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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online -at <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a>. 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. -</div> - -<table style='min-width:0; padding:0; margin-left:0; border-collapse:collapse'> - <tr><td>Title:</td><td>Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot</td></tr> - <tr><td></td><td>containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent services to 1849</td></tr> -</table> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: Richard Cannon</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Release Date: February 17, 2021 [eBook #64581]</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Language: English</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'>Character set encoding: UTF-8</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>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.)</div> - -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWENTY-SECOND, OR THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT ***</div> - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been -placed at the end of each major section.</p> - -<p>Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book.</p> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> -<img class="w100" src="images/cover.jpg" alt="original cover" /> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<div class="figcenter illowe28" id="FP"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i_frontispiece.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"> - -<span class="fs90">BY COMMAND OF</span> His late Majesty <span class="fs90">WILLIAM THE IV<sup><span class="fs70">TH</span></sup>.</span><br /> -<span class="fs80"><em>and under the Patronage of</em></span><br /> -Her Majesty the Queen.<br /><br /> - -HISTORICAL RECORDS,<br /> -<span class="fs80"><em>OF THE</em></span><br /> -<span class="fs150">British Army</span><br /> - -<em>Comprising the</em><br /> -<em><span class="fs135">History of every Regiment</span></em><br /> -<em>IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE</em>.<br /> - -<em>By Richard Cannon Esq<sup>re</sup>.</em><br /> - -<em>Adjutant General's Office, Horse Guards.</em><br /> - -London.<br /> - -<em>Printed by Authority.</em><br /> - - </div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<h1><span class="fs90 lsp2">HISTORICAL RECORD</span><br /> - -<span class="fs60">OF</span><br /> - -<span class="fs135">THE TWENTY-SECOND,</span><br /> - -<span class="fs60">OR</span><br /> - -THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.</h1> -</div> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">CONTAINING</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs90 lht">AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT<br /> -IN 1689,<br /> - -AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES<br /> -TO 1849.</p> - -<hr class="r30" /> - -<p class="p3 pfs60">COMPILED BY</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">RICHARD CANNON, <span class="smcap">Esq.</span>,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs60 lsp2">ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.</p> - -<hr class="r30a" /> -<p class="pfs60 lsp2">ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES.</p> -<hr class="r30b" /> - -<p class="p3 pfs100 lsp">LONDON:</p> -<p class="pfs120 lsp">PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER,</p> -<p class="pfs80">30, CHARING-CROSS.</p> -<hr class="r5a" /> -<p class="pfs60">MDCCCXLIX.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_i"></a>[Pg i]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak lsp2" id="GENERAL_ORDERS">GENERAL ORDERS.</h2> -</div> - -<hr class="r20a" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> -<p class="p2 right fs80"><em>HORSE-GUARDS</em>,</p> -<p class="right fs80"><em>1st January, 1836</em>.</p> - -<p class="noindent">His Majesty has been pleased to command that, -with the view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments, -as well as to Individuals who have distinguished -themselves by their Bravery in Action -with the Enemy, an Account of the Services of -every Regiment in the British Army shall be published -under the superintendence and direction of -the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall -contain the following particulars, viz.:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>—— The Period and Circumstances of the Original -Formation of the Regiment; The Stations at which it -has been from time to time employed; The Battles, -Sieges, and other Military Operations in which it has -been engaged, particularly specifying any Achievement -it may have performed, and the Colours, -Trophies, &c., it may have captured from the -Enemy.</p> - -<p>—— The Names of the Officers, and the number of -Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates Killed or -Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the place and -Date of the Action.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_ii"></a>[ii]</span></p> - -<p>—— The Names of those Officers who, in consideration -of their Gallant Services and Meritorious -Conduct in Engagements with the Enemy, have -been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other -Marks of His Majesty's gracious favour.</p> - -<p>—— The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned -Officers, and Privates, as may have -specially signalized themselves in Action.</p> - -<p>And,</p> - -<p>—— The Badges and Devices which the Regiment -may have been permitted to bear, and the -Causes on account of which such Badges or Devices, -or any other Marks of Distinction, have been -granted.</p> -</div> - -<p class="right padr2">By Command of the Right Honorable</p> -<p class="right padr4">GENERAL LORD HILL,</p> -<p class="right"><em>Commanding-in-Chief</em>.</p> - -<p class="p2 right smcap">John Macdonald,</p> -<p class="right padr2"><em>Adjutant-General</em>.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_iii"></a>[iii]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="p2 nobreak lsp2" id="PREFACE">PREFACE.</h2> -</div> - -<hr class="r15" /> - -<p class="p2 noindent">The character and credit of the British Army must -chiefly depend upon the zeal and ardour by which -all who enter into its service are animated, and -consequently it is of the highest importance that any -measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation, -by which alone great and gallant actions are achieved, -should be adopted.</p> - -<p>Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment -of this desirable object than a full display of the noble -deeds with which the Military History of our country -abounds. To hold forth these bright examples to -the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to -incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct of those -who have preceded him in their honorable career, -are among the motives that have given rise to the -present publication.</p> - -<p>The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, -announced in the "London Gazette," from whence -they are transferred into the public prints: the -achievements of our armies are thus made known at -the time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_iv"></a>[iv]</span> -of praise and admiration to which they are entitled. -On extraordinary occasions, the Houses of Parliament -have been in the habit of conferring on the Commanders, -and the Officers and Troops acting under -their orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks -for their skill and bravery; and these testimonials, -confirmed by the high honour of their Sovereign's -approbation, constitute the reward which the soldier -most highly prizes.</p> - -<p>It has not, however, until late years, been the practice -(which appears to have long prevailed in some of -the Continental armies) for British Regiments to keep -regular records of their services and achievements. -Hence some difficulty has been experienced in obtaining, -particularly from the old Regiments, an authentic -account of their origin and subsequent services.</p> - -<p>This defect will now be remedied, in consequence -of His Majesty having been pleased to command -that every Regiment shall, in future, keep a full and -ample record of its services at home and abroad.</p> - -<p>From the materials thus collected, the country -will henceforth derive information as to the difficulties -and privations which chequer the career of those who -embrace the military profession. In Great Britain, -where so large a number of persons are devoted to -the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures, -and commerce, and where these pursuits have, for so<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_v"></a>[v]</span> -long a period, being undisturbed by the <em>presence of -war</em>, which few other countries have escaped, comparatively -little is known of the vicissitudes of active -service and of the casualties of climate, to which, -even during peace, the British Troops are exposed in -every part of the globe, with little or no interval of -repose.</p> - -<p>In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which -the country derives from the industry and the enterprise -of the agriculturist and the trader, its happy -inhabitants may be supposed not often to reflect on -the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor,—on -their sufferings,—and on the sacrifice of valuable life, -by which so many national benefits are obtained and -preserved.</p> - -<p>The conduct of the British Troops, their valour, -and endurance, have shone conspicuously under great -and trying difficulties; and their character has been -established in Continental warfare by the irresistible -spirit with which they have effected debarkations in -spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the -gallantry and steadiness with which they have maintained -their advantages against superior numbers.</p> - -<p>In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, -ample justice has generally been done to -the gallant exertions of the Corps employed; but -the details of their services and of acts of individual<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_vi"></a>[vi]</span> -bravery can only be fully given in the Annals of the -various Regiments.</p> - -<p>These Records are now preparing for publication, -under his Majesty's special authority, by Mr. -<span class="smcap">Richard Cannon</span>, Principal Clerk of the Adjutant -General's Office; and while the perusal of them cannot -fail to be useful and interesting to military men -of every rank, it is considered that they will also -afford entertainment and information to the general -reader, particularly to those who may have served in -the Army, or who have relatives in the Service.</p> - -<p>There exists in the breasts of most of those who -have served, or are serving, in the Army, an <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Esprit -de Corps</i>—an attachment to everything belonging -to their Regiment; to such persons a narrative of -the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove -interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of -the great, the valiant, the loyal, have always been -of paramount interest with a brave and civilized -people. Great Britain has produced a race of heroes -who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood -"firm as the rocks of their native shore:" and when -half the world has been arrayed against them, they -have fought the battles of their Country with unshaken -fortitude. It is presumed that a record of -achievements in war,—victories so complete and surprising, -gained by our countrymen, our brothers,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_vii"></a>[vii]</span> -our fellow citizens in arms,—a record which revives -the memory of the brave, and brings their gallant -deeds before us,—will certainly prove acceptable to -the public.</p> - -<p>Biographical Memoirs of the Colonels and other -distinguished Officers will be introduced in the -Records of their respective Regiments, and the -Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to -time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testifying -the value and importance of its services, will be -faithfully set forth.</p> - -<p>As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record -of each Regiment will be printed in a distinct number, -so that when the whole shall be completed, the -Parts may be bound up in numerical succession.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_viii"></a>[viii]</span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_ix"></a>[ix]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="INTRODUCTION">INTRODUCTION<br /> - -<span class="fs60">TO</span><br /> - -<span class="fs120 lsp2">THE INFANTRY.</span></h2> -</div> - -<hr class="r20a" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> - -<p class="p2 noindent">The natives of Britain have, at all periods, been -celebrated for innate courage and unshaken firmness, -and the national superiority of the British troops -over those of other countries has been evinced in -the midst of the most imminent perils. History contains -so many proofs of extraordinary acts of bravery, -that no doubts can be raised upon the facts which -are recorded. It must therefore be admitted, that -the distinguishing feature of the British soldier is -<span class="smcap">Intrepidity</span>. This quality was evinced by the -inhabitants of England when their country was -invaded by Julius Cæsar with a Roman army, on -which occasion the undaunted Britons rushed into -the sea to attack the Roman soldiers as they descended -from their ships; and, although their discipline -and arms were inferior to those of their -adversaries, yet their fierce and dauntless bearing -intimidated the flower of the Roman troops, including -Cæsar's favourite tenth legion. Their arms -consisted of spears, short swords, and other weapons -of rude construction. They had chariots, to the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_x"></a>[x]</span> -axles of which were fastened sharp pieces of iron -resembling scythe-blades, and infantry in long -chariots resembling waggons, who alighted and -fought on foot, and for change of ground, pursuit -or retreat, sprang into the chariot and drove off -with the speed of cavalry. These inventions were, -however, unavailing against Cæsar's legions: in -the course of time a military system, with discipline -and subordination, was introduced, and -British courage, being thus regulated, was exerted -to the greatest advantage; a full development of -the national character followed, and it shone forth -in all its native brilliancy.