstanding between Great Britain -and her North American colonies began to assume a serious aspect, he -was appointed Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Massachusetts -Bay, and he arrived at Boston in May, 1774. Hostilities commenced -in the following year, and his active exertions to suppress the -rebellion were rewarded in August, 1775, with the appointment of -Commander-in-Chief in North America, which he resigned in a few -months afterwards. In April, 1782, he was appointed colonel of the -seventeenth light dragoons; he was promoted to the rank of general -in November following, and in 1785 he was removed to the eleventh -dragoons. He died in 1787. - - -CHARLES O'HARA. - -_Appointed 18th April, 1782._ - -CHARLES O'HARA was appointed cornet in the third dragoons in -December, 1752, and in 1756 he was promoted to lieutenant and -captain in the second foot guards. He served in Portugal in 1762, -and performed the duties of quartermaster-general to the army under -Lieut.-General the Earl of Loudoun. In 1769 he was promoted to the -rank of captain and lieut.-colonel; and he served with his regiment -in North America. In the autumn of 1781 he was promoted to the rank -of major-general. He commanded the brigade of foot guards under -Lieut.-General Earl Cornwallis, in Virginia; distinguished himself at -the passage of the Catawba river on the 1st of February, 1781; and -was wounded at the battle of Guildford on the 15th of March. In 1782 -he was nominated to the colonelcy of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment; was -removed to the Seventy-fourth highlanders in 1791, and was advanced -to the rank of lieut.-general in 1793. He commanded the British -troops at Toulon, and was wounded and taken prisoner in an action -with the French republican troops on the 30th of November, 1793. His -services were rewarded with the appointment of governor of Gibraltar, -and in 1798 he was promoted to the rank of general. It is recorded -that he possessed a happy combination of talents; was a brave and -enterprising soldier, a strict disciplinarian, and a polite and -accomplished gentleman. He died at Gibraltar on the 21st of February, -1802. - - -DAVID DUNDAS. - -_Appointed 2nd April, 1791._ - -DAVID DUNDAS was one of the most distinguished officers of the age -in which he lived, for his perfect knowledge of the principles of -military tactics. He commenced his military education at the age -of thirteen in the academy at Woolwich, and at fifteen he assisted -in a survey of Scotland; in 1756 he obtained a commission in the -Fifty-sixth regiment. In 1758 he proceeded with the expedition to -the coast of France as an assistant quartermaster-general; and in -the following year obtained the command of a troop in a newly raised -regiment of light dragoons (Eliott's light horse), now the fifteenth, -or King's hussars. He served with his regiment in Germany in 1760 and -1761; in the following summer he accompanied an expedition to Cuba, -as aide-de-camp to Major-General Eliott, and was actively employed in -the reduction of the Havannah. After the peace he resumed his post in -his regiment, in which he rose to the rank of major; and, urged by an -ardent desire to acquire a perfect knowledge of every branch of his -profession, he obtained permission to proceed to the Continent, to -observe the practice of the French and Austrian armies. In 1775 he -obtained the lieut.-colonelcy of the twelfth light dragoons, joined -the regiment in Ireland shortly afterwards, and in 1778 received the -appointment of quartermaster-general in that country. In 1782 he was -removed to the lieut.-colonelcy of the second Irish horse, now the -fifth dragoon guards. In 1785 he again proceeded to the Continent, -attended the exercises of the Prussian troops during three summers, -and after his return he presented His Majesty with a detailed account -of their evolutions. - -Colonel Dundas, having become a proficient tactician, produced, in -1788, a highly useful work on the principles of military movements, -which became the basis of our army regulations for field exercises -and movements. His abilities obtained for him the favour and -attention of King George III., who appointed him adjutant-general -in Ireland, for the purpose of introducing his system of tactics -into the army of that country. In 1790 Colonel Dundas was promoted -to the rank of major-general. In 1791 he obtained the colonelcy of -the TWENTY-SECOND foot, and in the same year was placed on the Irish -staff, but he resigned that appointment in 1793 to engage in service -of actual warfare. After the commencement of hostilities with the -French republic, Major-General Dundas was employed on a military -mission to the island of Jersey, and was subsequently sent to the -Continent to confer with the Duke of York respecting the siege of -Dunkirk. From Flanders he proceeded to Toulon, where he commanded -under Lieut.-General O'Hara, and when the lieut.