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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Historical Record of the Sixty-first, or the South - Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot : containing an account of the - formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to - 1844. - -Author: Richard Cannon - -Release Date: October 29, 2021 [eBook #66629] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was - produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital - Library.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE -SIXTY-FIRST, OR THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT : CONTAINING AN -ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1758, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT -SERVICES TO 1844. *** - - - - - TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE - - Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. - - A superscript is denoted by ^x or ^{xx}, for example reg^t or 1^{er}. - - Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been - placed at the end of the book. - - The tables in this book are best viewed using a monospace font. - - The large wide table on page 67 and 68 in the original book has been - split into two parts, with the first column repeated in the second - part. - - Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORDS - - OF - - THE BRITISH ARMY. - - - - -GENERAL ORDERS. - - - _HORSE-GUARDS_, - _1st January, 1836_. - -His Majesty has been pleased to command, that, with a view of doing -the fullest justice to Regiments, as well as to Individuals who -have distinguished themselves by their Bravery in Action with the -Enemy, an Account of the Services of every Regiment in the British -Army shall be published under the superintendence and direction -of the Adjutant-General; and that this Account shall contain the -following particulars, viz., - ----- The Period and Circumstances of the Original Formation of -the Regiment; The Stations at which it has been from time to time -employed; The Battles, Sieges, and other Military Operations, in -which it has been engaged, particularly specifying any Achievement -it may have performed, and the Colours, Trophies, &c., it may have -captured from the Enemy. - ----- The Names of the Officers and the number of Non-Commissioned -Officers and Privates, Killed or Wounded by the Enemy, specifying -the Place and Date of the Action. - ----- The Names of those Officers, who, in consideration of their -Gallant Services and Meritorious Conduct in Engagements with the -Enemy, have been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other Marks -of His Majesty’s gracious favour. - ----- The Names of all such Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and -Privates as may have specially signalized themselves in Action. - -And, - ----- The Badges and Devices which the Regiment may have been -permitted to bear, and the Causes on account of which such Badges -or Devices, or any other Marks of Distinction, have been granted. - - By Command of the Right Honourable - GENERAL LORD HILL, - _Commanding-in-Chief_. - - JOHN MACDONALD, - _Adjutant-General_. - - - - -PREFACE. - - -The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly depend -upon the zeal and ardour, by which all who enter into its service -are animated, and consequently it is of the highest importance that -any measure calculated to excite the spirit of emulation, by which -alone great and gallant actions are achieved, should be adopted. - -Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment of this desirable -object, than a full display of the noble deeds with which the -Military History of our country abounds. To hold forth these bright -examples to the imitation of the youthful soldier, and thus to -incite him to emulate the meritorious conduct of those who have -preceded him in their honourable career, are among the motives that -have given rise to the present publication. - -The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, announced in the -“London Gazette,” from whence they are transferred into the public -prints: the achievements of our armies are thus made known at the -time of their occurrence, and receive the tribute of praise and -admiration to which they are entitled. On extraordinary occasions, -the Houses of Parliament have been in the habit of conferring on -the Commanders, and the Officers and Troops acting under their -orders, expressions of approbation and of thanks for their skill -and bravery, and these testimonials, confirmed by the high honour -of their Sovereign’s Approbation, constitute the reward which the -soldier most highly prizes. - -It has not, however, until late years, been the practice (which -appears to have long prevailed in some of the Continental armies) -for British Regiments to keep regular records of their services -and achievements. Hence some difficulty has been experienced in -obtaining, particularly from the old Regiments, an authentic -account of their origin and subsequent services. - -This defect will now be remedied, in consequence of His Majesty -having been pleased to command, that every Regiment shall in future -keep a full and ample record of its services at home and abroad. - -From the materials thus collected, the country will henceforth -derive information as to the difficulties and privations which -chequer the career of those who embrace the military profession. In -Great Britain, where so large a number of persons are devoted to -the active concerns of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, and -where these pursuits have, for so long a period, been undisturbed -by the _presence of war_, which few other countries have escaped, -comparatively little is known of the vicissitudes of active -service, and of the casualties of climate, to which, even during -peace, the British Troops are exposed in every part of the globe, -with little or no interval of repose. - -In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which the country -derives from the industry and the enterprise of the agriculturist -and the trader, its happy inhabitants may be supposed not often to -reflect on the perilous duties of the soldier and the sailor,--on -their sufferings,--and on the sacrifice of valuable life, by which -so many national benefits are obtained and preserved. - -The conduct of the British Troops, their valour, and endurance, -have shone conspicuously under great and trying difficulties; and -their character has been established in Continental warfare by the -irresistible spirit with which they have effected debarkations in -spite of the most formidable opposition, and by the gallantry and -steadiness with which they have maintained their advantages against -superior numbers. - -In the official Reports made by the respective Commanders, ample -justice has generally been done to the gallant exertions of the -Corps employed; but the details of their services, and of acts of -individual bravery, can only be fully given in the Annals of the -various Regiments. - -These Records are now preparing for publication, under His -Majesty’s special authority, by Mr. RICHARD CANNON, Principal Clerk -of the Adjutant-General’s Office; and while the perusal of them -cannot fail to be useful and interesting to military men of every -rank, it is considered that they will also afford entertainment and -information to the general reader, particularly to those who may -have served in the Army, or who have relatives in the Service. - -There exists in the breasts of most of those who have served, -or are serving, in the Army, an _Esprit de Corps_--an attachment -to every thing belonging to their Regiment; to such persons a -narrative of the services of their own Corps cannot fail to prove -interesting. Authentic accounts of the actions of the great,--the -valiant,--the loyal, have always been of paramount interest with -a brave and civilized people. Great Britain has produced a race -of heroes who, in moments of danger and terror, have stood, “firm -as the rocks of their native shore;” and when half the World has -been arrayed against them, they have fought the battles of their -Country with unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a record of -achievements in war,--victories so complete and surprising, gained -by our countrymen,--our brothers,--our fellow-citizens in arms,--a -record which revives the memory of the brave, and brings their -gallant deeds before us, will certainly prove acceptable to the -public. - -Biographical memoirs of the Colonels and other distinguished -Officers, will be introduced in the Records of their respective -Regiments, and the Honorary Distinctions which have, from time to -time, been conferred upon each Regiment, as testifying the value -and importance of its services, will be faithfully set forth. - -As a convenient mode of Publication, the Record of each Regiment -will be printed in a distinct number, so that when the whole shall -be completed, the Parts may be bound up in numerical succession. - - - - - HISTORICAL RECORD - - OF - - THE SIXTY-FIRST, - - OR, THE - - SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT - - OF - - FOOT: - - CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF - - THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT - IN 1758, - - AND OF - - ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES - TO 1844. - - - _ILLUSTRATED WITH A PLATE OF THE COLOURS AND - UNIFORM._ - - - LONDON: - PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER, - _MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL_. - - M.DCCC.XLIV. - - - - - LONDON: - HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, - ST. MARTIN’S LANE. - - - - - THE SIXTY-FIRST, - - OR, THE - - SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT - - OF - - FOOT, - - BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE WORD - - “EGYPT,” - - WITH THE SPHINX: - - ALSO THE WORDS - - “TALAVERA,” “SALAMANCA,” “PYRENEES,” - “NIVELLE,” “NIVE,” “ORTHES,” - “TOULOUSE,” “PENINSULA,” - - TO COMMEMORATE ITS HEROIC CONDUCT IN THESE ACTIONS. - - - THE FLANK COMPANIES - - ALSO BEAR ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS THE WORD - - “MAIDA,” - - IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY - AT THE BATTLE OF MAIDA ON - THE 4TH OF JULY, - 1806. - - - - - CONTENTS. - - - Year Page - - 1758 Formation of the Regiment 10 - - ---- Names of Officers -- - - ---- Embarks for the West Indies 11 - - 1759 Capture of Guadeloupe -- - - 1760 Returns to England 12 - - 1763 Proceeds to Ireland -- - - 1771 Stationed at Minorca -- - - 1782 Returns to England 15 - - ---- Styled the South Gloucestershire Regiment -- - - 1783 Proceeds to Ireland -- - - 1792 Embarks for Gibraltar -- - - 1794 Proceeds to the West Indies -- - - 1795 Attack on St. Lucia -- - - 1796 Returns to England 16 - - 1797 Proceeds to Guernsey -- - - 1798 Embarks for the Cape of Good Hope -- - - 1801 Expedition to Egypt 17 - - 1803 Embarks for Malta 18 - - ---- A Second Battalion added to the establishment -- - - 1804 Second Battalion proceeds to Guernsey 19 - - 1805 First Battalion proceeds to Italy -- - - 1806 Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland 20 - - ---- Battle of Maida 21 - - 1807 Second Battalion returns to England 22 - - ---- First Battalion proceeds to Gibraltar 23 - - 1809 ---- ---- ---- ---- Portugal -- - - ---- Battle of Talavera -- - - 1810 Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland 25 - - ---- Battle of Busaco -- - - 1811 Blockade of the Fortress of Almeida 27 - - 1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo 28 - - ---- ---- ---- the Forts of San Vincente, St. Cajetano, - and La Merced -- - - ---- Battle of Salamanca 29 - - ---- Siege of Burgos Castle 33 - - 1813 Battle of the Pyrenees 35 - - ---- Passage of the Nivelle 37 - - ---- ---- ---- ---- Nive 39 - - 1814 Blockade of Bayonne 40 - - ---- Battle of Orthes -- - - ---- ---- ---- Toulouse 41 - - ---- Embarks for Ireland 45 - - ---- Second Battalion disbanded 46 - - 1816 Proceeds to England -- - - ---- Embarks for Jamaica -- - - 1822 Returns to England -- - - 1824 Proceeds to Ireland -- - - 1828 Embarks for Ceylon 47 - - 1840 Returns to England 49 - - 1843 Proceeds to Ireland 52 - - ---- Conclusion 53 - - - SUCCESSION OF COLONELS. - - 1758 Granville Elliott 55 - - 1759 George Gray -- - - 1768 John Gore 56 - - 1773 John Barlow -- - - 1778 Staates Long Morriss 57 - - 1800 Sir George Hewett, Bart., G.C.B. -- - - 1840 Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B. 58 - - 1844 Sir Jeremiah Dickson, K.C.B. -- - - - APPENDIX. - - 1801 Lieut.