</p> - -<p>The military force of the Anglo Saxons consisted -principally of infantry: Thanes, and other men of -property, however, fought on horseback. The -infantry were of two classes, heavy and light. -The former carried large shields armed with spikes, -long broad swords and spears; and the latter were -armed with swords or spears only. They had also -men armed with clubs, others with battle-axes and -javelins.</p> - -<p>The feudal troops established by William the -Conqueror consisted (as already stated in the Introduction -to the Cavalry) almost entirely of horse; -but when the warlike barons and knights, with their -trains of tenants and vassals, took the field, a proportion -of men appeared on foot, and, although -these were of inferior degree, they proved stout-hearted -Britons of stanch fidelity. When stipendiary -troops were employed, infantry always constituted -a considerable portion of the military force;<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xi"></a>[xi]</span> -and this <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">arme</i> has since acquired, in every quarter -of the globe, a celebrity never exceeded by the -armies of any nation at any period.</p> - -<p>The weapons carried by the infantry, during the -several reigns succeeding the Conquest, were bows -and arrows, half-pikes, lances, halberds, various -kinds of battle-axes, swords, and daggers. Armour -was worn on the head and body, and in course of -time the practice became general for military men -to be so completely cased in steel, that it was -almost impossible to slay them.</p> - -<p>The introduction of the use of gunpowder in the -destructive purposes of war, in the early part of the -fourteenth century, produced a change in the arms -and equipment of the infantry-soldier. Bows and -arrows gave place to various kinds of fire-arms, but -British archers continued formidable adversaries; -and, owing to the inconvenient construction and imperfect -bore of the fire-arms when first introduced, -a body of men, well trained in the use of the bow -from their youth, was considered a valuable acquisition -to every army, even as late as the sixteenth -century.</p> - -<p>During a great part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth -each company of infantry usually consisted of -men armed five different ways; in every hundred -men forty were "<em>men-at-arms</em>," and sixty "<em>shot</em>;" -the "men-at-arms" were ten halberdiers, or battle-axe -men, and thirty pikemen; and the "shot" were -twenty archers, twenty musketeers, and twenty -harquebusiers, and each man carried, besides his -principal weapon, a sword and dagger.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xii"></a>[xii]</span></p> - -<p>Companies of infantry varied at this period in -numbers from 150 to 300 men; each company had -a colour or ensign, and the mode of formation recommended -by an English military writer (Sir John -Smithe) in 1590 was:—the colour in the centre of -the company guarded by the halberdiers; the pikemen -in equal proportions, on each flank of the -halberdiers; half the musketeers on each flank of -the pikes; half the archers on each flank of the musketeers, -and the harquebusiers (whose arms were -much lighter than the muskets then in use) in equal -proportions on each flank of the company for skirmishing.<a id="FNanchor_1" href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> -It was customary to unite a number of companies -into one body, called a <span class="smcap">Regiment</span>, which -frequently amounted to three thousand men: but -each company continued to carry a colour. Numerous -improvements were eventually introduced in the -construction of fire-arms, and, it having been found -impossible to make armour proof against the muskets -then in use (which carried a very heavy ball) without -its being too weighty for the soldier, armour was -gradually laid aside by the infantry in the seventeenth -century: bows and arrows also fell into disuse, -and the infantry were reduced to two classes, -viz.: <em>musketeers</em>, armed with matchlock muskets,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xiii"></a>[xiii]</span> -swords, and daggers; and <em>pikemen</em>, armed with pikes -from fourteen to eighteen feet long, and swords.</p> - -<p>In the early part of the seventeenth century -Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, reduced the -strength of regiments to 1000 men. He caused the -gunpowder, which had heretofore been carried in -flasks, or in small wooden bandoliers, each containing -a charge, to be made up into cartridges, and -carried in pouches; and he formed each regiment -into two wings of musketeers, and a centre division -of pikemen. He also adopted the practice of forming -four regiments into a brigade; and the number -of colours was afterwards reduced to three in each -regiment. He formed his columns so compactly that -his infantry could resist the charge of the celebrated -Polish horsemen and Austrian cuirassiers; and his -armies became the admiration of other nations. His -mode of formation was copied by the English, -French, and other European states; but so great -was the prejudice in favour of ancient customs, that -all his improvements were not adopted until near a -century afterwards.</p> - -<p>In 1664 King Charles II. raised a corps for sea-service, -styled the Admiral's regiment. In 1678 -each company of 100 men usually consisted of 30 -pikemen, 60 musketeers, and 10 men armed with -light firelocks. In this year the King added a company -of men armed with hand grenades to each of -the old British regiments, which was designated the -"grenadier company." Daggers were so contrived -as to fit in the muzzles of the muskets, and bayonets<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xiv"></a>[xiv]</span> -similar to those at present in use were adopted about -twenty years afterwards.</p> - -<p>An Ordnance regiment was raised in 1685, by -order of King James II., to guard the artillery, and -was designated the Royal Fusiliers (now 7th Foot). -This corps, and the companies of grenadiers, did -not carry pikes.</p> - -<p>King William III. incorporated the Admiral's -regiment in the second Foot Guards, and raised -two Marine regiments for sea-service. During the -war in this reign, each company of infantry (excepting -the fusiliers and grenadiers) consisted of 14 -pikemen and 46 musketeers; the captains carried -pikes; lieutenants, partisans; ensigns, half-pikes; -and serjeants, halberds. After the peace in 1697 the -Marine regiments were disbanded, but were again -formed on the breaking out of the war in 1702.<a id="FNanchor_2" href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></p> - -<p>During the reign of Queen Anne the pikes were -laid aside, and every infantry soldier was armed -with a musket, bayonet, and sword; the grenadiers -ceased, about the same period, to carry hand grenades; -and the regiments were directed to lay aside -their third colour: the corps of Royal Artillery was -first added to the Army in this reign.</p> - -<p>About the year 1745, the men of the battalion -companies of infantry ceased to carry swords; during<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xv"></a>[xv]</span> -the reign of George II. light companies were added -to infantry regiments; and in 1764 a Board of -General Officers recommended that the grenadiers -should lay aside their swords, as that weapon had -never been used during the Seven Years' War. Since -that period the arms of the infantry soldier have been -limited to the musket and bayonet.</p> - -<p>The arms and equipment of the British Troops have -seldom differed materially, since the Conquest, from -those of other European states; and in some respects -the arming has, at certain periods, been allowed to -be inferior to that of the nations with whom they -have had to contend; yet, under this disadvantage, -the bravery and superiority of the British infantry -have been evinced on very many and most trying -occasions, and splendid victories have been gained -over very superior numbers.</p> - -<p>Great Britain has produced a race of lion-like -champions who have dared to confront a host of -foes, and have proved themselves valiant with any -arms. At <em>Crecy</em>, King Edward III., at the head of -about 30,000 men, defeated, on the 26th of August, -1346, Philip King of France, whose army is said to -have amounted to 100,000 men; here British valour -encountered veterans of renown:—the King of Bohemia, -the King of Majorca, and many princes and -nobles were slain, and the French army was routed -and cut to pieces. Ten years afterwards, Edward -Prince of Wales, who was designated the Black -Prince, defeated, at <em>Poictiers</em>, with 14,000 men, -a French army of 60,000 horse, besides infantry, -and took John I., King of France, and his son<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xvi"></a>[xvi]</span> -Philip, prisoners. On the 25th of October, 1415, -King Henry V., with an army of about 13,000 -men, although greatly exhausted by marches, privations, -and sickness, defeated, at <em>Agincourt</em>, the -Constable of France, at the head of the flower of -the French nobility and an army said to amount to -60,000 men, and gained a complete victory.</p> - -<p>During the seventy years' war between the United -Provinces of the Netherlands and the Spanish monarchy, -which commenced in 1578 and terminated -in 1648, the British infantry in the service of the -States-General were celebrated for their unconquerable -spirit and firmness;<a id="FNanchor_3" href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> and in the thirty -years' war between the Protestant Princes and the -Emperor of Germany, the British Troops in the service -of Sweden and other states were celebrated for -deeds of heroism.<a id="FNanchor_4" href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> In the wars of Queen Anne, -the fame of the British army under the great -<span class="smcap">Marlborough</span> was spread throughout the world; -and if we glance at the achievements performed -within the memory of persons now living, there is -abundant proof that the Britons of the present age -are not inferior to their ancestors in the qualities<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xvii"></a>[xvii]</span> -which constitute good soldiers. Witness the deeds -of the brave men, of whom there are many now -surviving, who fought in Egypt in 1801, under the -brave Abercromby, and compelled the French army, -which had been vainly styled <em>Invincible</em>, to evacuate -that country; also the services of the gallant -Troops during the arduous campaigns in the Peninsula, -under the immortal <span class="smcap">Wellington</span>; and the -determined stand made by British Army at -Waterloo, where Napoleon Bonaparte, who had -long been the inveterate enemy of Great Britain, -and had sought and planned her destruction by -every means he could devise, was compelled to -leave his vanquished legions to their fate, and to -place himself at the disposal of the British Government -These achievements, with others of recent -dates in the distant climes of India, prove that the -same valour and constancy which glowed in the -breasts of the heroes of Crecy, Poictiers, Agincourt, -Blenheim, and Ramilies, continue to animate the -Britons of the nineteenth century.</p> - -<p>The British Soldier is distinguished for a robust -and muscular frame,—intrepidity which no danger -can appal,—unconquerable spirit and resolution,—patience -in fatigue and privation, and cheerful obedience -to his superiors. These qualities, united with -an excellent system of order and discipline to regulate -and give a skilful direction to the energies and -adventurous spirit of the hero, and a wise selection -of officers of superior talent to command, whose -presence inspires confidence,—have been the leading -causes of the splendid victories gained by the British<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xviii"></a>[xviii]</span> -arms.<a id="FNanchor_5" href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> The fame of the deeds of the past and -present generations in the various battle-fields where -the robust sons of Albion have fought and conquered, -surrounds the British arms with a halo of glory; -these achievements will live in the page of history to -the end of time.</p> - -<p>The records of the several regiments will be found -to contain a detail of facts of an interesting character, -connected with the hardships, sufferings, and gallant -exploits of British soldiers in the various parts of the -world, where the calls of their Country and the commands -of their Sovereign have required them to -proceed in the execution of their duty, whether in<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xix"></a>[xix]</span> -active continental operations, or in maintaining colonial -territories in distant and unfavourable climes.</p> - -<p>The superiority of the British infantry has been -pre-eminently set forth in the wars of six centuries, -and admitted by the greatest commanders which -Europe has produced. The formations and movements -of this <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">arme</i>, as at present practised, while -they are adapted to every species of warfare, and to -all probable situations and circumstances of service, -are calculated to show forth the brilliancy of military -tactics calculated upon mathematical and scientific -principles. Although the movements and evolutions -have been copied from the continental armies, yet -various improvements have from time to time been -introduced, to insure that simplicity and celerity by -which the superiority of the national military character -is maintained. The rank and influence which -Great Britain has attained among the nations of the -world, have in a great measure been purchased by -the valour of the Army, and to persons who have the -welfare of their country at heart, the records of the -several regiments cannot fail to prove interesting.