-general was taken -prisoner, he succeeded to the command of the garrison. His services -there, although he was ultimately obliged to evacuate the place, -called forth the approbation of his Sovereign and of the British -nation. After abandoning Toulon, he made a descent on Corsica, which -island was reduced and annexed to the British dominions; but shortly -afterwards he received directions to proceed to Flanders, where he -arrived in the spring of 1794, and commanded a brigade of cavalry -at the battle of Tournay on the 22nd of May, 1794. Major-General -Dundas was actively employed in the retreat through Holland, and the -corps under his immediate command gained considerable advantage over -the enemy in two successive actions near Gelder-Malsen; he highly -distinguished himself also in an attack upon the French post at -Thuyl, in December of the same year. He continued with the British -troops in Germany during the summer of 1795, and in December was -appointed colonel of the seventh light dragoons. After his return -to England he was appointed quartermaster-general to the army; and -he composed the celebrated regulations for the field exercises and -movements for the cavalry, which were approved by his Royal Highness -the Duke of York, and by King George III., and ordered to be -exclusively adopted throughout the cavalry. - -In 1799 Lieut.-General Dundas commanded a division of the allied -army under the Duke of York, in the expedition to Holland; he -distinguished himself in several actions with the enemy, and was -highly commended by His Royal Highness in his public despatches. In -1801 he was appointed colonel of the second, or Royal North British -dragoons, and was constituted governor of Fort George. In 1802 he was -promoted to the rank of general; and in the following year, when the -French were preparing to invade England, he was placed in command of -the troops in the southern district, which comprised the counties -of Kent and Sussex. In 1804 he was appointed governor of the Royal -Hospital at Chelsea, and created a Knight of the Bath. On the 18th of -March, 1809, His Majesty was pleased to confer on this distinguished -veteran the appointment of Commander-in-Chief of the army, on the -resignation of Field-Marshal His Royal Highness the Duke of York, -which appointment he held until the 25th of May, 1811, when His Royal -Highness was re-appointed. He was also appointed colonel-in-chief of -the rifle brigade on the 31st of August, 1809. He was promoted to the -colonelcy of the King's dragoon guards on the 27th of January, 1813. -He died in 1820, after a distinguished service of upwards of sixty -years. - - -WILLIAM CROSBIE. - -_Appointed 23rd December, 1795._ - -After serving in the subordinate commissions, WILLIAM CROSBIE was -nominated captain of a company in the Twenty-eighth regiment, on -the 9th of May, 1769; and in October, 1778, he was promoted to the -majority of the seventh Royal Fusiliers, with which corps he served -in the Carolinas; in April, 1781, he obtained the lieut.-colonelcy -of the TWENTY-SECOND regiment. While stationed at Windsor in 1785, -he obtained the permission of King George III. for the introduction -of an order of merit in the corps, which under his command obtained -a high reputation for correct discipline. He was promoted to the -rank of colonel in 1790; and in 1793 received a letter of service for -raising the Eighty-ninth regiment, of which he was appointed colonel. -In 1794 he was advanced to the rank of major-general, and was removed -to the TWENTY-SECOND regiment in 1795. He died on the 16th of June, -1798, at Portsmouth, of which fortress he was lieut.-governor at the -time of his decease. - - -JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE. - -_Appointed 18th June, 1798._ - -JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE, son of Captain Simcoe of the Royal Navy, evinced -great talent from his youth. It is recorded that, when a boy, he was -taken prisoner at sea, and conveyed up the river St. Lawrence, to -Quebec; and he constructed a chart of the river, which was given to -Major-General Wolfe, who sailed with an expedition against Quebec, -in 1759. On the 27th of April, 1770, he was appointed ensign in the -Thirty-fifth regiment, with which corps he served at Boston, in -1775; he was appointed captain in the fortieth regiment in December, -1775, and served at Long Island and New York in 1776, and in the -expedition to Pennsylvania in 1777, when he distinguished himself at -the battle of Brandywine, and was wounded. In October of the same -year, he was placed at the head of a provincial corps, called "The -Queen's Rangers," with the rank of major-commandant, and was promoted -to the rank of lieut.-colonel in 1778. His services with this corps -are spoken of by Lieut.-General Sir Henry Clinton, in a letter to -Lord George Germaine, in the following terms:--"Lieut.-Colonel Simcoe -has been at the head of a battalion since October, 1777, and since -that time he has been perpetually with the advance of the army. -The history of the corps under his command is a series of gallant, -skilful, and successful enterprises against the enemy, without a -single reverse. The Queen's Rangers have killed, or taken, twice -their own numbers. Colonel Simcoe himself has been thrice wounded; -and I do not scruple to assert, that his successes have been no less -the fruit of the most extensive knowledge of his profession which -study and the experience within his reach could give him, than of -the most watchful attention and shining courage." After repeatedly -distinguishing himself in North and South Carolina, and Virginia, -he was included in the capitulation of York Town, and returned to -England in a state of debility from excessive exertion, &c. In 1790 -he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and in the following year -raised a corps of infantry called the Queen's Rangers, of which he -was appointed colonel on the 1st of September, 1791. He subsequently -proceeded to the West Indies, where he evinced the same talent, -energy, and courage which shone so conspicuously in the American war. -In 1794 he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and in 1796 to -the local rank of lieut.