-Colonel Barlow’s Journal of the March of a - Detachment from Cosseir to Kenè 59 - - 1809 } - to } Casualties during the Peninsular War 67 - 1814 } - - - PLATE. - - Colours, and Present Costume, to face page 9 - - -[Illustration: SIXTY-FIRST (THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) REGIMENT OF -FOOT.] - - -[Illustration: SIXTY-FIRST (THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) REGIMENT OF -FOOT.] - - - - -HISTORICAL RECORD - -OF THE - -SIXTY-FIRST, - -OR - -THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT - -OF - -FOOT. - - -[Sidenote: 1755] - -[Sidenote: 1756] - -In the early part of the eighteenth century, the British Colonies -in North America were extended along the coast;--at the same -time, the Indian trade drew many persons into the interior of the -country, where they found a delightful climate, and a fruitful -soil; and a company of merchants obtained a charter for a tract -of land beyond the Allegany Mountains, where they commenced -establishing a settlement. The French laid claim to this part -of the country, drove away the settlers, and erected a fort to -command the entrance into the lands on the Ohio and the Mississippi -rivers. These aggressions giving indication of an approaching war, -the British army was augmented in the winter of 1755-6, and that -distinguished veteran corps, the THIRD REGIMENT OF FOOT, OR THE -BUFFS, was increased in numbers to twenty-two companies, and was -divided into two battalions in 1756. - -[Sidenote: 1757] - -In the summer of 1757, the THIRD Regiment formed part of an -expedition against the coast of France, the land forces being under -General Sir John Mordaunt, and the fleet commanded by Admiral -Sir Edward Hawke. The _Isle of Aix_ was captured in September, -and an attack on Rochefort was contemplated; but the wind proved -unfavourable, and the fleet returned to England. - -[Sidenote: 1758] - -In the spring of 1758, the SECOND BATTALION of the BUFFS was -constituted the “SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT,” under the command of -Major-General Granville Elliott, from the Austrian service, by -commission dated the 21st of April; the lieut.-colonelcy was -conferred on Major John Barlow, of the Buff’s, and the majority -on Captain Christopher Teesdale, senior captain of the Buffs. The -Regiment, being thus formed from the THIRD Foot, was permitted to -assume the Buff facing. - -After its formation, the regiment was encamped at Chatham, with the -Thirty-seventh and Sixty-fifth, under Major-General the Earl of -Panmure. - -The following officers were holding commissions in the regiment:-- - - _Colonel_, MAJOR-GENERAL GRANVILLE ELLIOTT. - _Lieut.-Colonel_, JOHN BARLOW. - _Major_, CHRISTOPHER TEESDALE. - - - _Captains._ - - James Patterson - A. Singleton - Thomas Hardcastle - M. Brabazon - Roger Crowle - William Buckley - John Barford - - - _Captain-Lieutenant._ - - William Gunning - - - _Lieutenants._ - - John Acklom - W. Peyton - John Rowland - John Waugh - John Read - N. Doolan - Peter Maturin - S. Pearce - John Poole - William Wilson - F. Blomberg - A. Leishman - D. Gilchrist - Thomas Brown - G. V. Chetwode - R. Beatson - R. Kelly - J. Badger - - - _Ensigns._ - - John Skinner - John Ireland - Jarvis Palmer - John Keir - Edward Crowe - Samuel Horner - James Savage - John Arbuthnot - - _Chaplain_, George Shaw; - _Adjutant_, William Gunning; - _Surgeon_, Peter Johnston; - _Quarter-Master_, Samuel Grey. - -Towards the end of the year the regiment embarked for the West -Indies, with the armament sent against the French West India -Islands, under Major-General Hopson and Commodore Moore. - -[Sidenote: 1759] - -On the 16th of January, 1759, the troops landed on the island of -_Martinico_; but so many difficulties were encountered, that they -were re-embarked, and the attack on this island was abandoned. - -From Martinico the fleet proceeded to _Guadeloupe_, and the -forts and batteries on the shore having been silenced by the -ships-of-war, the troops landed on the 24th of January, and took -possession of the town and citadel of Basse-Terre; the French -soldiers and inhabitants, with their armed negroes, retired to the -mountains, and prepared for a desperate defence of the interior of -the island. - -For three months hostilities were continued on the island, and -during this period the officers and soldiers of the SIXTY-FIRST -evinced valour and perseverance in carrying operations against, -and making attacks on, the posts occupied by the enemy. Captain -William Gunning, of the regiment, was killed at the attack of -a hill near _Fort Louis_; “he was an excellent officer, and -universally lamented by the army[1].” Lieut.-Colonel Barlow -distinguished himself at the head of a detachment at the capture -of _St. Maries_, when a party of the SIXTY-FIRST penetrated a -thick wood, and gained the rear of a strong post, from which the -French were soon driven. The regiment also made a very determined -effort to penetrate the woody mountains, and turn the enemy’s main -position, and the operations of the day were successful. After much -desultory fighting, the French were forced to surrender the island. -The SIXTY-FIRST had a number of men killed and wounded; and others -died from the effects of the climate: the loss of the regiment in -officers was Capt.-Lieutenant William Gunning killed; Lieutenant -John Rowland wounded; Ensign Samuel Horner died. The conduct of the -officers and soldiers of the SIXTY-FIRST was commended in orders. - -On the decease of Major-General Elliott, he was succeeded in the -colonelcy of the regiment by Lieut.-Colonel George Gray, from the -first troop, now first regiment, of Life Guards. - -[Sidenote: 1760] - -[Sidenote: 1763] - -The regiment, having become considerably reduced in numbers, -returned to England to recruit, and in the summer of 1760 it was -encamped at Chatham; in 1761 it proceeded to the islands of Jersey -and Guernsey, where it was stationed until the termination of the -seven years’ war; and in 1763 it proceeded to Ireland, where it -remained seven years. - -On the 9th of May, 1768, Major-General Gray was removed to the -Thirty-seventh Regiment; and King George III. conferred the -colonelcy of the SIXTY-FIRST on Major-General John Gore, from -lieutenant-colonel in the Third Foot Guards. - -[Sidenote: 1771] - -Three years afterwards the regiment was removed from Ireland, and -stationed at the island of Minorca, which had been captured by -the British in 1708, and was ceded to Queen Anne by the treaty of -Utrecht in 1713. - -[Sidenote: 1778] - -Lieut.-General Gore was removed to the Sixth Foot in 1773, when the -colonelcy of the SIXTY-FIRST was conferred on the lieut.-colonel -of the regiment, Colonel John Barlow; who was succeeded, in -1778, by Major-General Staates Long Morriss, whose regiment, the -Eighty-ninth, had been disbanded at the termination of the seven -years’ war. - -[Sidenote: 1772] - -[Sidenote: 1779] - -[Sidenote: 1781] - -In the mean time the American war had commenced; France had united -with the revolted British provinces in their resistance; and Spain -also commenced hostilities against Great Britain, and undertook -the siege of Gibraltar in 1779. The capture of _Minorca_ was also -contemplated by the court of Spain; and in the middle of August, -1781, a powerful Spanish and French armament appeared before the -island. The British troops employed on the detached stations were -withdrawn, and the whole assembled in the citadel of St. Philip, -the garrison of which place consisted of the Fifty-first and -SIXTY-FIRST Regiments, two corps of Hanoverians (viz., Prince -Ernest’s and Goldacker’s regiments), and a proportion of artillery, -the whole amounting to two thousand five hundred men, commanded -by Lieut.-General the Hon. James Murray, and Lieut.-General Sir -William Draper, K.B. The combined French and Spanish forces -mustered sixteen thousand men, commanded by Lieutenant-General the -Duke of Crillon, who proved an officer of ability. The British -garrison, however, made a resolute defence of the fortress -intrusted to their charge; and the King of Spain, losing patience -with the slow progress of the siege, caused a large sum of money -to be offered to the British general, to induce him to betray his -trust, which was rejected with indignation[2]. - -[Sidenote: 1782] - -For several months the British soldiers defended St. Philip with -great gallantry; but at length the scurvy, a putrid fever, and the -dysentery, broke out among them with so much violence, that in the -beginning of February, 1782, there was not a sufficient number of -men able to bear arms for one relief of the ordinary guards, and -not one hundred men free from disease. Under these circumstances -the governor capitulated. - -Lieut.-General the Honorable James Murray stated, in his -despatch,--“I flatter myself that all Europe will agree that the -brave garrison showed uncommon heroism, and that thirst for glory -which has ever distinguished the troops of my royal master.... Such -was the uncommon spirit of the King’s soldiers, that they concealed -their diseases and inability rather than go into the hospital; -several men died on guard, after having stood sentry: their fate -was not discovered until called upon for the relief, when it came -to their turn to mount sentry again.... Perhaps a more noble, nor -a more tragical scene was ever exhibited than that of the march of -the garrison of St. Philip through the Spanish and French lines. -It consisted of no more than six hundred decrepid soldiers; two -hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty royal artillery, twenty -Corsicans, and twenty-five Greeks, &c. Such was the distressing -appearance of our men, that many of the Spanish and French soldiers -are said to have shed tears.” - -In the articles of capitulation the Duke of Crillon stated,--“No -troops ever gave greater proofs of heroism than this poor worn-out -garrison of St. Philip’s Castle, who have defended themselves -almost to the last man.” Beatson, the historian of these wars, -states,--“The zeal, bravery, and constancy, displayed by all the -corps composing the garrison of St. Philip, under an accumulation -of misfortunes, may have been equalled, but never exceeded.” - -[Sidenote: 1783] - -Returning to England after the surrender of Fort St. Philip, -the regiment was engaged in recruiting its numbers until the -termination of the war; in August, 1782, it received the county -title of the SIXTY-FIRST, or the SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE Regiment: -and in 1783, it proceeded to Ireland. - -[Sidenote: 1792] - -The regiment was stationed in Ireland until the spring of 1792, -when it proceeded to Gibraltar. - -[Sidenote: 1793] - -[Sidenote: 1794] - -While the regiment was at Gibraltar the French revolutionary war -commenced, and in 1794 the French West India islands of Martinico, -St. Lucia, and Guadeloupe were captured. The French republican -government fitted out an expedition for the recovery of the -conquered islands, and some success attended their efforts. This -occurrence occasioned an order to be received for the SIXTY-FIRST -Regiment to be embarked from Gibraltar to reinforce the British -troops in the West Indies, where it arrived in December, and landed -at the island of Martinico. - -[Sidenote: 1795] - -From Martinico the regiment proceeded to _St. Lucia_, and was -engaged in the attack of the French troops on that island in April, -1795, under the orders of Brigadier-General Stewart. Some severe -fighting took place; the regiment had several men wounded on the -14th of April; and on 22nd of that month it had nine men killed; -Captains Riddle and Whelan, Lieutenants Grant and Moore, Ensign -Butler, seven serjeants, two drummers, and fifty-three rank and -file wounded; five rank and file prisoners. A series of actions -followed, in which considerable loss was sustained. The enemy being -reinforced, obtained so great a superiority of numbers, that it was -found necessary to evacuate the island in June, when the regiment -returned to Martinico. - -[Sidenote: 1796] - -In the following year an armament, under Lieut.