</p> - - -<div class="chapter"></div> -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_1" href="#FNanchor_1" class="label">[1]</a> A company of 200 men would appear thus:—</p> - -<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="95%" summary="Structure of a company"> -<tr><td colspan="4"></td><td> <img src="images/flag.jpg" width="20" alt="flag" /></td></tr> -<tr><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc">30</td><td class="tdc">20</td> - <td class="tdc">30</td><td class="tdc">20</td><td class="tdc wd10">20</td><td class="tdc wd10">20</td><td class="tdc"></td></tr> -<tr class="fs80"><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Harquebuses.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Muskets.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Halberds.</td> - <td class="tdl" colspan="2">Muskets.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Harquebuses.</td></tr> -<tr class="fs80"><td class="tdl"></td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Archers.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Pikes.</td> - <td class="tdl" colspan="2">Pikes.</td><td class="tdl" colspan="2">Archers.</td></tr> -</table> - -<p>The musket carried a ball which weighed <sup>1</sup>/<sub>10</sub>th of a pound; and the -harquebus a ball which weighed <sup>1</sup>/<sub>25</sub>th of a pound.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_2" href="#FNanchor_2" class="label">[2]</a> The 30th, 31st, and 32nd Regiments were formed as Marine corps -in 1702, and were employed as such during the wars in the reign of -Queen Anne. The Marine corps were embarked in the Fleet under -Admiral Sir George Rooke, and were at the taking of Gibraltar, and -in its subsequent defence in 1704; they were afterwards employed at -the siege of Barcelona in 1705.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_3" href="#FNanchor_3" class="label">[3]</a> The brave Sir Roger Williams, in his Discourse on War, printed -in 1590, observes:—"I persuade myself ten thousand of our nation -would beat thirty thousand of theirs (the Spaniards) out of the field, -let them be chosen where they list." Yet at this time the Spanish -infantry was allowed to be the best disciplined in Europe. For -instances of valour displayed by the British Infantry during the -Seventy Years' War, see the Historical Record of the Third Foot, or -Buffs.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_4" href="#FNanchor_4" class="label">[4]</a> <em>Vide</em> the Historical Record of the First, or Royal Regiment of -Foot.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_5" href="#FNanchor_5" class="label">[5]</a> "Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes -the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to -that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but His Majesty -desires it may be most solemnly and forcibly impressed on the consideration -of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of order, discipline, -and military system, which has given the full energy to the -native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to assert the -superiority of the national military character, in situations uncommonly -arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty."—<em>General -Orders in 1801.</em></p> - -<p>In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope (afterwards -Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the successful result -of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, 1809, it is stated:—"On -no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more -manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, rendered -necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and -which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages -were to be encountered. These have all been surmounted by -the conduct of the troops themselves; and the enemy has been taught, -that whatever advantages of position or of numbers he may possess, there -is inherent in the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows not -how to yield,—that no circumstances can appal,—and that will ensure -victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means."</p> - -</div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<p class="p2 pfs180">THE TWENTY-SECOND,</p> - -<p class="p4 pfs60">OR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs150">THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT,</p> - -<p class="p4 pfs60">BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs70">THE WORDS</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">"SCINDE," "MEEANEE," AND "HYDERABAD,"</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs80 lht"> -IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY<br /> -IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE AMEERS OF SCINDE,<br /> -DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE YEAR 1843;</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs80"> -AND PARTICULARLY IN THE TWO DECISIVE BATTLES</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs80">OF <span class="fs150">MEEANEE</span> AND <span class="fs150">HYDERABAD</span>,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs80 lht"> -FOUGHT AT THOSE PLACES, RESPECTIVELY,<br /> -ON THE 17th OF FEBRUARY, AND ON THE 24th OF MARCH, 1843.<br /> -</p> - - -<hr class="p4 chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxv"></a>[xxv]</span><br /></p> - -<p class="p2 pfs120">THE TWENTY-SECOND,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">OR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs135">THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> -</div> - -<hr class="r30" /> - - -<div class="chapter"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CONTENTS">CONTENTS</h2> -</div> - -<p class="pfs60">OF THE</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs135 lsp">HISTORICAL RECORD.</p> - -<hr class="r30" /> - - -<table class="autotable" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="tdl smcap fs60">Year</td> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdr smcap fs60">Page</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdl">Introduction.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1689</td> -<td class="tdl">Formation of the Regiment</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_1">1</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Henry, Duke of Norfolk appointed to the Colonelcy</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Numbered the Twenty-Second Regiment</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Stationed at Chester</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged at the siege of Carrickfergus</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_2">2</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Marched to Dundalk, and thence to Armagh</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Sir Henry Bellasis, from the Sixth Regiment, - appointed to the Colonelcy, in succession to the Duke of Norfolk</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1690</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged at the <em>Battle of the Boyne</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Reviewed by King William at <em>Finglass</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Advanced against Athlone</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Rejoined the Army</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Employed at the first siege of Limerick</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded into winter-quarters</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged with the Rapparees</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1691</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded with the Army against <em>Ballymore</em></td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1691</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged in the Siege and Capture of <em>Athlone</em> - <span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxvi"></a>[xxvi]</span></td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_3">3</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged at the Battle of <em>Aghrim</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged at the Capture of <em>Galway</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">—————————— - <em>Limerick</em></td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_4">4</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Termination of the War in Ireland</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1695</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to join the Army in Flanders</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1696</td> -<td class="tdl">Returned to England</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1697</td> -<td class="tdl">Treaty of Peace concluded at <em>Ryswick</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1698</td> -<td class="tdl">Re-embarked for Ireland</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_5">5</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1701</td> -<td class="tdl">Appointment of Brigadier-General William Selwyn, by exchange, from the Second Foot, - with Lieut.-General Sir Henry Bellasis</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1702</td> -<td class="tdl">Accession of Queen Anne on the demise of King William III</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Regiment embarked for Jamaica</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Handasyd - to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Selwyn, deceased</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1705</td> -<td class="tdl">Establishment augmented by two companies</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1712</td> -<td class="tdl">Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Roger Handasyd to - the Colonelcy, in succession to his Father, Major-General Thomas Handasyd, retired</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_6">6</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1713</td> -<td class="tdl">Treaty of Peace concluded at Utrecht</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1714</td> -<td class="tdl">Regiment returned to England, leaving two Independent Companies at Jamaica</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1715</td> -<td class="tdl">Employed in recruiting its Establishment</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1718</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for <em>Ireland</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1726</td> -<td class="tdl">—————— <em>Minorca</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1727</td> -<td class="tdl">Detachment embarked for <em>Gibraltar</em> to assist in its Defence against the Spaniards</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1730</td> -<td class="tdl">Appointment of Colonel William Barrel, from the Twenty-Eighth Regiment, - to the Colonelcy, in succession to Colonel Roger Handasyd, removed to the Sixteenth Regiment</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1734</td> -<td class="tdl">Appointment of Colonel Hon. James St. Clair to the Colonelcy, - in succession to Colonel William Barrell, removed to the Fourth Foot - <span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxvii"></a>[xxvii]</span></td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_7">7</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1737</td> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1738</td> -<td class="tdl">Promotion of Colonel Thomas Paget to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Moyle, deceased</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1741</td> -<td class="tdl">Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Richard O'Farrell, from the Ninth Regiment, - to the Colonelcy, in succession to Colonel Paget, deceased</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1748</td> -<td class="tdl">Treaty of Peace concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1749</td> -<td class="tdl">Regiment relieved at Minorca and proceeded to Ireland</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1751</td> -<td class="tdl">Royal Warrant, dated 1st July, issued for regulating the Clothing, Colours, - Numbers, Facings, Badges, Mottos, and Distinctions of the Regiments of Cavalry and Infantry</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1756</td> -<td class="tdl">War declared against France</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Regiment embarked from Ireland for North America</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1757</td> -<td class="tdl">Promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Edward Whitmore from the Thirty-Sixth Regiment - to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General O'Farrell, deceased</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_8">8</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1758</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged in the siege of <em>Louisburg</em>, and the Capture of the Island of <em>Cape Breton</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1759</td> -<td class="tdl">The Grenadier Company, incorporated with the Louisburg Grenadiers,—Engaged at the Battle of Quebec</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1760</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked from Louisburg, proceeded to <em>Quebec</em>, and advanced to <em>Montreal</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged in the conquest of the Canadas</td> -<td class="tdrb">-</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1761</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to New York, and embarked for the <em>West Indies</em> - <span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxviii"></a>[xxviii]</span></td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_9">9</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged in the capture of the Island of <em>Dominica</em></td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1762</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged in the Capture