-general in the island of St. Domingo. In -January, 1798, he was appointed Colonel of the Eighty-first regiment, -and was removed, in June following, to the TWENTY-SECOND regiment, -the colonelcy of which corps he retained until his decease in 1806. - - -SIR JAMES H. CRAIG, K.B. - -_Appointed 30th October, 1806._ - -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 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. - - -THE HONORABLE EDWARD FINCH. - -_Appointed 18th September, 1809._ - -In 1778 the HONORABLE EDWARD FINCH was appointed cornet in the -eleventh light dragoons, and in 1779 he was promoted to a lieutenancy -in the Eighty-seventh foot. He embarked for the West Indies, in -January, 1780, and served there, and in North America, until 1782, -when he returned to England, and was appointed lieutenant and captain -in the second foot guards; in 1792 he was promoted to captain -and lieut.-colonel in the same corps. He served the campaigns of -1793 and 1794, in Flanders, under His Royal Highness the Duke of -York, and shared in the several actions in which the foot guards -distinguished themselves. In 1796 he was promoted to the rank of -colonel, and in 1799 he commanded the first battalion of his regiment -in the expedition to Holland, where he served in several actions -under Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby and His Royal Highness -the Duke of York. He commanded the brigade of light cavalry in the -expedition to Egypt, in 1800, with the rank of brigadier-general, and -was promoted to the rank of major-general, in January, 1801. After -commanding the light cavalry in Egypt some time, he was placed at -the head of a brigade of infantry, and was honored with the Order of -the Crescent from the Grand Seignior. He commanded a brigade of foot -guards in the expedition to Hanover in 1805; and in 1807 he commanded -a brigade at the capture of Copenhagen. In 1808 he was promoted to -the rank of lieut.-general, and appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth -regiment, and in 1809 he was removed to the TWENTY-SECOND. He was -promoted to the rank of general in 1819. His decease occurred on the -27th of October, 1843. - - -SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER, G.C.B. - -_Appointed 21st November, 1843._ - -The following Regimental Order was issued by Major-General Sir -Charles Napier, upon his appointment by Her Majesty to the Colonelcy -of the TWENTY-SECOND Regiment. - - "TWENTY-SECOND! - - Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to place me at your head, - and I shall end my military career wearing the uniform of the - Regiment. Your Glory must be my Glory, and well I know it will - increase, when you have again an opportunity to use your Arms! - Never were the Musket and Bayonet wielded by stronger men, nor - were the Royal Colours of England ever confided to more intrepid - Soldiers! - - "Many General Officers have been made Colonels of Regiments that - they had formerly commanded, and with whose glory their own fame - is associated; but old Comrades have passed away,--to the new men, - they are strangers,--and nought remains to bind them to their - Regiments, but Memory and Renown! My good fortune has been greater, - for while I rejoice in the past and present honors of my old Corps, - the Fiftieth Regiment, I am, as Colonel of the TWENTY-SECOND, - placed among men at whose head I have so lately fought, and to - whose valour I owe so much!! - - "Soldiers, we are not men without feeling as _pseudo_ Philosophers - pretend! Obedience, Discipline, War, they deprive us not of Manly - sentiments. I shall always have the strongest attachment to the - corps with whom I have served, and among the honors won for me by - the Army of Scinde, the greatest is that of being your Colonel!! - - (Signed) "C. J. NAPIER, _Major-General_, - "_Colonel 22nd Regiment_. - - "_Kurrachee, 23rd January, 1844._" - -The following Postscript to the Official letter to Major-General -Sir Charles Napier, announcing his appointment as Colonel of -the TWENTY-SECOND Regiment, was in the _Duke of Wellington's own -hand-writing_:-- - - "P.S. I recommended this arrangement to Her Majesty, principally - on the ground that it would be satisfactory to you, as this was - the only one of Her Majesty's Regiments in India engaged in the - two glorious battles fought at _Meeanee_ and _Hyderabad_, in - _Scinde_; and Her Majesty was graciously pleased to approve of the - recommendation on that ground." - - - LONDON: - Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street, - For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. - - -FOOTNOTE: - -[12] David Hume, the historian, was secretary to General St. Clair, -during the expedition to the coast of France, and the embassy to -Vienna and Turin. - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, - and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. - - Pg xxix: 'thence to Portmouth' replaced by 'thence to Portsmouth'. - Pg 34: 'a deperate dash' replaced by 'a desperate dash'. - Pg 41: 'stanch and true' replaced by 'staunch and true'. - Pg 45: 'until its recal' replaced by 'until its recall'. - Pg 52: 'Anne to that' replaced by 'Anne to the'. - Pg 59: '27th of Januuary' replaced by '27th of January'. - - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE -TWENTY-SECOND, OR THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT *** - -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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