-General Sir -Ralph Abercromby re-captured St. Lucia and other islands. The -SIXTY-FIRST Regiment having lost nearly four hundred men by -disease, killed in action, died of wounds, &c., it embarked for -England, where it arrived in October, and commenced recruiting its -ranks. - -[Sidenote: 1797] - -The regiment embarked for Guernsey in 1797. - -[Sidenote: 1798] - -[Sidenote: 1799] - -Holland had, in the mean time, become united to France, and in -1795 the Cape of Good Hope was captured by a British armament. -A rebellion breaking out on the frontiers of the colony, the -SIXTY-FIRST embarked for the Cape of Good Hope in the summer of -1798; the regiment arrived at that settlement in January, 1799, and -was stationed there upwards of two years. - -During its stay at the Cape of Good Hope, the regiment was -employed against the hardy and warlike tribes of _Kafirs_, who -committed depredations in the colony. On one occasion the light -infantry company marched upwards of forty miles in one day, to -support a detachment of the Eighth Light Dragoons, in an attack -upon the Kafirs, and the timely appearance of the soldiers of the -SIXTY-FIRST contributed to the success gained on that occasion. - -[Sidenote: 1800] - -The SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, with a detachment of the Eighty-first, -built a block-house, and threw up works at Algoa Bay, and thus -commenced the formation of a settlement at that place, which has -since risen into importance. - -On the decease of General Morriss, King George III. conferred the -colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General George Hewitt, from -Colonel-Commandant of the second battalion of the Fifth Regiment, -by commission dated the 4th of April, 1800. - -[Sidenote: 1801] - -In February, 1801, four companies of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment -embarked from the Cape of Good Hope, for a secret service; but they -were afterwards directed to join the Indian army commanded by -Major-General Baird, destined to proceed up the Red Sea, traverse -the Desert, and co-operate, with the troops from Europe, in the -expulsion of the French “_Army of the East_” from Egypt. The -remaining six companies of the regiment sailed from the Cape of -Good Hope on the 30th of March, under the orders of Lieut.-Colonel -Carruthers, to join the expedition in the Red Sea. - -The army from India arrived at the port of Cosseir on the Red Sea -in June, and marched through the Desert to Kenna on the Nile, -by divisions. The four companies of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, a -detachment of the Tenth Foot, and a party of the Eighth Light -Dragoons, mustering five hundred and eighty-two soldiers, under -Lieut.-Colonel Barlow, of the SIXTY-FIRST[3], commenced their march -from Cosseir through the Desert on the 18th of July; they suffered -much from excessive heat, thirst, and the fatigue of a long march -through a sandy desert, and arrived at Kenna in ten days. The other -companies landed at Cosseir on the 10th of July, and commenced -their march on the 20th of that month for Kenna, where they arrived -in nine days, with the loss of only one man, a drummer, who died of -fatigue. When the company, to which the drummer belonged, arrived -at camp, he was missed, and Private Andrew Connell asked permission -to return, notwithstanding the previous fatigue he had undergone, -and assist the drummer: his humane exertions were, however, -unavailing, as he found the drummer dead. This humane conduct -brought Andrew Connell into notice, and he was eventually promoted -to a commission in the regiment. - -On the 2nd of August the regiment embarked in seventeen d’jirms -(boats), and proceeded down the river Nile, about four hundred -miles, to Cairo, which city had surrendered to the British troops a -short time previously. The regiment afterwards continued its route -down the Nile to the vicinity of Rosetta. The siege of Alexandria -was carried on with vigour, and the deliverance of Egypt was -completed by the surrender of the French garrison in the beginning -of September. - -The SIXTY-FIRST received, in common with the other corps which -served on this expedition, the honor of bearing on their colours -the word “EGYPT” with the Sphinx, as a distinguished mark of His -Majesty’s royal approbation of their conduct: the officers were -permitted to accept of gold medals from the Grand Seignior. - -After the departure of the French troops, the regiment was -quartered a short time at Alexandria, and afterwards in Fort -Charles. - -[Sidenote: 1802] - -The deliverance of Egypt was followed by a treaty of peace, which -was concluded in the spring of 1802. In this year the regiment -quitted Fort Charles, and encamped near Alexandria. - -[Sidenote: 1803] - -Hostilities were resumed with France in 1803; and in March of the -same year the regiment embarked from Egypt for the island of Malta, -where it was stationed two years. - -Napoleon Bonaparte having assembled a numerous army at Boulogne, -and made preparations for the invasion of England, the British -military establishment was considerably augmented, and a _second -battalion_ was formed and added to the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment; -it was composed of men raised in the counties of Durham and -Northumberland, under the provisions of the Army of Reserve Act, -passed in the summer of 1803, and was placed on the establishment -of the army on the 9th of July. - -[Sidenote: 1804] - -The strength of the second battalion was augmented in 1804, with -the men raised in the county of Northumberland under the provisions -of the Additional Force Act, passed in July of that year. On the -10th of October the battalion embarked from Ramsgate for the Island -of Guernsey, where it was stationed during the following year. - -[Sidenote: 1805] - -While the first battalion was at Malta, Bonaparte was elevated to -the dignity of Emperor of France and King of Italy, and in 1805 he -marched his armies into Germany to crush the combination forming -against his interests. - -At this memorable period the regiment embarked from Malta, and -sailed for Italy with the force under Lieut.-General Sir James -Craig, designed to support the interests of the allies in that -quarter. - -A treaty of neutrality had been concluded between France and -Naples, by which Napoleon agreed to withdraw his troops from the -Neapolitan territory, where they had been stationed since the -commencement of the war with England; and the King of Naples was -bound not to admit the fleet or armies of any state at war with -France into his ports or territory. These articles were, however, -violated; an English and Russian armament appeared in the Bay of -Naples in November, 1805, and the SIXTY-FIRST, and several other -British regiments, landed at that city. This provoked the wrath -of Napoleon; and the great success of the French arms in Germany -having enabled their ambitious sovereign to assume the tone of -a dictator, on the morning after the signature of the peace of -Presburg, he issued a proclamation declaring, “The Neapolitan -dynasty had ceased to reign,” and denouncing vengeance against the -family he had thus resolved to dethrone, in terms which left no -hope of accommodation. - -[Sidenote: 1806] - -The Russians withdrew from Naples; and the British, under -Lieut.-General Sir James Craig, were too few in numbers to think of -defending the kingdom against the powerful armies which Napoleon -sent against that devoted country, in the early part of 1806, under -Joseph Bonaparte. - -The SIXTY-FIRST embarked from Naples in January, 1806; the King -and Queen quitted their capital, and proceeded to the island of -Sicily, which was preserved in their interest by the British; the -SIXTY-FIRST were landed at the city of Messina, on the north-east -side of Sicily, and were stationed there several weeks. The -Neapolitans abandoned their royal family to its fate, and submitted -to the dictates of Napoleon, who issued a decree conferring the -crown of Naples on his brother Joseph: the city of Naples was -illuminated, and the nobles were eager to shew their attachment to -their new King. Insurrections occurred in several places; but the -French arms were successful, and the provinces became tranquil. - -On the 26th of February the second battalion embarked from Guernsey -for Ireland, and landed at Cork in March. - -It was important to England that Sicily should not fall under the -dominion of France, and the restoration of Ferdinand IV. to the -throne of Naples, was never lost sight of. Preparations being made -on the opposite coast of Calabria, for the invasion of Sicily, -Major-General Stuart, commanding the British troops in Sicily, -formed the design of cutting off the French division under General -Regnier: the flank companies of the SIXTY-FIRST[4] were formed -in flank battalions, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel James Kempt -and Lieut.-Colonel R. W. O’Callaghan, and being employed on this -enterprise, they had the honor of distinguishing themselves at the -battle of _Maida_, on the 4th of July. - -On this occasion the light battalion, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel -James Kempt, of which the light company of the SIXTY-FIRST formed -part, was directly opposed to the celebrated French regiment, _Le -1^{er} Leger_; the two corps fired a few rounds at about a hundred -yards’ distance, and then advancing simultaneously to the charge, -both preserved great steadiness until the bayonets began to cross, -when British prowess proved victorious; the French faced about and -fled; they were pursued, and great slaughter made with the bayonet. -British valour was triumphant at every part of the field, and the -boasted invincible legions of Napoleon were proved to be inferior -to the English in close combat with the bayonet. - -The British minister at Palermo, writing to the Secretary of State, -observed,--“The battle of Maida, upon the 4th of July, will long -be remembered in this part of Europe, as a remarkable proof of the -superiority of British courage and discipline over an arrogant -and cruel enemy. Of the nine thousand men whom General Regnier -commanded in the province of Calabria ulterior, not more than -three thousand are left to attempt their retreat towards Apulia; -the remainder are all either killed, wounded, or made prisoners. -Every fort along the coast,--all the stores, ammunition, and -artillery prepared for the attack upon Sicily, are become the prey -of the victors; and what, perhaps, may be considered of still more -consequence than these advantages, an indelible impression is made -in this country of the superior bravery and discipline of the -British troops.” - -In forwarding a vote of thanks to Major-General Stuart, and -the troops under his orders, from the House of Lords, the Lord -Chancellor stated,--“Reflecting upon the disasters which have -fallen upon powerful princes, and populous territories, under the -pressure of the vast armies of France, I recollect, at the same -time, that they were not defended by British soldiers, and that, -when the triumphal monuments of Paris shall record the victories -of Austerlitz and Jena, it shall appear upon the less ostentatious -journals of a British Parliament, that upon the plains of Maida her -choicest battalions fell beneath the bayonets of half the number of -our brave countrymen, under your direction and that of the officers -who were your glorious companions.” - -Major-General Stuart was rewarded with the dignity of a Knight of -the Bath; and was created Count of Maida by the King of the Two -Sicilies. Medals were given to commanding officers,--the first -instance in the British army. The word “MAIDA,” on the appointments -of the grenadiers and light infantry of the SIXTY-FIRST, -commemorates the gallant conduct of the flank companies on this -occasion. - -Shortly after the victory at Maida, the battalion companies of the -SIXTY-FIRST quitted Messina, and proceeded to Scylla and Calabria. - -[Sidenote: 1807] - -The second battalion, after remaining in Ireland ten months, -received orders to return to England; it embarked from Dublin -on the 4th of February, 1807, and landed at Liverpool two days -afterwards. - -[Sidenote: 1808] - -At this period the decrees of Napoleon, Emperor of France, for -the annihilation of British commerce, were in operation, and the -French emperor demanded that the court of Portugal should exclude -British shipping from their ports, and confiscate the property -of British merchants. This being refused, a French army under -Marshal Junot, (afterwards Duke of Abrantes,) advanced to invade -Portugal: when the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment embarked from Sicily, with -the troops under Major-General Moore, to aid the Portuguese; but -arriving at Gibraltar in December, it was there ascertained that -the royal family of Portugal had abandoned the country, and fled -to the Brazils: under these