of <em>Martinique</em>, <em>Grenada</em>, <em>St. Lucia</em>, and <em>St. Vincent</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked with the expedition against the <em>Havannah</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Storming and Capture of <em>Fort Moro</em></td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Appointment of Major-General Honorable Thomas Gage to the Colonelcy, - in succession to Major-General Whitmore, drowned at sea</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1763</td> -<td class="tdl">Treaty of Peace concluded at Fontainebleau</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">The Havannah restored to Spain, in exchange for the Province of Florida, in South America</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Regiment proceeded to West Florida</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1765</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for Great Britain</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1773</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to Ireland</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1775</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for North America</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged at the Battle of Bunker's Hill</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1776</td> -<td class="tdl">Quitted Boston, and proceeded to Nova Scotia</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for Staten Island, near New York</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Landed on Long Island, and engaged with the Americans at Brooklyn</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Gained possession of New York, captured Fort Washington, and reduced part of the Jerseys</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_13">13</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Detached with other Corps and captured Rhode Island</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1778</td> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_14">14</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1779</td> -<td class="tdl">The British Commander-in-Chief resolved to vacate Rhode Island; the Regiment proceeded to New York</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1782</td> -<td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxix"></a>[xxix]</span> - Appointment of Major-General Charles O'Hara to the Colonelcy, in succession to General - the Honorable Thomas Gage, removed to the Seventeenth Light Dragoons</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Regiment received instructions to assume the title of <em>the Twenty-Second</em>, or <em>the Cheshire Regiment</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1783</td> -<td class="tdl">The American War having terminated, the regiment embarked for England</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1785</td> -<td class="tdl">Regiment stationed at Windsor and furnished the Guards at the Castle</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">King George the III. authorized an <em>Order of Merit</em> to be instituted in the corps</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1787</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to Jersey and Guernsey, and <ins class="corr" id="tn-xxix" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'thence to Portmouth'"> -thence to Portsmouth</ins></td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1788</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to Chatham and Dover</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1790</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for Ireland</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1791</td> -<td class="tdl">Appointment of Major-General David Dundas to the Colonelcy, in succession - to Major-General O'Hara, removed to the Seventy-Fourth Highlanders</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1793</td> -<td class="tdl">War commenced between Great Britain and France</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Regiment embarked for the West Indies</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1794</td> -<td class="tdl">Capture of the Island of Martinique</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">———— ———— St. Lucia</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">———— ———— Guadaloupe</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">———— ———— St. Domingo</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1795</td> -<td class="tdl">Returned to England from St. Domingo</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1798</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to Guernsey</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1798</td> -<td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxx"></a>[xxx]</span> - Appointment of Major-General John G. Simcoe, from the Eighty-First Regiment, - to the Colonelcy, in succession to Major-General Crosbie, deceased</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1799</td> -<td class="tdl">Removed to Portsmouth</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1800</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for the Cape of Good Hope</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1802</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to India</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1803</td> -<td class="tdl">Arrival at Calcutta</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">The flank companies embarked, and joined the field force assembled for the attack - of the province of Cuttack</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Flank Companies engaged at the Capture of the fort of Barrabatta by storm</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1804</td> -<td class="tdl">Joined the army under Lord Lake and engaged in the siege of Bhurtpore</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1805</td> -<td class="tdl">Marched from <em>Fort William</em> and encamped at <em>Benares</em>, thence proceeded to <em>Cawnpore</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Siege of Bhurtpore continued, and the Flank Companies distinguished themselves in three unsuccessful attacks</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl"><em>Rajah Sing</em> submitted and concluded a treaty of peace</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">British army withdrew from Bhurtpore</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">The Flank Companies rejoined the regiment at Cawnpore</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl"><em>Holkar</em> and <em>Scindia</em> concluded Treaties of Peace</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1806</td> -<td class="tdl">Marched from the banks of the Sutlej to <em>Delhi</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1806</td> -<td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxxi"></a>[xxxi]</span> - Appointment of Lieut.-General Sir James Henry Craig, K. B., in succession to General Simcoe, deceased</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1807</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to Berhampore</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1809</td> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1810</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked at Fort William, and formed part of the expedition against the Mauritius</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Engaged in the capture of the Mauritius</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1811</td> -<td class="tdl">Detachment employed at Tamatave in the Island of Madagascar</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1812</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to Bourbon</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1813</td> -<td class="tdl">Removed a second time to the Mauritius</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1814</td> -<td class="tdl">A second Battalion added to the establishment of the regiment, which was reduced in the same year</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1815</td> -<td class="tdl">The Flank Companies rejoined the regiment at the Mauritius from Hindoostan</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_24">24</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1819</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for England from the Mauritius</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Landed at Gosport and marched to Northampton</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1821</td> -<td class="tdl">Marched to Liverpool and embarked for Ireland</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1822</td> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1826</td> -<td class="tdl">Formed into six Service and four Depôt Companies preparatory to embarkation for foreign service</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_26">26</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Service Companies embarked for Jamaica</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1830</td> -<td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxxii"></a>[xxxii]</span> -Depôt Companies embarked for England</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1831</td> -<td class="tdl">Service Companies employed in suppressing an insurrection among the slaves in Jamaica</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1836</td> -<td class="tdl">Depôt Companies embarked for Ireland</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1837</td> -<td class="tdl">Service Companies embarked from Jamaica for Ireland, and rejoined by the Depôt Companies</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1840</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked from Ireland for England</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1841</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for Bombay and proceeded to Poonah</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1842</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to <em>Scinde</em>, and encamped at Kurrachee</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1843</td> -<td class="tdl">Employed in the destruction of the Fort of <em>Emaum Ghur</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">The march through the Desert to Emaum Ghur, as described by Major-General William E. P. Napier</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">The troops returned triumphant to Peer-Abu-Bekr</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_30">30</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Treaty of Peace with the Ameers of Scinde</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Treacherous attack upon the British residency at <em>Hyderabad</em>, and gallant defence - made by the <em>Light Company</em> of the <em>Twenty-Second</em> regiment</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Light Company joined the army under Major-General Sir Charles Napier</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_31">31</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Battle of Meeanee</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Surrender of six Ameers on the field of battle</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">British Colours planted on the Fortress of Hyderabad</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_32">32</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Details of the defeat of the Beloochees at Meeanee</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Gallant conduct of the Twenty-Second regiment</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_34">34</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Threatened attack by Mere Shere Mahomed</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_36">36</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Battle of Hyderabad</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Flight of Mere Shere Mahomed to the desert</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Particulars of the march of the British troops through the desert</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1843</td> -<td class="tdl"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxxiii"></a>[xxxiii]</span> - 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</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_38">38</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Address of Major-General Sir Charles Napier to the troops in distributing - the medals conferred on them for their gallantry in this campaign</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Marched from Hyderabad to Kurrachee</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_42">42</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Directed to proceed to Bombay, and Major-General Sir Charles Napier's order on the occasion</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_43">43</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarked for Bombay</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Honorable reception of the Regiment at Bombay</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Appointment of Major-General Sir Charles Napier to the Colonelcy, in succession to - General Honorable E. Finch, deceased</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_44">44</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1844</td> -<td class="tdl">Employed on field-service in the Kolapore districts</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Capture of Forts <em>Punalla</em> and <em>Pownghur</em></td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Operations in the Sawunt-Warree district</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_45">45</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Investments of the Forts of Monuhurr and Monsentosh</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1845</td> -<td class="tdl">Capture of the village of Seevapore and other Forts</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Returned to Poonah</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1846</td> -<td class="tdl">Marched to Bombay</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1847</td> -<td class="tdl">Removed to Poonah</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1849</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeded to Bombay</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Conclusion</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdc">————————</td> -<td class="tdrb"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td> -</tr> -</table> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxxiv"></a>[xxxiv]</span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xxxv"></a>[xxxv]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="p2 nobreak fs120">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</h2> -</div> - -<p class="pfs60">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs120">THE TWENTY-SECOND,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs60">OR</p> - -<p class="pfs130">THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - - -<table class="autotable" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="tdl smcap fs60">Year</td> -<td class="tdrb smcap fs60">Page</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1689 Henry Duke of Norfolk</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_48">48</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">—— Sir Henry Bellasis, Kt.