circumstances the regiment landed -at Gibraltar, where it remained during the year 1808, receiving -reinforcements from time to time from the second battalion, which -was removed to Guernsey in the summer of this year. - -While the regiment was at Gibraltar, Portugal was delivered from -the power of France by British skill and valour; but Spain was -subject to the oppression of Napoleon, who had removed his brother -Joseph from the throne of Naples, and caused him to be proclaimed -King of Spain. - -[Sidenote: 1809] - -In the summer of 1809, the regiment was ordered to proceed to -Portugal, to take part in the attempt to deliver the Peninsula; -it embarked from Gibraltar on the 9th of June, arrived at Lisbon -in eleven days, and advancing up the country, joined the army -commanded by Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, at Oropesa, where -it was attached to Brigadier-General Cameron’s brigade, in the -first division, commanded by Major-General Sherbrooke. - -The regiment shared in the movements and privations which preceded -the battle of _Talavera_; and when the army formed in position, -it was posted, with its division, in the front line, and near the -centre of the British troops, with the light infantry among the -underwood and trees in front of the line. On the evening of the -27th of July, the enemy made a determined attack on the height -on the left of the position, when the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment was -moved to the support of the troops attacked, who repulsed their -opponents with the bayonet, and the regiment returned to its former -post, having lost three men killed; Major Robert John Coghlan, and -three soldiers wounded. Another attack on the left was repulsed -early on the following morning. - -About mid-day on the 28th of July, the numerous artillery of the -enemy opened a heavy fire, under the cover of which the columns -of attack advanced against the British line. The French bullets -smote the ranks of the SIXTY-FIRST with fatal effect, and one -shell killed four grenadiers and wounded three others. The French -battalions cleared the ravine, and ascended the position in full -assurance of victory; but they were received with a general fire -of all arms, and charged with bayonets with so much vigour, that -they were speedily forced back: the SIXTY-FIRST closed on their -adversaries with distinguished gallantry, and following up their -first advantage, drove the French beyond the ravine. Having become -broken by a rapid advance over rugged ground abounding with -obstructions, the regiment re-formed its ranks under a heavy fire. -The distinguished conduct of Corporal Rose, on this occasion, was -rewarded with the rank of serjeant in the field, and a subsequent -display of zeal for the service, procured him a commission. - -The French were repulsed at all points, and they retired during the -night. - -Major Henry Francis Orpen, Captain Henry James, Lieutenant Daniel -James Hemus, one drummer, and forty-two rank and file were killed; -Captains Andrew Hartley, William Furnace, James Laing, and David -Goodman, Lieutenants Graves Collins, H. T. Tench, George McLean, -and James Given, Ensign William Brackenbury, Adjutant Richard Drew, -ten serjeants, and one hundred and eighty-three rank and file -wounded; sixteen rank and file missing. - -Lieutenant-Colonel Saunders and Major Coghlan received gold medals; -and the royal authority was given for the regiment to bear the word -“TALAVERA” on its colours, to commemorate its distinguished conduct -on this occasion. - -At the battle of Talavera full proof was given of the qualities -of British soldiers; but the superior numbers which the enemy -was afterwards enabled to bring forward, prevented the victory -being followed by decisive results, and retrograde movements -became necessary. On the advance of the enemy, the Spaniards -abandoned Talavera, and the wounded officers and soldiers of the -SIXTY-FIRST fell into the hands of the French. During the retreat -much suffering was endured from the want of provision, and while -the army was in position on the Guadiana, a fever broke out which -thinned the ranks. In the autumn the SIXTY-FIRST were gratified, -amidst their sufferings and losses, by the arrival of Major Coghlan -and Adjutant Drew, who had escaped from prison at Madrid. - -[Sidenote: 1810] - -Three hundred men joined from the second battalion in February, -1810, and thus restored the regiment to its former numbers. In -April the second battalion proceeded from Guernsey to Ireland. - -Continuing with the first division of the allied army, the regiment -proceeded to the northern frontiers of Portugal to meet the French -invading army, under Marshal Massena, who boasted that he would -drive the English into the sea, and plant the eagles of France -on the towers of Lisbon; and he possessed so great a superiority -of numbers, that the allied army was forced to retreat before -him. Suddenly the rugged rocks of _Busaco_ were seen sparkling -with British bayonets, assembled to oppose his advance, and the -desperate attempts made by the French veterans to force the -position, on the 27th of September, were met by a resistance -which they could not overcome. The SIXTY-FIRST were in position on -this occasion, and the light company skirmished with the French -marksmen; but the regiment was not seriously engaged. - -The French having turned the position by a flank movement, the -British army withdrew to the fortified lines of _Torres Vedras_, -where the invading army found its progress arrested by a barrier -which it did not venture to attack, and after halting a few weeks -before the lines in hopeless inactivity, retreated to a strong -position at Santarem. - -On arriving at the lines, the SIXTY-FIRST were removed to the -fourth division, and stationed at the village of Caxaria, and it -was in position every morning two hours before daylight to resist -any attack the enemy might be disposed to make. The regiment was -subsequently removed to the sixth division, with which its services -are identified during the remainder of the war; it was united in -brigade with the Eleventh and Fifty-third Regiments, commanded by -Brigadier-General Hulse. - -After the retreat of the French to Santarem, the regiment was -stationed at the Convent of Alenquer, where several officers and -men were taken suddenly ill, and the only remaining monk suggested, -that it was probably occasioned by the water,--the French having, -on their retreat, cast several dead men into the well in the centre -of the square, to save the trouble of burying them: on examination -this proved to be true,--and the sensations produced by the -discovery may be easily conceived. In a few days afterwards the -regiment was removed to the hamlet of Arunda. - -[Sidenote: 1811] - -Unable to fulfil his menace of driving the English into the sea, -and having consumed all the provisions he could procure, the -French Marshal retreated from his position at Santarem, on the 5th -of March, 1811, and the SIXTY-FIRST were engaged in following -the retreat of the enemy to the frontiers of Portugal: they were -afterwards employed, with their division, in the blockade of the -fortress of _Almeida_, and were quartered at the village of Junca, -from whence they furnished a daily piquet near the works. - -The French army advancing to relieve Almeida, the SIXTY-FIRST -quitted the blockade, and were in position when the French were -repulsed at _Fuentes d’Onor_; but did not sustain any loss. - -Resuming its quarters at Junca, the regiment again furnished -piquets before Almeida. An unusual noise during the night of the -11th of May occasioned the regiment to assemble at its alarm post, -and march towards Almeida; the grenadier company advanced to the -walls, and Captain Furnace discovered a chasm in the works, at -which he entered and ascertained that the French garrison had blown -up a great part of the works, and evacuated the fortress; when -Major Coghlan ordered a guard of one hundred men to take possession -of the town, which was found much injured by the explosions. - -Lord Wellington having undertaken the siege of Badajoz, Marshals -Soult and Marmont marched the armies under their orders to the -relief of that fortress, when the SIXTY-FIRST proceeded with their -division to the Alemtejo, and were in position on the Caya. The -French armies having separated, the regiment again traversed the -country towards the Agueda; and in September the light company, -under Captain Owen, distinguished itself by repulsing, by its -steady fire, the attack of several squadrons of French dragoons, -who had driven back a body of British cavalry near Ciudad Rodrigo, -when Marshal Marmont relieved the blockade of that fortress. - -After retiring a few miles before the superior numbers of the -enemy, the regiment went into winter quarters, where it received a -draft of two hundred men from the second battalion. - -Colonel Saunders being promoted to the rank of major-general, -Lieut.-Colonel Barlow arrived in Portugal to command the first -battalion, and Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan proceeded to Ireland to -command the second battalion. Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan had commanded -the first battalion during two campaigns. - -[Sidenote: 1812] - -In January, 1812, the regiment was employed in covering the siege -of _Ciudad Rodrigo_, which fortress was captured by assault during -the night of the 19th of that month. The regiment afterwards -traversed the country to the Alemtejo, from whence it advanced -across the Guadiana, and was employed in Spanish Estremadura during -the siege of Badajoz, which fortress was captured by assault on the -6th of April. After these brilliant enterprises were completed, -the regiment returned to the northern frontiers of Portugal, and -marched to sustain the troops which destroyed the French works at -the bridge of Almarez. - -Advancing into Spain, the allied army drove a French corps from -the city of _Salamanca_, which was taken possession of amidst -the rejoicings of the inhabitants, and the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment -was one of the corps employed in the siege of the forts of San -Vincente, St. Cajetano, and La Merced, in which the French had -left garrisons. On the night of the 22nd of June the light company -was engaged in an attempt to capture St. Cajetano and La Merced by -escalade, when Captain JOHN OWEN led the assault with distinguished -gallantry; he had gained the top of one of the ladders, and was in -the act of entering the fort, when he was shot through the left -arm, which was dreadfully shattered, and the next moment another -shot in the shoulder precipitated him into the ditch. Private -_Charles Carr_ saw his Captain fall, and leaping into the ditch -under a heavy fire raised the fallen Captain,--called a comrade to -his aid, and they carried their officer to a place of safety. The -attack failed. Captain Owen was promoted to the rank of major, and -on receiving the usual pension for the loss of his arm, he settled -an annuity upon Private Charles Carr. - -The regiment sustained considerable loss on this occasion in killed -and wounded, and among the latter was Lieutenant Given. - -Some delay took place in the capture of the convents, from the want -of ammunition; but a supply having been received, they were reduced -before the end of June. - -From Salamanca the regiment advanced to the banks of the Douro, and -when the French army passed the river and advanced, the British -fell back a few stages. - -On the 22nd of July, the opposing armies manœuvred near -_Salamanca_, and the French commander making a faulty movement, -the British general ordered his divisions forward and commenced -the battle. For some time the SIXTY-FIRST were formed, with -their division, behind the village of Arapiles, to support the -fourth division, which was engaged upon a rising ground beyond -the village; the regiment was exposed to a heavy cannonade; and -the village was soon in flames from the bursting of shells. The -fourth division being pressed by very superior numbers, the sixth -division advanced at a running pace to its support, and on passing -the village of Arapiles the SIXTY-FIRST opened their fire; but -the French soldiers were so mingled with the men of the fourth -division, that the regiment ceased firing for fear of destroying -friends as well as enemies. The French carried the hill, and, -elated with success, rushed forward with great impetuosity; but -the Eleventh and SIXTY-FIRST gave three cheers, fired a volley, and -charged with bayonets with so much resolution that the torrent of -battle was arrested, and, after a desperate effort, the French were -overpowered, and the hill was re-captured. Lieut.