</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1701 William Selwyn</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_51">51</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1702 Thomas Handasyd</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1712 Roger Handasyd</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1730 William Barrell</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1734 <em>Hon.</em> James St. Clair</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1737 John Moyle</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_53">53</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1738 Thomas Paget</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_54">54</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1741 Richard O'Farrell</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1757 Edward Whitmore</td> -<td class="tdrb">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1762 <em>Hon.</em> Thomas Gage</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1782 Charles O'Hara</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1791 David Dundas</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1795 William Crosbie</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_59">59</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1798 John Graves Simcoe</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_60">60</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1806 Sir James Henry Craig, K.B.</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_61">61</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1809 <em>Hon.</em> Edward Finch</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_62">62</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1843 Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B.</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#Page_63">63</a></td> -</tr> - -<tr> -<td class="tdc tdpp" colspan="2">PLATES.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">Colours of the Regiment</td> -<td class="tdrb nowrap"><em>to face</em><a href="#PL_1"> 1</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">Costume of the Regiment</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#PL_2">32</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">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</td> -<td class="tdrb"><a href="#PL_3">47</a></td> -</tr> -</table> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="pfs90">TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT.</p> -<p class="pfs90">QUEEN'S COLOUR.</p> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter illowp37" id="PL_1" style="max-width: 26.5625em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i_b_001fp.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption"> - REGIMENTAL COLOUR. - </div> -</div> -<p class="pfs70">FOR CANNON'S MILITARY RECORDS.</p> -<p class="fs70 pad4"><em>Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S<sup>t</sup>. Strand</em></p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_1"></a>[Pg 1]</span></p> - -<h2 class="p2 nobreak fs120 lsp" id="HISTORICAL_RECORD">HISTORICAL RECORD</h2> -</div> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs150">THE TWENTY-SECOND,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">OR</p> - -<p class="pfs120">THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - -<hr class="r30a" /> -<hr class="r30b" /> - -<div class="sidenote">1689</div> - -<p class="noindent">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 <span class="smcap">Henry, Duke of Norfolk</span>, 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, -or the <span class="allsmcap">CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT</span>.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_2"></a>[2]</span> -Duke Schomberg. On landing in Ireland, the siege of -<em>Carrickfergus</em> was commenced, and the garrison of that -fortress was forced to surrender in a few days.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>On the 7th of November the regiment commenced its -march from Dundalk for Armagh, for winter-quarters.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1690</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1690, the regiment had the honour to -serve at the battle of the <em>Boyne</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> was one of the corps employed at -the siege of <em>Limerick</em>. 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1691</div> - -<p>On the 6th of June, 1691, the regiment joined the army<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_3"></a>[3]</span> -commanded by Lieut.-General De Ghinkel (afterwards -Earl of Athlone) on its march for <em>Ballymore</em>, which fortress -was speedily forced to surrender.</p> - -<p>From Ballymore, the regiment marched to <em>Athlone</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Aghrim</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>The regiment had one Ensign and two private soldiers -killed; one Major, and twenty-three soldiers wounded.</p> - -<p>On the 19th of July the army approached <em>Galway</em>; -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -and two other regiments of foot.</p> - -<p>The surrender of Galway was followed by the siege<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_4"></a>[4]</span> -and capitulation of <em>Limerick</em>, which city was surrendered -in September, and completed the deliverance of Ireland -from the power of King James.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1692<br />1695</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1696</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment and a number of other -corps were ordered to return to England, where they -arrived in March, 1696, and the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1697</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1698<br />1700</div> - -<p>The <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment was afterwards sent to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_5"></a>[5]</span> -Ireland, where it was stationed during the remainder of the -reign of King William III.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1701</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1702</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1703</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1704<br />1705</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1712</div> - -<p>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,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_6"></a>[6]</span> -resigning his commission in favour of his son, Lieut.-Colonel -Roger Handasyd, of the regiment.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1713<br />1714</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The two independent companies thus formed from the -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> were the nucleus of the <span class="allsmcap">FORTY-NINTH</span> -regiment, which was formed of independent companies at -Jamaica in 1743.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1715<br />1718</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1719<br />1726</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1727</div> - -<p>In the beginning of 1727, the Spaniards besieged -<em>Gibraltar</em>, 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1730</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1734</div> - -<p>Brigadier-General Barrell was removed to the Fourth -foot in 1734, when King George II. conferred the -colonelcy of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment on Colonel<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_7"></a>[7]</span> -the Honorable James St. Clair, from Major in the First -foot-guards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1737</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1738</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1739<br />1741</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1748<br />1749</div> - -<p>The <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1751</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -regiment were directed to be of <em>pale buff</em>. 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1755<br />1756</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -regiment embarked from Ireland for North -America.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1757</div> - -<p>In 1757 the regiment was formed in brigade with the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_8"></a>[8]</span> -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 <em>Louisburg</em>, -the capital of the French island of <em>Cape Breton</em>, 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1758</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> had Lieutenants Pierce Butler, -John Jermyn, and William Hamilton wounded; also -several private soldiers killed and wounded.<a id="FNanchor_6" href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a></p> - -<p>The siege of <em>Louisburg</em>, 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1759</div> - -<p>During the year 1759 the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment -was stationed at Louisburg. Major-General James -Wolfe proceeded up the river St. Lawrence, with a small<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_9"></a>[9]</span> -armament,<a id="FNanchor_7" href="#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1760</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1760 the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> and Fortieth -regiments proceeded from Louisburg, under Colonel -Lord Rollo, of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, up the river St. -Lawrence, to Quebec, from whence they advanced upon -<em>Montreal</em>, 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 -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1761</div> - -<p>After the conquest of Canada, the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -were removed to Albany, from whence they proceeded to -New York, in April, 1761, and afterwards embarked, -under Lord Rollo, for the West Indies.</p> - -<p>The island of <em>Dominica</em> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_10"></a>[10]</span> -the enemy from his batteries: the grenadiers of the -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment distinguished themselves on -this occasion. In two days the island was reduced to -submission with little loss.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1762</div> - -<p>From Dominica the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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 <em>Martinique</em>. 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 <em>Morne Tortenson</em> were captured on the -24th of that month; <em>Morne Garnier</em> was carried on the -27th; and the citadel of <em>Fort Royal</em> 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."</p> - -<p>The capture of Martinique was followed by that of -<em>Grenada</em>, <em>St. Lucia</em>, and <em>St. Vincent</em>; and the acquisition -of these islands gave additional honor to the expedition of -which the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment formed part.</p> - -<p>Additional forces arrived in the West Indies, and the -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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 <em>Havannah</em>, in the island of Cuba<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_11"></a>[11]</span> -The <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, Fortieth, Seventy-second, and five -companies of the Ninetieth, were formed in brigade under -Brigadier-General Lord Rollo.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Moro</em> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1763</div> - -<p>At the peace of Fontainebleau the <em>Havannah</em> was restored -to Spain, in exchange for the province of Florida, -on the continent of America; and in 1763 the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -regiment proceeded to <em>West Florida</em>.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1764<br />1765</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1766<br />1770<br />1772<br />1773</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_12"></a>[12]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1775</div> - -<p>While the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<p>During the night of the 16th of June the Americans -commenced fortifying the heights on the peninsula of -Charlestown, called <em>Bunker's Hill</em>; 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> lost their commanding -officer, Lieut.-Colonel James Abercromby, who -died of his wounds. He was succeeded by Major -James Campbell.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1776</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> proceeded -to Nova Scotia.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>A landing was effected on <em>Long Island</em> on the 22nd of -August; and on the 27th of that month the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -were engaged in driving the Americans from -their positions at <em>Flat Bush</em> to their fortified lines at -<em>Brooklyn</em>. The flank companies had several men killed -and wounded on this occasion; the loss of the battalion -companies was limited to two men.</p> - -<p>The Americans abandoned their lines at Brooklyn, and -passed the river to New York. They were followed by<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_13"></a>[13]</span> -the British, who gained possession of New York, captured -Fort Washington, and reduced a great part of the -Jerseys.</p> - -<p>During the winter the regiment was detached, with -several other corps, under Lieut.-Generals Clinton and -Earl Percy, against <em>Rhode Island</em>. 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1777</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1778</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, the flank -companies of the Fifty-fourth, and a company of Hessians, -embarked under Lieut.-Colonel Campbell of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, -to attack the enemy's quarters. After landing -three miles below <em>Warren</em>, early on the following morning, -a detachment under Captain Seir of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_14"></a>[14]</span> -<span class="smcap">Hamilton</span> of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, eight British, and -four Hessian soldiers were wounded.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Newport</em>, in defence of which place -the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, -under Lieut.-Colonel Campbell, highly distinguished -themselves. The Americans were driven from <em>Quakers' -Hill</em>, 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 <span class="smcap">Campbell</span> and the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -regiment, on whom, by their position, the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_15"></a>[15]</span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1779</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1780</div> - -<p>During the remainder of the American War the regiment -was stationed at New York and the posts in advance -of that city.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1782</div> - -<p>General the Honorable Thomas Gage was removed -to the Seventeenth Light Dragoons in April, 1782, and -King George III. conferred the colonelcy of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -regiment on Major-General Charles O'Hara, -from captain and lieut.-colonel in the Second foot-guards.</p> - -<p>A letter, dated the 31st of August, 1782, conveyed to -the regiment His Majesty's pleasure that it should be -designated the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, or the <span class="allsmcap">CHESHIRE</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1783</div> - -<p>The American War having terminated, the regiment -returned to Europe in 1783 and was stationed in South -Britain.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1785</div> - -<p>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 "<span class="allsmcap">ORDER OF MERIT</span>" 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_16"></a>[16]</span> -of <span class="allsmcap">THREE CLASSES</span>: 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 -<span class="smcap">King</span> was graciously pleased to accept from Lieut.-Colonel -Crosbie a medal of the first class of the regimental <span class="smcap">Order -of Merit</span>: 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1787</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1788</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1790</div> - -<p>The regiment left Chatham and Dover in the spring -of 1790, and proceeding to Ireland landed at Cork on -the 5th of April.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1791</div> - -<p>Major-General Charles O'Hara was removed to the -Seventy-fourth Highlanders in April, 1791, and was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_17"></a>[17]</span> -succeeded in the colonelcy of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -by Major-General David Dundas, Adjutant-General of -the Army in Ireland.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1792</div> - -<p>In 1792, a slight alteration was made in the uniform, -and the establishment was augmented.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1794</div> - -<p>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 <em>Martinique</em>, in -February, 1794, and accomplished in a short period the -conquest of that valuable colony.</p> - -<p>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 <em>St. Lucia</em> in the beginning of April.</p> - -<p>After the conquest of St. Lucia, an attack was made on -<em>Guadaloupe</em>, and that valuable island was speedily rescued -from the power of the republican government of France.</p> - -<p>The regiment proceeded to the island of Martinique, -where it was joined by the flank companies.</p> - -<p>Two hundred men, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel -Lysaght, proceeded to the island of <em>St. Domingo</em>, and -formed part of the garrison of Cape St. Nicholas Mole: -and five companies joined the garrison of <em>Busy-town</em>, -which place was besieged by the enemy.</p> - -<p>In April, the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, Twenty-third, and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_18"></a>[18]</span> -Forty-first regiments, with some other troops, embarked -under the command of Brigadier-General John Whyte, -for the attack of <em>Port-au-Prince</em>, the capital of the French -possessions in the island of <em>St. Domingo</em>. A landing was -effected on the 31st of May; some severe fighting occurred, -in which the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> distinguished themselves: -<em>Fort Bizzotton</em> was captured, and the enemy was -forced to abandon <em>Port-au-Prince</em>, 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.</p> - -<p>A detachment of the regiment formed part of the -garrison of <em>Fort Bizzotton</em>, 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 -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> distinguished himself.</p> - -<p>Another portion of the regiment was stationed at -Jeremie, and a detachment at Irois.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1795</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-General Dundas was removed to the Seventh -Light Dragoons, and the colonelcy of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -was conferred on Major-General William Crosbie, from -the Eighty-ninth regiment.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1798</div> - -<p>The regiment was stationed in England recruiting its -ranks until December, 1798, when it proceeded to Guernsey.</p> - -<p>Major-General Crosbie died this year, and was succeeded -by Major-General John Graves Simcoe, from the -Eighty-first regiment.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_19"></a>[19]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1799</div> - -<p>In November, 1799, the regiment was withdrawn from -Guernsey, and landed at Portsmouth on the 15th of that -month.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1800</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1801</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_20"></a>[20]</span></p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1802</div> - -<p>Leaving the camp in January, 1802, the regiment was -removed to Muisenberg, Simon's-town, and Graaff Reinett.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1803</div> - -<p>In February, 1803, the last division of the regiment -landed at Fort William, Calcutta, where the other companies -had previously arrived.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>On the 4th of October, the flank companies of the -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment highly distinguished themselves -at the capture of the fort of <em>Barrabatta</em> by storm, when -they led the assault, and took several of the enemy's colours. -They had one man killed; Captain Harlston and eight<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_21"></a>[21]</span> -soldiers wounded. The colours captured by the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1804</div> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -joined the army under Lord Lake: they had two -men killed and three wounded at the capture of <em>Deeg</em>, 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1805</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>The siege of <em>Bhurtpore</em> 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.</p> - -<p>Serjeant John Ship, of the regiment, led the forlorn -hope on each occasion, and his gallant conduct was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_22"></a>[22]</span> -rewarded with the commission of ensign in the Sixty-fifth -regiment.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1806</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1807</div> - -<p>Leaving Muttra in July, 1807, the regiment proceeded -to Berhampore, where it arrived on the 7th of August.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1809</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1810</div> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_23"></a>[23]</span> -the <em>Mauritius</em>, 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 -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1811</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1812<br />1813</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1814<br />1815</div> - -<p>A number of men having volunteered from the militia -to the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, His Royal Highness -the Prince Regent was pleased to approve of a <em>second -battalion</em> 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_24"></a>[24]</span> -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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<p>While the flank companies were thus employed, the remainder -of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1819</div> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_25"></a>[25]</span> -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.</p> - -<p>Though the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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, "<i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Aux Officiers du 22 Régiment de S. M.—Souvenir -des Habitans de l'île Maurice</i>; 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.</p> - -<p>After landing at Gosport, in November and December, -the regiment marched to Northampton, under the orders -of Colonel Sir Hugh Gough, K.C.B.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1821</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1822</div> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_26"></a>[26]</span> -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."</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1823<br />1824</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1826</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1827</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1828<br />1829</div> - -<p>In the following year the losses were much less numerous; -and in April, 1829, Lieut.-Colonel C. G. Falconar<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_27"></a>[27]</span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1830</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1831</div> - -<p>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.<a id="FNanchor_8" href="#Footnote_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1837</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1838<br />1839<br />1840</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1841</div> - -<p>The <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, having been selected<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_28"></a>[28]</span> -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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1842</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> quitted the -camp at Kurrachee in November, and proceeded up the -country.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1843</div> - -<p>The regiment formed part of the force assembled under -Major-General Sir Charles Napier, and was employed in -the destruction of the fort of <em>Emaum Ghur</em>, in the desert, -on the 14th and 15th of January, 1843.</p> - -<p>Major-General W. F. P. Napier, in his work entitled -"<em>The Conquest of Scinde</em>," has given, with his characteristic -eloquence, the following spirited description of the -march to <em>Emaum Ghur</em>, a march which His Grace the -Duke of Wellington described in the House of Lords, "<em>as -one of the most curious military feats he had ever known to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_29"></a>[29]</span> -be performed, or had ever perused an account of in his life. -Sir Charles Napier</em> (added His Grace) <em>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</em>."</p> - -<p>"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.</p> - -<p>"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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_30"></a>[30]</span> -the danger of an attack from the Beloochees, worked -with a power and will that overcame every obstacle. -On the eighth day they reached <em>Emaum Ghur</em>, 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."</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Hyderabad</em>, the capital, and before this was complied -with, <em>eight thousand</em> Beloochees, commanded by several<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_31"></a>[31]</span> -Ameers in person, attempted to force an entrance into -the enclosure of the British residency. The light company -of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, mustering <em>one -hundred</em> 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.