-Colonel Barlow, -Major Downing, eight other officers, and about a hundred soldiers -had fallen; but the survivors pressed upon their opponents with -the bayonet until ordered to halt on the low ground beyond the -hill. The French rallied under a cloud of skirmishers, and appeared -intent on attempting to recover the hill. At this moment the -regiment was exposed to the fire of a number of sharpshooters, and -a numerous artillery, it was threatened with a charge of infantry, -and a hostile body of cavalry was manœuvring on its left, yet it -was as steady as on an ordinary parade; the surviving officers and -soldiers formed four divisions two deep, and prepared to charge -with their gallant associates of the Eleventh Regiment. Colonel -Napier states, in his _History of the Peninsular War_,--“The -struggle was no slight one. The men of General Hulse’s brigade, -which was on the left, went down by hundreds, and the SIXTY-FIRST -and Eleventh Regiments won their way desperately, and through such -a fire as British soldiers only can sustain.” The southern ridge -was regained, and “the reserve of Boyer’s dragoons coming on at a -canter, were met and broken by the fire of Hulse’s noble brigade. -Then the changing current of the fight once more set for the -British.” In this second advance the Eleventh and SIXTY-FIRST drove -the enemy before them a considerable distance. The two regiments -then halted, and being within range of the enemy’s artillery, -Major-General Hulse directed the men to sit down; but the French -fire occasioned many casualties, and the major-general called the -commanding officers of regiments forward and directed them to -acquaint their men with his intention of attacking the heights -in front. This was answered by three cheers from the surviving -officers and men, and an immediate advance, under a destructive -fire from the French artillery and skirmishers; but the brigade -pressed gallantly forward and speedily gained the summit. The -French formed column. The Eleventh and SIXTY-FIRST changed front, -and opening their fire, soon forced the enemy to retire. The -officers and serjeants with the colours of the SIXTY-FIRST fell -under the enemy’s fire, when the colours were seized by Privates -_William Crawford_ and _Nicholas Coulson_, who carried them to -the top of the hill. Crawford was instantly promoted to serjeant; -the same rank was offered to Coulson, but he answered that he was -over-rewarded already by the cheers and thanks of his comrades, and -the approbation of his officers. Serjeant Crawford fell a sacrifice -to his gallantry in a subsequent engagement. - -Lieutenants Wolfe and Armstrong took charge of the colours, and -the regiment continued to advance. The sixth division was engaged -towards the close of the action, in forcing the French from the -last height on which they ventured to make a stand: and when -darkness put an end to the fight, the British were victorious at -every part of the field; at the same time the broken remains of the -French army were hurrying from the scene of disaster in confusion. - -The loss of the SIXTY-FIRST on this occasion was very -severe,--Lieut.-Colonel Barlow, Captains Stubbs, Horton, and -Favell, Lieutenants Chawner and Parker, Ensign Bere, three -serjeants, one drummer, and thirty-five rank and file, killed; -Major Downing, Captains Oke, McLeod, and Greene, Lieutenants -Falkner, Daniel, Chapman, Chipchase, Furnace, Gloster, Collis, -Wolfe, Brackenbury, Royal, and Toole, Ensigns White and Singleton, -twenty-two serjeants, one drummer, and two hundred and eighty rank -and file, wounded. Major Downing died of his wounds[5]. - -Captain Annesley, who commanded the regiment at the close of -the action, received a gold medal; and the word “SALAMANCA” was -inscribed on the colours, by royal authority, to commemorate its -distinguished gallantry on this memorable occasion. - -Shortly after the battle of Salamanca the command of a brigade in -the fifth division was conferred on Major-General Hulse, who took -leave of the brigade he had previously commanded in the following -orders:--“His Excellency the Commander of the Forces having been -pleased to remove Major-General Hulse to the command of a brigade -in the fifth division, the major-general cannot leave the officers -and soldiers of the brigade he had the honor and happiness to -command for nearly two years, without assuring them how fully -satisfied he has ever been with their excellent conduct, both in -quarters and in the field, during that period. The major-general -wishes, most pointedly, to express how much he feels indebted to -them for their steadiness and determined courage displayed in the -action of the 22nd instant. It will ever be to him a source of -the greatest pride to have had the honor to command them on that -glorious day. Never did British troops acquit themselves in a more -gallant style! and Major-General Hulse hopes all will accept his -best thanks for their exemplary conduct, and his warmest wishes for -their future welfare.” - -After pursuing the broken remains of the French army to Valladolid, -the British General marched to Madrid, leaving the SIXTY-FIRST, -and a few other corps, at the town of Cuellar, situate on the -declivity of a hill in the province of Segovia. The French army -being reinforced, advanced down the Pisuerga valley, when the -British infantry removed to Arevalo, and the French took possession -of Valladolid. Lord Wellington returning from Madrid, the French -again retreated, and the British advanced up the beautiful Pisuerga -and Arlanzan valley to _Burgos_, and commenced the siege of the -castle, in which service the SIXTY-FIRST were engaged; many of the -officers and soldiers having recovered of their wounds, were again -at the post of honor, and the regiment mustered about two hundred -men, under Captains Sparrow, Greene, and Annesley, Lieutenants -McLean, Furnace, Wolfe, Armstrong, and Harris. Lieutenant Stuart -was attached to the engineer department, and was severely wounded. - -For a short time the regiment was encamped about a mile from the -fortress, but afterwards removed to the Hopital del Rey. Captain -Annesley and a party of the regiment distinguished themselves at -the storming of the outworks on the 4th of October, for which they -were thanked in orders by Colonel Bingham, the field officer on -duty in the trenches at the time. The distinguished gallantry of -Private Edmonstone, on this occasion, was rewarded with the rank of -serjeant. - -On one occasion, the post occupied by a small piquet, under -Lieutenant Armstrong, was destroyed by a mine, which killed and -wounded two-thirds of the piquet; the enemy at the same time -making a sortie. The lieutenant was thrown some distance by the -explosion, but was not seriously injured; and he took possession, -with the surviving men, of some houses, and by a steady fire forced -the French to retire within their works;--Lieutenant Armstrong -humorously observing, “My cloak is on the post, and the French -shall not even possess that as a trophy.” On another occasion, -Lieutenant Harris and a party of the regiment evinced great -intrepidity on the glacis. - -The concentration of the enemy’s numerous forces rendered it -necessary for the British to raise the siege of Burgos Castle and -retire, and the SIXTY-FIRST shared in the fatigues and privations -of this retrograde movement. On one occasion the light company, -under Lieutenant Wolfe, was employed in retarding the passage of a -river by the enemy; and the regiment also aided in the destruction -of one of the bridges across the Douro. The regiment arrived -at the frontiers of Portugal, without losing more than one man -during the retreat. It proceeded into quarters under the orders of -Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan; and was joined by a strong detachment from -the second battalion during the winter. - -[Sidenote: 1813] - -The progress of military organization in Portugal and Spain, with -the arrival of reinforcements from England, enabled the British -commander to take the field in May, 1813, with a formidable army. -He drove the French from Salamanca, turned their positions on the -Douro, and forced them back in disorder upon Burgos, when they -destroyed the castle and retreated to the Ebro, the passage of -which river they were prepared to defend; but he turned their -position by a flank march, and obliged them to fall back upon -Vittoria, where they formed for battle. The sixth division was left -behind at Medina de Pomar, to cover the march of the magazines, -and the SIXTY-FIRST were thus prevented sharing in the victory at -Vittoria on the 21st of June. They were sufficiently near to hear -the firing, and arrived at the field of battle on the following -day, to take charge of the captured artillery and stores. - -The regiment was subsequently employed in attempting to intercept -the French division under General Clausel, and when this force -had escaped to France, the regiment proceeded to Pampeluna, to -take part in the blockade of that fortress, from which duty it was -relieved by a Spanish corps, on the 14th of July, and advanced into -the Pyrenean Mountains to San Estevan, situated in a beautiful -valley, where it halted. Thus, after marching nearly six hundred -miles in seven weeks, passing six great rivers, gaining one -decisive battle, and investing the two fortresses of Pampeluna -and San Sebastian, the allied army stood triumphant on the lofty -Pyrenees, and the officers and soldiers panted for opportunities to -acquire additional honors. - -The French army having been reinforced, and reorganized, -advanced under Marshal Soult, and attacked the British posts in -the mountains, when the allied army fell back to a position in -front of Pampeluna. The sixth division, to which the SIXTY-FIRST -continued to belong, quitted San Estevan to support the troops -first attacked; but when advancing, Lord Wellington rode up to -the division, and ordered it to halt for the night. It afterwards -retired through the mountain passes, and bivouacked, during the -night of the 27th of July, in a pine-wood. At daybreak on the -following morning it resumed its march, and joining the army in -position in the mountains, formed for battle across the valley -in the rear of the left of the fourth division, its right on the -village of Oricain, and its left on some heights. - -Soon after the regiment had taken its post, columns of attack -were seen in motion to commence the battle of the _Pyrenees_, -where the SIXTY-FIRST had another opportunity of distinguishing -themselves. A body of French troops moved along the valley of Lanz -towards the mountain at its extremity, and the SIXTY-FIRST, with -two other British corps, were ordered to move at a running pace -and occupy the mountain. The SIXTY-FIRST hastened up the hill on -one side, as the French skirmishers ascended on the other; but -the British gained the summit first, and opened their fire with -terrible effect. The French were encompassed in the valley; two -brigades smote them from the left, the Portuguese smote them from -the right, and the sixth division forced them back with a terrible -carnage. The enemy retreated behind the village of Sauroren. The -SIXTY-FIRST, and two other regiments, advanced to a post near the -village, and the fire of small-arms was kept up until dark. - -No serious fighting occurred on the 29th of July; but on the -morning of the 30th the British batteries opened from the heights, -and a cloud of skirmishers advanced against Sauroren. The firing -at this point afterwards subsided; but was eventually renewed, -and the SIXTY-FIRST had the honor to participate in storming the -village and heights of Sauroren, and in forcing the French from a -position, which, from its natural strength and advantages, appeared -almost impregnable. The pursuit was continued until night, and many -prisoners were taken. - -The regiment had seventy men killed and wounded; Captains Charleton -and McLean, Lieutenants Wolfe and O’Kearney, and Volunteer Leebody, -were wounded. - -Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan received a gold medal; and the word -“PYRENEES” was placed upon the colours of the regiment, as a mark -of royal approbation of its gallant conduct. - -Continuing the pursuit of the enemy to the extremity of the -Pyrenees, the regiment ascended