</p> - -<p>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, -<em>twenty-two thousand</em> Scindian troops were discovered in -position behind the bank of a river at <em>Meeanee</em>. The -British, mustering <em>two thousand eight hundred</em> men, advanced -in <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">echelon</i> of regiments to attack their numerous -opponents, and the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, 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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_32"></a>[32]</span> -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 <em>Hyderabad</em>.</p> - -<p>In Major-General Napier's admirable work on "<cite>The -Conquest of Scinde</cite>," is given the following spirited and -picturesque description of the battle of <span class="smcap">Meeanee</span>:—</p> - -<p>"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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, -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.</p> - -<div class="figcenter illowp59" id="PL_2" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i_b_032fp.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption">TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT. - </div> -</div> -<p class="pfs70">FOR CANNON'S MILITARY RECORDS.</p> -<p class="fs70 pad4"><em>Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S<sup>t</sup>. Strand.</em></p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_33"></a>[33]</span></p> - -<p>"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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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.</p> - -<p>"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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_34"></a>[34]</span> -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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."</p> - -<p>The following extracts from the despatch of Major-General -Sir Charles Napier testify the part borne by the -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> in the victory of <span class="smcap">Meeanee</span>:—</p> - -<p>"Lieutenant-Colonel Pennefather was severely -wounded as with the high courage of a soldier he -led his regiment (<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>) 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."</p> - -<p>"Captains Meade, Tew, and Cookson, with Lieutenant -Wood, all fell honorably, urging on the assault with -unmitigated valour.</p> - -<p>"Major Poole, of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, and Captain -Jackson of the Twenty-fifth native infantry, who succeeded -to the command of those regiments, proved -themselves worthy of their dangerous posts.</p> - -<p>"The Acting Assistant Quartermaster-General, -Lieutenant McMurdo, of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, -had his horse killed, and, while on foot leading -some soldiers in <ins class="corr" id="tn-34" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'a deperate dash'"> -a desperate dash</ins> 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.</p> - -<p>"Innumerable are the individual acts of intrepidity<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_35"></a>[35]</span> -which took place between our soldiers and their -opponents, too numerous for detail in this despatch, yet -well meriting a record."</p> - -<p>In the <span class="allsmcap">NOTIFICATION</span> of the Right Honorable Lord -Ellenborough, the Governor-General of India, it was -directed,</p> - -<p>"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 <span class="smcap">Meeanee</span>, obtained for themselves that glory in -the field, which is the reward dearest to a true soldier."</p> - -<p>Major Poole, commanding the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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."</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_36"></a>[36]</span></p> - -<p>The loss of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment at the battle -of Meeanee was, Captain J. McLeod Tew,<a id="FNanchor_9" href="#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> 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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Hyderabad</em> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_37"></a>[37]</span> -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.</p> - -<p>Major-General Sir Charles Napier stated in his public -despatch, "The battle was decided by the troop of Horse -Artillery, and Her Majesty's <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment.</p> - -<p>"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.</p> - -<p>"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."</p> - -<p>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.<a id="FNanchor_10" href="#Footnote_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a> Among the killed was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_38"></a>[38]</span> -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.</p> - -<p>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,<a id="FNanchor_11" href="#Footnote_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_39"></a>[39]</span> -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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>On the 18th of August, 1843, the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -received the Royal authority to bear upon the regimental -or second colour, and on the appointments, the word -"<span class="smcap">Scinde</span>," in commemoration of its distinguished gallantry -in the campaign against the Ameers of that -country, during the early part of the year 1843.</p> - -<p>Her Majesty, on the 2nd of July, 1844, conferred -increased honor on the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, by authorising -the corps to bear on the regimental colour and appointments, -in addition to the word "<span class="smcap">Scinde</span>," the words -"<span class="smcap">Meeanee</span>" and "<span class="smcap">Hyderabad</span>," 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.</p> - -<p>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, "<em>for the -eminent skill, energy, and gallantry, displayed by him in -the recent military operations in</em> <span class="smcap">Scinde</span>, <em>particularly in<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_40"></a>[40]</span> -the two decisive battles of</em> <span class="smcap">Meeanee</span> <em>and</em> <span class="smcap">Hyderabad</span>;" -to the several officers serving under Sir Charles Napier, -"<em>for their unwearied zeal and conspicuous gallantry</em>;" and -to the troops, "<em>for their brave and meritorious conduct</em>."</p> - -<p>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:—</p> - -<p>"Soldiers! the Battle of <em>Meeanee</em> is among those of -which history will speak as proving the superiority of -<em>discipline</em> 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.</p> - -<p>"Had we been without discipline, valour alone would -not have won the victories of <em>Meeanee</em> and <em>Hyderabad</em>! -Valour is like the <em>Strength</em> of a man, Discipline is like -his <em>Mind</em>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_41"></a>[41]</span> -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 <ins class="corr" id="tn-41" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'stanch and true'"> -staunch and true</ins> in action as they were at Meeanee and Hyderabad, when they followed -the example set them by the glorious <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_42"></a>[42]</span></span> -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.</p> - -<p>"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."</p> - -<p>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."</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_43"></a>[43]</span> -Bombay. Previously to the embarkation of the regiment -for Bombay, the following order was issued by Major-General -Sir Charles Napier, Governor of Scinde:—</p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> - -<p class="right">"<em>27th April, 1843.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">"<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> Regiment!</p> - -<p> "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.</p> - -<p class="right">"<span class="smcap">C. J. Napier</span>, <em>Major-General</em>,<br /> -<em>Governor</em>."</p> -</div> - -<p>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:—</p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> - -<p class="right">"<em>Bombay, Monday, 1st May, 1843.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">"<span class="smcap">Garrison Orders.</span></p> - -<p> "By the Honorable the Governor.—The Head-Quarters -of Her Majesty's <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> Regiment -of Foot having arrived from Scinde, will be disembarked -to-morrow morning at sunrise.</p> - -<p>"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.</p> - -<p>"On the landing of the first Division, a Royal Salute -is to be fired from the Saluting Battery.</p> - -<p>"The Troops composing the Garrison will be drawn -up in Review Order, in a convenient position, and will -salute Her Majesty's <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, as it -passes on its way to Fort George Barracks.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_44"></a>[44]</span></p> - -<p>"His Excellency directs the attendance of all Military -Officers at the Presidency who may not be sick, or -engaged on other duty.</p> - -<p>"The Commandant of the Garrison is requested to -carry out the above order.</p> - -<p class="right">"<span class="smcap">Bruce Seton</span>, <em>Major</em>,<br /> -<em>Town Major</em>."</p> -</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1844</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <em>Punalla</em> and <em>Pownghur</em>, and on the 1st of December -was at the capture of those forts, the latter of which was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_45"></a>[45]</span> -taken by the regiment. During these operations the -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> formed part of the third brigade of the -force employed under Major-General Delamotte.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1845</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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 <ins class="corr" id="tn-45" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'until its recal'"> -until its recall</ins> to Poonah, for which place it marched on the 16th of April, and -arrived on the 2nd of May, 1845.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_46"></a>[46]</span></p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1846</div> - -<p>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 -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1847<br />1848</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1849</div> - -<p>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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="r20a" /> -<p class="pfs120">1849.</p> -<hr class="r20a" /> - - -<div class="chapter"></div> -<div class="figcenter illowp56" id="PL_3" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="p4 w100" src="images/i_b_047fp.jpg" alt="" /> -</div> -<p class="p2 right fs70">BELOOCHEE STANDARD, CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE OF MEEANEE,<br /> -BY THE XXII REGIMENT, ON THE 17<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY 1843.</p> - -<p class="p1 noindent fs70">SILVER MEDAL STRUCK IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLES OF<br /> -MEEANEE AND HYDERABAD, IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1843.</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70"><em>For Cannon's Military Records.</em></p> -<p class="fs70"><em>Madeley lith. 3 Wellington S<sup>t</sup>. Strand.</em></p> - - -<hr class="r30" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_47"></a>[47]</span><br /></p> - -<p class="p2 negin2"><em>Description of the Beloochee Standard captured at the Battle -of</em> <span class="smcap">Meeanee</span>, <em>on the 17th of February, 1843.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">The Beloochee Standard, represented in the engraving, was -taken at the Battle of <em>Meeanee</em>, on the 17th of February, 1843, -by Private James O'Neill of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, -as narrated at <a href="#Page_35">page 35</a> 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.</p> - -<p>The Standards captured at the Battle of <em>Hyderabad</em>, 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.</p> - -<hr class="r30" /> - -<p class="negin2"><em>Description of the Silver Medal struck in commemoration of -the Victories of</em> <span class="smcap">Meeanee</span> <em>and</em> <span class="smcap">Hyderabad</span>, <em>and conferred -on the Officers and Men engaged in those Battles.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">On the obverse; the bust of <span class="smcap">Her Majesty</span>, with the inscription -"<span class="smcap">Victoria Regina</span>."</p> - -<p>On the reverse; the words "<span class="smcap">Meeanee</span>," "<span class="smcap">Hyderabad</span>," -"1843," enclosed within branches of Laurel, and surmounted -by the Imperial Crown.</p> - - -<div class="chapter"></div> -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTES:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_6" href="#FNanchor_6" class="label">[6]</a> 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.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_7" href="#FNanchor_7" class="label">[7]</a> The grenadier company of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, which -had been incorporated with the "<em>Louisburg Grenadiers</em>," formed -part of the armament, and was engaged in the battle on the heights -of Abraham on the 13th of September, 1759.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_8" href="#FNanchor_8" class="label">[8]</a> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.'"</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_9" href="#FNanchor_9" class="label">[9]</a> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, the commissions -being dated 18th February, 1843, the day following the battle of -Meeanee.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_10" href="#FNanchor_10" class="label">[10]</a> 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:—</p> - -<p>"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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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!"</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p><em>Names of men of the</em> <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> <em>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.</em></p> -</div> - -<p>Serjeant Haney, John Durr, John Muldowney, Robert Young, -Henry Lines, Patrick Gill, James Andrews, Thomas Middleton, -James Mulvey, and Silvester Day.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_11" href="#FNanchor_11" class="label">[11]</a> 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.</p> - -<p>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.</p> - -</div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_48"></a>[48]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak fs100 lsp2" id="SUCCESSION">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</h2> -</div> - -<p class="pfs70">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs135">THE TWENTY-SECOND,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs70">OR</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs120">THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT.</p> - -<hr class="r30a" /> -<hr class="r30b" /> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Henry, Duke of Norfolk, K.G.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 16th March, 1689.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Lord Henry Howard</span>, 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 <span class="smcap">Duke of Norfolk</span>, 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 <span class="smcap">Duke of Monmouth</span>, the <span class="smcap">Duke of Norfolk</span> 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 <span class="smcap">Duke of Norfolk</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_49"></a>[49]</span> -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 <span class="smcap">Prince of Orange</span>. When -the Prince landed, the <span class="smcap">Duke of Norfolk</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT</span>, 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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Sir Henry Bellasis, Kt.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 28th September, 1689.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Sir Henry Bellasis</span> 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,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_50"></a>[50]</span> -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_51"></a>[51]</span> -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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">William Selwyn.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 28th June, 1701.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">William Selwyn</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment -in 1701; and was promoted to the rank of major-general on -the 10th June, 1702. He died in June, 1702.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Thomas Handasyd.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 20th June, 1702.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, -<span class="smcap">Thomas Handasyd</span> was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of -the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_52"></a>[52]</span> -1712, he resigned the colonelcy of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment -in favour of his non.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Roger Handasyd.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 3rd April, 1712.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">This Officer served many years in the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -regiment, and was promoted by Queen <ins class="corr" id="tn-52" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'Anne to that'"> -Anne to the</ins> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">William Barrell.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 25th August, 1730.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">The Honorable James St. Clair.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 30th October, 1734.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">The Honorable James St. Clair</span> entered the army in -the reign of Queen Anne, and served under the celebrated -<span class="smcap">John Duke of Marlborough</span>. He was several years an -officer in the third foot guards, in which corps he rose to the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_53"></a>[53]</span> -commission of major, with the rank of colonel, and in 1734 -King George II. nominated him to the colonelcy of the -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.<a id="FNanchor_12" href="#Footnote_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">John Moyle.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 27th June, 1737.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">John Moyle</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment. He died on the 3rd of -November, 1738.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_54"></a>[54]</span></p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Thomas Paget.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 13th December, 1738.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>. In 1739 he was -promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He died on the -28th of May, 1741.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Richard O'Farrell.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 12th August, 1741.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Richard O'Farrell</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Edward Whitmore.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 11th July, 1757.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Edward Whitmore</span> entered the army in the reign of King -George II., and serving with distinction in the wars of the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_55"></a>[55]</span> -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">The Honorable Thomas Gage.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 29th March, 1762.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">The Honorable Thomas Gage</span>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_56"></a>[56]</span> -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Charles O'Hara.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 18th April, 1782.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">Charles O'Hara</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment; was -removed to the Seventy-fourth highlanders in 1791, and was -advanced to the rank of lieut.-general in 1793. He commanded<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_57"></a>[57]</span> -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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">David Dundas.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 2nd April, 1791.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">David Dundas</span> 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_58"></a>[58]</span> -three summers, and after his return he presented His Majesty -with a detailed account of their evolutions.</p> - -<p>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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_59"></a>[59]</span> -York, and by King George III., and ordered to be exclusively -adopted throughout the cavalry.</p> - -<p>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 <ins class="corr" id="tn-59" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: '27th of Januuary'"> -27th of January</ins>, 1813. He died in 1820, after a distinguished service of upwards of -sixty years.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">William Crosbie.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 23rd December, 1795.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">After serving in the subordinate commissions, <span class="smcap">William -Crosbie</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -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.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_60"></a>[60]</span> -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> 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.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">John Graves Simcoe.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 18th June, 1798.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">John Graves Simcoe</span>, 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_61"></a>[61]</span> -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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> regiment, -the colonelcy of which corps he retained until his decease in -1806.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Sir James H. Craig, K.B.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 30th October, 1806.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent"><span class="smcap">James Henry Craig</span> was appointed ensign in the thirtieth -foot, in 1763, and served with his regiment at Gibraltar; in -1771 he was promoted to captain in the Forty-seventh regiment, -with which corps he served several campaigns in -America; and in 1777 he was promoted to the majority, and -in 1781 to the lieut.-colonelcy, of the Eighty-second regiment, -from which he was removed, in 1783, to the sixteenth. He -was promoted to the rank of colonel in 1790, and to that of -major-general in 1794; in 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> -regiment; and in 1807 he was appointed governor -of Upper and Lower Canada, with the local rank of general<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_62"></a>[62]</span> -in America; in 1809 he was removed to the Seventy-eighth -Highlanders. He was also appointed governor of Blackness -Castle. He died on the 12th of January, 1812.</p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">The Honorable Edward Finch.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 18th September, 1809.</em></p> - -<p class="noindent">In 1778 the <span class="smcap">Honorable Edward Finch</span> 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 <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>. He was promoted to -the rank of general in 1819. His decease occurred on the -27th of October, 1843.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_63"></a>[63]</span></p> - - -<p class="p4 center"><span class="smcap">Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.B.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 21st November, 1843.</em></p> - -<p>The following Regimental Order was issued by Major-General -Sir Charles Napier, upon his appointment by Her -Majesty to the Colonelcy of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> Regiment.</p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> - -<p class="noindent">"<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND!</span></p> - -<p> 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!</p> - -<p>"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 -<span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span>, placed among men at whose head I have -so lately fought, and to whose valour I owe so much!!</p> - -<p>"Soldiers, we are not men without feeling as <em>pseudo</em> 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!!</p> - -<p class="right"> -(Signed) "<span class="pad4 smcap">C. J. Napier</span>, <em>Major-General</em>,<br /> -"<em>Colonel 22nd Regiment</em>.</p> - -<p>"<em>Kurrachee, 23rd January, 1844.</em>"</p> -</div> - -<p class="p1">The following Postscript to the Official letter to Major-General -Sir Charles Napier, announcing his appointment as<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_64"></a>[64]</span> -Colonel of the <span class="allsmcap">TWENTY-SECOND</span> Regiment, was in the <em>Duke -of Wellington's own hand-writing</em>:—</p> - -<div class="blockquotx"> - -<p>"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 <em>Meeanee</em> and -<em>Hyderabad</em>, in <em>Scinde</em>; and Her Majesty was graciously -pleased to approve of the recommendation on that ground."</p> -</div> - - -<p class="p4" /> -<hr class="r30" /> - -<p class="p4 pfs70">LONDON:</p> - -<p class="pfs70"> -Printed by <span class="smcap">William Clowes</span> and <span class="smcap">Sons</span>, Stamford Street,<br /> -For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.</p> - - -<div class="chapter"></div> -<div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTE:</h3> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_12" href="#FNanchor_12" class="label">[12]</a> 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.</p> - -</div> -</div> - - -<div class="transnote pg-brk"> -<a name="TN" id="TN"></a> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been -corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within -the text and consultation of external sources.</p> - -<p>Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, -and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.<br /> -<br /> -<a href="#tn-xxix">Pg xxix</a>: 'thence to Portmouth' replaced by 'thence to Portsmouth'.<br /> -<a href="#tn-34">Pg 34</a>: 'a deperate dash' replaced by 'a desperate dash'.<br /> -<a href="#tn-41">Pg 41</a>: 'stanch and true' replaced by 'staunch and true'.<br /> -<a href="#tn-45">Pg 45</a>: 'until its recal' replaced by 'until its recall'.<br /> -<a href="#tn-52">Pg 52</a>: 'Anne to that' replaced by 'Anne to the'.<br /> -<a href="#tn-59">Pg 59</a>: '27th of Januuary' replaced by '27th of January'.<br /> -</p> -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE TWENTY-SECOND, OR THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT ***</div> -<div style='text-align:left'> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will -be renamed. -</div> - -<div style='display:block; margin:1em 0'> -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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