the summit of one of the highest -mountains on the 2nd of August, and as the soldiers beheld the -beautiful plains of France, which Napoleon had often declared to -be inviolable, spread in rich landscape scenery before them, they -experienced emotions of exultation in the anticipation of future -conquests. In the afternoon the regiment encamped on a piece of -high ground, surrounded by inaccessible rock, the only entrance to -which was through a chasm; a beautiful stream ran along the hollow -below, with a cannon foundry on its banks. Two days afterwards it -marched to the vale of Los Alduides: and afterwards penetrated -France some distance; but withdrew towards Maya, and relieved the -second division on the heights commanding the pass of Maya, where -the soldiers threw up breastworks. The prospect from these heights -was particularly interesting: on the left was seen the sea, and -the fortress of Bayonne; on the right the thickly wooded plains -of Gascony, interspersed with towns and villages; in front was -the French army; and in the rear of the right and left, the lofty -Pyrenees crowned with the tents of the British army. - -On the 1st of September the division drove the enemy from two -heights in its front; and on the 9th of October, it again attacked -the French, to favour the operations of the British troops which -had passed the Bidassoa. Three companies of the SIXTY-FIRST were -engaged on this occasion. - -Invigorated by the mountain air, and impatient to win the fair -plains of France before them, the soldiers received with joyful -anticipations the orders to advance, and attack the enemy’s -positions on the _Nivelle_. The SIXTY-FIRST descended from the -mountains by moonlight on the night of the 9th of November, and lay -concealed near the enemy’s piquets until the following morning. -The day broke with great splendour, and as the first rays of -light gilded the summits of the mountains, three guns gave the -signal for the attack, and the French beheld with astonishment the -allied army rise from its concealment, and rush to battle with an -impetuosity they were not prepared to withstand. The SIXTY-FIRST -passed the Nivelle river, and marched through a rugged country -towards the bridge of Amotz, to attack the works at that place; -the skirmishers of the regiment were in front under Lieutenant -Harris. Advancing up a difficult ascent, covered with bushes, -under a sharp fire, the regiment drove a body of French troops -from a semicircular breastwork; several officers of the regiment -outran the men, who had knapsacks to carry, and first jumped into -the works:--Captain William Henry Furnace, who had repeatedly -distinguished himself, fell a sacrifice to his gallantry; and -Lieutenant Christopher Kellet was killed about the same time. The -regiment pressed resolutely forward to storm a redoubt at the top -of the hill; its commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Coghlan, -received a shot through the cap, which grazed the top of his -head,--several officers and men fell, but the regiment continued -its rapid advance, and Lieutenant Harris jumped across the ditch -of the redoubt, when the French fled in dismay, and many of them -were intercepted in the rear of the redoubt. Lieutenant-General -Sir Rowland Hill came up to the regiment, and thanked the officers -and soldiers repeatedly for the very gallant manner in which they -had ascended under the enemy’s fire. A second redoubt was captured -at this part of the enemy’s line, and afterwards a third. The -SIXTY-FIRST penetrated the enemy’s camp, which had been abandoned -and set on fire. The light company of the regiment was detached -on this occasion, and distinguished itself. A decisive victory -was gained, and the British army established itself in the French -territory. Captains James Horton, Marcus Annesley, and Hugh Eccles, -Lieutenants Robert Belton, and Archer Toole, were all severely -wounded. - -Lieutenant-Colonel Coghlan received an honorary distinction; Major -Oke was promoted to the rank of lieut.-colonel; and the gallantry -displayed by the regiment on this occasion, was rewarded with the -word “NIVELLE” on its colours. - -After this success, the regiment occupied quarters at Ustaritz, -which was found an agreeable change; the bleak summits of the -mountains, on which it had been long stationed, having become -extremely cold. The moral and physical energies of the men were -in full power, and nothing could have withstood their conquering -progress had the weather been favourable. - -Early in December a forward movement was ordered; and on the -morning of the 9th of that month a beacon lighted on the heights -above Cambo gave the signal for the attack, when the passage of the -river _Nive_ was forced, and the enemy driven back towards Bayonne. -The sixth division passed the river on floating bridges. The -advanced-guard (in which was the light company of the SIXTY-FIRST, -formed in a light battalion under Captain Greene, of the regiment,) -evinced great gallantry, and surprised the first French piquet, -which fled in dismay. Some sharp fighting occurred; Captain Greene -was wounded, and Captain Charleton was sent from the regiment to -take command of the light battalion. The swampy nature of the -country retarded the advance of the division, and gave time for the -French troops to effect their retreat towards Bayonne. The enemy -advanced and attacked the British troops on the three following -days, but were repulsed. - -At the passage of the “NIVE” the regiment earned another honorary -inscription for its colours; and Captain Greene received a medal. -Its loss was limited to Captains Greene and Charleton wounded, and -a few private soldiers killed and wounded. - -[Sidenote: 1814] - -The regiment was stationed at Ville-Franque from the middle of -November until the 22nd of February, 1814, assisting in the -blockade of _Bayonne_. On one occasion, when the regiment had gone -out for field exercise, leaving the officers, bât-men, pioneers, -and the quartermaster-serjeant in quarters, a heavy fall of rain -so swelled the stream of the Nive, that the pontoon-bridge of -communication was detached from its moorings, and was seen floating -down the stream. Quartermaster-Serjeant Rose (who distinguished -himself at Talavera) and Private Thomas Dawson got hold of the -bridge, and, at the hazard of their lives, succeeded in securing -it, by which much inconvenience to the service was prevented. The -quartermaster-serjeant was rewarded with a commission, and a sum of -money was given to Private Dawson. - -Quitting Ville-Franque, the regiment advanced up the country, and -passing the river near Bereux, by a pontoon-bridge, on the morning -of the 27th of February, it afterwards ascended by a narrow way -between high rocks to the great road to Peyrehorade, which brought -it into the presence of the French army, under Marshal Soult, in -position near _Orthes_. The action commenced in the forenoon. The -third and sixth divisions won, without difficulty, the lower part -of the ridges opposed to them, and endeavoured to extend their left -along the French front with a sharp fire of musketry. On the other -flank the French defended their post with more resolution. During -the early part of the day, the skirmishers only of the SIXTY-FIRST -were engaged, and the regiment was in reserve; when the French army -gave way, two fine battalions were seen attempting to cover the -retreat, and Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan led the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment -against them at a running pace. The two battalions fired a volley -and retreated, pursued by the British light cavalry. - -Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan received another honorary distinction for -this battle; and the word “ORTHES,” on the colours, commemorates -the gallant bearing of the regiment on this occasion. Its loss was -limited to one serjeant and ten men, killed and wounded. - -Pursuing the retreating enemy on the following day, the regiment -took some prisoners, and, being in advance, discovered part of -the French army on an eminence near St. Sever; the enemy again -retreated after dark, and was followed on the succeeding days. -On one occasion the regiment lost a serjeant and seven men in a -skirmish; and Lieutenant Furnace, of the light company, had a -narrow escape, a ball having passed through the collar of his coat. - -The regiment again came up with the enemy on the 16th of March, -near Tarbes, and had a few men wounded. The weather was fine, the -soldiers healthy, vigorous, and animated with their uninterrupted -career of success, so that they were ready for any service; but -the French continued their retreat without hazarding a serious -engagement. - -Marshal Soult concentrated the French troops under his command in a -fortified position at _Toulouse_; and on the morning of the 10th of -April, the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment was in motion with the fourth and -sixth divisions, under Marshal Beresford, to turn the enemy’s right -flank. The regiment being halted beyond the river Ers, while Lord -Wellington and his staff reconnoitred the enemy, Lieut.-Colonel -Coghlan took that opportunity to address the officers and men in -a short and animated speech, which made a great impression on -their minds. Immediately afterwards the regiment advanced; it -crossed the river Ers, and marched along the left bank exposed -to the enemy’s cannonade. On arriving at its destined point, the -brigade was wheeled into line by Major-General Lambert, who -led it forward to attack a formidable height occupied by French -troops. The enemy descended with loud shouts to meet the advancing -line, and opened a heavy fire of musketry; the SIXTY-FIRST rushed -forward without firing a shot, the officers animating the men by -their example, and answering the French shouts with a loud and -confident huzza! They carried the height with fixed bayonets, but -sustained severe loss. Many of the officers having outrun their -men, who were retarded by the weight of their knapsacks, entered -a French redoubt at the moment the defenders were quitting it, -when a number of French soldiers turned round and fired with fatal -effect: of the SIXTY-FIRST, Lieut.-Colonel Oke, Captain Charleton -(who was calling to the enemy to surrender), and Lieutenant Arden, -were wounded,--the latter mortally. The regiment advanced along -the height until it was ordered to halt under an earthen fence, -which partially sheltered it from the enemy’s guns. Early in the -action its gallant commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan, was -mortally wounded[6]. In the afternoon the regiment, much reduced -in numbers, supported the attack of the Scots brigade on a range -of redoubts, from which the enemy was driven with loss: and the -SIXTY-FIRST were directed to occupy one of the captured redoubts. -The French advanced to recover the redoubts; when Major-General -Lambert directed a division of the SIXTY-FIRST to cross the road, -which was commanded by the enemy’s fire, and reinforce the troops -in another redoubt. This was a perilous movement; but Captain -CHARLETON, whose wound was dressed in the field in time to enable -him to rejoin and command the regiment in its second attack, -placed himself in front of the division, exclaiming, “I will show -the way!” Serjeant _Fraser_ stepped to follow his captain, and, -encouraged by this example, the division made the movement at a -running pace; several officers and soldiers were, however, hit by -the French marksmen. The regiment defended the post committed to -its charge, and the French were driven from their works, and forced -to take refuge in the suburbs of the city of Toulouse. At the -termination of the action, the surviving men of the regiment were -brought out of the field by Adjutant Bace, assisted by two ensigns -and Serjeant Robert Hogg, whose name merits notice from his zealous -exertions during the action. - -The SIXTY-FIRST was included, in Lord Wellington’s despatch, -among the corps which had sustained severe loss, and were highly -distinguished throughout the day. - -Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan, Lieutenant H. Arden, and Ensign W. A. -Favell, were killed on this occasion; Major J. Oke, Captains W. -Greene and E. Charleton, Lieutenants A. Porteus, N. Furnace[7], -T. Gloster, D. O’Kearney, J. Wolfe, E. Gaynor, W. White[8], J. -Harris, G. Stewart, and J. H. Ellison, Ensigns J. Wright, Cuthbert -Eccles, and S. Bartlett, wounded. The regiment had also eight -serjeants and one hundred and fifty-three rank and file killed and -wounded. - -Medals were conferred on Lieut.-Colonel Oke, Captain Charleton (who -was twice wounded), and Adjutant Bace: and the word “TOULOUSE” was -added to the inscriptions on the colours of the regiment. - -The French retreated from Toulouse, followed by the British -army, and at St. Felix five officers and seventy men joined the -SIXTY-FIRST, from the second battalion in Ireland, under the orders -of Captain Hamilton. - -Hostilities were terminated a few days afterwards; the power -of Bonaparte had been destroyed, and the Bourbon dynasty was -restored to France. The gallant veterans of the SIXTY-FIRST were -thus gratified with a complete triumph over the enemies of their -country. They had traversed kingdoms, fought battles, and conquered -powerful armies for the good of Europe; their valour had exalted -the glory of the British arms, and preserved their native country -from the presence of war: and the word “PENINSULA” was added to the -numerous inscriptions on their colours, to commemorate their heroic -conduct. - -After reposing a short period in quarters, the regiment marched -for Bordeaux; and at Bazas the Portuguese brigade, which had long -served with the sixth division, was separated from it to return -to Portugal; a feeling of respect for these brave companions in -war pervaded all ranks of the British army: many reciprocal acts -of kindness had marked the estimation in which the soldiers of the -British and Portuguese armies held each other. - -On the 30th of June, the regiment embarked for Ireland, when the -following order was issued:--“Major-General Lambert cannot allow -the regiments composing the left brigade of the sixth division -of the army under the Duke of Wellington, to separate without -requesting the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, -to accept his best thanks for their services while under his -command. Though the period has not been long, yet it will be ever -memorable; and the distinguished good conduct of the brigade, so -repeatedly mentioned during this period, especially in the action -of the 10th of April, will ever make him consider his appointment -to the brigade as one of the most fortunate events of his military -life.” - -At the close of the services of the regiment in the Peninsula -and South of France, the names of the following non-commissioned -officers, whose meritorious services had been rewarded with -commissions, were inserted in the Record Book,-- - - William Douglas. - William Hack. - James Nevin. - John Abraham. - John Robinson. - William Fortune. - George Armstrong. - John Thompson. - Simon Musgrave. - William Hall. - John McKay. - William Bace. - Patrick Melvin. - Andrew Connell. - Thomas Williams. - William Scott. - Francis Begg. - Christmas Knight. - John Bell. - George Tyrrell. - Samuel Rose. - -The regiment landed at Cork in July, and marched to Dundalk, where -the second battalion was disbanded on the 24th of October; the men -fit for duty being transferred to the first battalion. - -[Sidenote: 1815] - -From Dundalk the regiment marched to Newry, where it was stationed -during the year 1815,--a period memorable in the history of Europe, -on account of the return of Bonaparte to France,--his overthrow on -the field of Waterloo,--and his removal to St. Helena. - -[Sidenote: 1816] - -In June, 1816, the regiment embarked from Ireland, and proceeded to -Portsmouth, where it landed, and was stationed during the summer -months at Fort Cumberland. In the autumn it embarked for Jamaica, -and arrived at Spanish-town in December. - -[Sidenote: 1817] - -[Sidenote: 1821] - -The regiment was stationed at Spanish-town, Uppark camp, -Stony-hill, and Kingston, in Jamaica, upwards of five years, during -which period it lost by disease seven officers, and three hundred -and fifty-six non-commissioned officers and soldiers. - -[Sidenote: 1822] - -Having transferred the men who volunteered to remain in the country -to other corps, the regiment embarked from Jamaica in March, 1822, -and landed at Plymouth in May following. - -[Sidenote: 1824] - -The regiment performed garrison duty at Plymouth until the spring -of 1824, when it proceeded to Ireland; it was stationed at Cork -until October, when it marched to Limerick. - -[Sidenote: 1825] - -Leaving Limerick in 1825, the regiment proceeded to the counties of -Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, and Westmeath. - -[Sidenote: 1826] - -In 1826 the head-quarters were established at Athlone, with -detachments at various stations in the neighbouring counties. - -[Sidenote: 1827] - -The regiment was assembled at Birr, in June, 1827, and in July -marched to Richmond Barracks, Dublin, where it was divided into six -service and four depôt companies; the service companies embarked -in October for Liverpool, from whence they proceeded by canal to -Fenny Stratford, and afterwards marched to Chatham. - -[Sidenote: 1828] - -On the 30th of June, 1828, the service companies, under the command -of Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. P. Barlow, embarked from Gravesend for -the island of Ceylon where, they arrived in November, and landed at -Colombo. - -Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes inspected the SIXTY-FIRST on their -arrival at Ceylon, and inserted the following statement, in his own -hand-writing, in the Record Book of the regiment:-- - - “Having inspected the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, commanded by - Lieut.-Colonel Barlow, it affords me much gratification to place - upon the Records of the Regiment an expression of my admiration - of its appearance and high order,--of the coolness, celerity, - and precision, with which it performed the several evolutions, - and of its system of interior economy: such a state of things - evinces the great ability, assiduity, and perseverance of the - commanding officer, and the able support of Major Wolfe and the - rest of the officers, and is in the highest degree creditable to - the non-commissioned officers and soldiers; and greatly enhances - the pleasure which I feel in the renewal of my long acquaintance - with the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, and adds very materially and - essentially to my satisfaction in having it under my command. - - “E. BARNES, _Lieut.-General_. - - “_Colombo, December 18, 1828._” - - -[Sidenote: 1833] - -[Sidenote: 1836] - -The depôt companies were withdrawn from Ireland in November, 1833, -and proceeded to Chatham; they returned to Ireland in 1836. - -[Sidenote: 1834] - -The service companies remained at Colombo until 16th October, 1834, -when they embarked for Trincomalee. - -[Sidenote: 1837] - -On the 22nd May, 1837, the regiment sustained a loss of three -officers, viz., Lieutenants Shaw and Harkness and Ensign Walker, -who were unfortunately drowned, while on a shooting excursion, by -the upsetting of a boat, in a squall off Cottiac. - -The service companies re-embarked for Colombo in July, and after -being inspected by Major-General Sir John Wilson, they marched for -Kandy, where they arrived on the 22nd August, 1837. - -[Sidenote: 1838] - -On the promotion of Colonel Edward Darley to the rank of -major-general, on the 28th June, 1838, Major Charles Forbes was -advanced to the lieutenant-colonelcy, and the command of the -service companies devolved on Major Simmonds. - -While on duty at Kandy, the following order was inserted in the -Regimental Record Book, by Lieutenant-General Sir John Wilson, -K.C.B., in his own hand-writing, viz:-- - - “Being on the eve of my departure from Ceylon, I feel much - pleasure in adding to the honourable testimonies contained in - the regimental records, the expression of my approbation of the - general good conduct and military discipline manifested by the - SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, during a period of seven years that it has - served under my orders, it having been, during a great part of - that time, under the command of the present Major-General Darley. - - “It is gratifying to me to be able to state, that at the present - half-yearly inspection, after a lapse of so many years, I find - the regiment in the same high state of moral and military - discipline, in which I had the satisfaction of finding it on my - arrival to assume this command, and which had previously called - forth the highest eulogiums from my predecessor. - - “To have maintained this character during a period of more than - ten years’ service in this colony, is a circumstance which cannot - but be considered to reflect great credit on the officers, - non-commissioned officers, and privates of this distinguished - corps, and will, no doubt, meet with a just appreciation in their - own country, to the shores of which (as the regiment is about to - return home) I earnestly wish them a speedy and prosperous voyage. - - “I cannot conclude without requesting the present commanding - officer, Major Simmonds, to accept my best acknowledgments for - the zeal and attention displayed by him in the command of the - SIXTY-FIRST Regiment.” - - (Signed) “JOHN WILSON, _Lieut.-General_, - “_Commanding the Forces_.” - - _Dated “Kandy, 27th December, 1838.”_ - - -[Sidenote: 1839] - -On the 12th February, 1839, the regiment marched to Colombo, -preparatory to its embarkation for England; and on the 3rd March, -Her Majesty’s troop-ship ship “Jupiter” came to anchor in Colombo -roads, having on board the service companies of the Ninety-fifth -Regiment, under the command of Colonel James Campbell, intended -for the relief of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment; but in consequence of -disturbances in India, the embarkation of the regiment was directed -to be delayed. - -After performing duty in various parts of the island of Ceylon for -eleven years, during which period the regiment lost six officers -and three hundred non-commissioned officers and privates, it -embarked for England on board of Her Majesty’s ship “Jupiter,” -and the following general order was issued by the General Officer -commanding, dated “Head Quarters, Colombo, 22nd October, 1839:”-- - - “In taking leave of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, which will embark - to-morrow for England, Major-General Sir Robert Arbuthnot should - not do justice to his own feelings, and this distinguished corps, - whose gallantry he has so often witnessed in the field, if he - did not express the great satisfaction he felt in assuming the - command of this island, to find at his first and last inspection, - that the same excellent system, discipline, steadiness under - arms, and interior arrangements existed in time of peace, which - had been the means of gaining them so great honour in time of war. - - “In wishing Major Simmonds, the officers and soldiers of the - regiment, a prosperous and speedy voyage to England, the - major-general must express his warm acknowledgment to the former - for the anxious zeal displayed by him while in command of the - regiment; to the officers for the able support they have given - him, ‘and which is so essential to the well-being of any corps,’ - and to the non-commissioned officers and privates, who merit all - the praise he can bestow, and who, in quitting the colony, leave - behind them the regrets and good wishes of all classes, which of - itself, after a residence of eleven years, is sufficient proof - of the good system, discipline, and general respectability of a - corps.” - - -[Sidenote: 1840] - -In consequence of meeting with stress of weather in the British -Channel, Her Majesty’s ship “Jupiter” put into the Cove of Cork, -on the 4th of March, 1840, and was towed over to Southampton, by -the steam-frigate “Cyclops,” having on board the depôt companies -from Ireland. The whole regiment landed at Southampton on the 12th -of March, and proceeded by railroad to Winchester; where it was -inspected by Major-General the Honorable Sir Hercules Pakenham, -commanding the South-West district, and subsequently by Lord Hill, -the General Commanding in Chief, both of whom were pleased to -express their entire approbation of its appearance, discipline, and -interior economy. - -In August following it was removed to Woolwich, and performed the -dockyard duties there, and at Deptford, until the summer of the -following year. - -General the Right Honorable Sir George Hewett, Bart., G.C.B., died -a few days after the arrival of the regiment in England, and Her -Majesty was pleased to confer the colonelcy of the regiment on -Major-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B., Deputy Adjutant-General of -the Forces. - -[Sidenote: 1841] - -In June 1841, the regiment proceeded by railroad to the Northern -district, and was detached in the counties of Northumberland, York, -and Lancaster. - -In consequence of the reverses sustained by the British troops in -Affghanistan, in the winter of 1841, the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment was -ordered to recruit to the Indian establishment of one thousand rank -and file, and to prepare, with the Fifty-eighth Regiment, to embark -for India. - -[Sidenote: 1842] - -The successful campaign of the following season, and the withdrawal -of the troops from the Affghan territory, occasioned an alteration -in the destination of the regiment. - -In August, 1842, two companies, under the command of Major -Burnside, were called upon by the civil authorities of Halifax, to -suppress a formidable and organised riot which broke out in that -town: numbers of the rioters had assembled from the adjacent towns, -and were so confident in their strength and numbers as to attack -a party of the Eleventh Hussars, several of whom were severely -injured. The detachment of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment was fired on by -the mob, and Captain Hoey and five men were wounded with slugs. -The order was then given to the Military to fire, when the peace -of the town was speedily restored. The owners and occupiers of the -mills and other property at Halifax, and in the neighbourhood, -conveyed a vote of thanks to Major Burnside for his services on -this occasion. - -[Sidenote: 1843] - -In March, 1843, the regiment was directed to furnish, by -volunteers, two hundred men to the Ninety-eighth Regiment, in -China: the required number were immediately produced; and the -detachment embarked on the 1st of April, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for -Winchester, to join the depôt of the Ninety-eighth Regiment. - -In the spring of 1843, the regiment proceeded by railway to -Carlisle, where it embarked for Ireland, and landed at Dublin -on the 6th of April; and was shortly afterwards inspected by -Lieutenant-General the Right Honorable Sir Edward Blakeney, -Commander of the Forces in Ireland, who was pleased to express his -approbation of the appearance of the regiment in the field, and of -its conduct in quarters. - -On the 3rd June, five companies, under the command of Major McLeod, -embarked on board of Her Majesty’s steamer “Rhadamanthus” for -Waterford, on a particular service: the detachment landed on the -following day, and re-inforced the garrison in barracks until the -6th June, when it re-embarked and returned to Dublin. - -During the stay of the regiment in the garrison of Dublin, -Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes died after a protracted illness. This -distinguished officer had commanded the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment five -years, and by his impartial and temperate exercise of authority, he -had rendered himself respected and beloved by all who had the good -fortune to serve under his command. Upon his decease, Major Henry -Burnside was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy on the 9th May, -1843. - -In July, 1843, the regiment proceeded from Dublin to Limerick, -where it is stationed at the commencement of the year 1844, to -which period this record of its services is brought. - -[Sidenote: 1844] - -On the 20th January, 1844, Her Majesty was pleased to remove -Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner from the SIXTY-FIRST to the -Fiftieth Regiment, in succession to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson -Lowe, deceased, and to appoint Major-General Sir Jeremiah Dickson, -K.C.B., to the colonelcy of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment. - -Few regiments have been engaged in services which have called -into exercise the moral and physical energies of the officers -and soldiers to a greater extent than the duties in which the -SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT has been employed; and none have displayed the -heroic virtues of the British military character more fully than -this meritorious corps. - -Whether at the Fort of ST. PHILIP, in Minorca,--in the valley of -the Tagus, at TALAVERA,--on the plains of SALAMANCA,--on the lofty -PYRENEES,--or in the southern provinces of FRANCE, the same valour, -constancy, patience, and perseverance, have shone forth with a -splendour which has elevated the reputation of the corps; and its -conduct in quarters has also elicited the commendations of the -general officers under whom it has served. Deriving its origin from -the Third Regiment of Foot, or the BUFFS, the SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT -has inherited the same spirit which animated the officers and -soldiers of that veteran corps during the wars of three centuries. - - -1844. - - - - -SUCCESSION OF COLONELS - -OF - -THE SIXTY-FIRST, - -OR, - -THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF - -FOOT. - - -GRANVILLE ELLIOTT. - -_Appointed 21st April, 1758._ - -GRANVILLE ELLIOTT served with distinction in the army of the -Emperor of Germany, and returned to England with the reputation -of a brave and experienced officer; he was admitted into the -British service, by King George II., in 1758, with the rank of -major-general, and was appointed colonel of the SIXTY-FIRST -Regiment, on its formation from the second battalion of the Third -Foot, or the Buffs. He commanded a brigade, under Charles, Duke -of Marlborough, in the expedition to St. Maloes in 1758; and -afterwards proceeded to Germany, where he served as major-general, -under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. His experience in continental -service induced him to suggest to the British government the -advantage of having a considerable portion of light cavalry in -the army. The subject was previously under consideration, and the -formation of regiments of light dragoons was commenced in the -following year. He died in Germany in 1759. - - -GEORGE GRAY. - -_Appointed 19th July, 1759._ - -GEORGE GRAY was many years an officer in the household cavalry, and -in July, 1749, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the first -troop, now first regiment, of Life Guards. In 1759, King George -II. rewarded him with the colonelcy of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, -from which he was removed, in 1768, to the Thirty-seventh. He was -promoted to the rank of major-general in 1761, and to that of -lieut.-general in 1770. He died in 1773. - - -JOHN GORE. - -_Appointed 9th May, 1768._ - -The early services of this officer were in the third regiment -of Foot Guards, in which corps he was promoted captain and -lieutenant-colonel, in 1750, first major, with the rank of colonel, -in 1760, and lieutenant-colonel in 1771 On the 10th of July, 1762, -he was advanced to the rank of major-general; and in 1768 he was -nominated to the colonelcy of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment: in 1772 he -was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and was removed to the -Sixth Foot in February of the following year. He died in November, -1773. - - -JOHN BARLOW. - -_Appointed 19th February, 1773._ - -JOHN BARLOW was many years an officer in the Third regiment of -foot, or the Buffs, with which corps he served at the battle of -Dettingen. He was promoted captain of a company on the 22nd of -February, 1745, and afterwards served with the Buffs at the battles -of Fontenoy, Falkirk, and Culloden; also at the battle of Val -in 1747. In 1755 he was promoted major of the Buffs, and on the -formation of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, from the second battalion of -the Third Foot, he was nominated to the lieut.-colonelcy of that -corps, which he commanded in the expedition to the West Indies, -and distinguished himself on several occasions at the reduction of -Guadeloupe in 1759. His services were rewarded with the colonelcy -of the regiment in 1773; and in August, 1777, he was promoted to -the rank of major general. He died in 1778. - - -STAATES LONG MORRISS. - -_Appointed 14th May. 1778._ - -This officer served with reputation in the reign of King George II; -was promoted to the rank of captain in the Thirty-sixth Regiment -in May, 1756; and in 1758 he was employed in the expedition to St. -Maloes, under Charles, Duke of Marlborough. He took great interest -in the formation of the Eighty-ninth Regiment, of which he was -appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant in October, 1759: he served -at the head of this corps until 1763, when it was disbanded. He was -promoted to the rank of colonel in 1772; to that of major-general -in 1777; and in the following year he was nominated to the -colonelcy of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment. He was advanced to the rank -of lieut.-general in 1782, and to that of general in 1796. He died -in 1800. - - -SIR GEORGE HEWETT, BART., G.C.B. - -_Appointed 4th April, 1800._ - -GEORGE HEWETT was many years an officer of the Seventieth Foot, in -which corps he was promoted to the rank of captain in June, 1775, -and he served in North America during the war of independence. In -December, 1781, he was promoted to a majority in the Forty-third -Regiment, with which corps he served with reputation, and was -advanced to the rank of colonel in March, 1794: in May, 1796, -he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and on the 5th -of August, 1799, he was nominated colonel commandant of the -second battalion of the Fifth Foot; in 1800, King George III. -conferred upon him the colonelcy of the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment. -He served in the East Indies, and also in the West Indies; was -promoted to the rank of lieut.-general in September, 1803. He was -inspecting general of the Recruiting Department in 1803; and at the -commencement of the war with France, the Government placed under -his orders all the corps raised under the provisions of the Army of -Reserve Act. He was subsequently commander-in-chief in Ireland; and -in 1806 he was appointed commander-in-chief in the East Indies, -the duties of which important situation he performed five years. -On the 4th of June, 1813, he was promoted to the rank of general, -and in November of the same year he was created a baronet: he was -afterwards honoured with the dignity of Knight Grand Cross of the -most honourable Order of the Bath. He performed the duties of -barrack-master-general for a short period. He was of a kind and -benevolent disposition, was highly esteemed for his social virtues, -and distinguished as a benefactor to the poor. He took an interest -in the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, of which he was colonel forty years, -and expressed a wish to see his corps once more; but took his bed -on the day it landed at Southampton, from the island of Ceylon, and -died on the 21st of March, 1840, at his seat at Freemantle Park, -near Southampton. He was a member of the privy council for Ireland -at the time of his decease. - - -SIR JOHN GARDINER, K.C.B. - -_Appointed 30th March 1840._ - -Removed to the Fiftieth Regiment in 1844. - - -SIR JEREMIAH DICKSON, K.C.B. - -_Appointed 20th January, 1844._ - - - - -APPENDIX. - - _Journal of a March of a Detachment of Troops under the command - of_ LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN JAMES BARLOW, SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT, - _from Cosseir in Upper Egypt to Kenè on the Nile_. - - -I arrived in His Majesty’s ship the “Wilhelmina,” Capt. Sind, at -Cosseir, from Mocha, on the 14th July, 1801, after a passage, -_against the monsoon_, of two months. - -_July 17th._--I was ordered to hold myself in readiness to march -across the desert to Kenè on the Nile, a distance of about 130 -miles, and to take under my command four companies of His Majesty’s -SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, and a detachment of His Majesty’s Tenth -Regiment, infantry, together with a small party of the Eighth -Light Dragoons,--these amounted to 582 soldiers;--twenty boxes -of treasure were likewise put under my escort. The line of march -consisted of upwards of 850 men, including Indian followers, Arab -camel-drivers, &c., &c. - -Before I proceed upon my journal of the very fatiguing march I -underwent, I shall mention a few observations upon Cosseir, in -Upper Egypt. This place is well known as a seaport, and it is, -perhaps, one of the most miserable spots in the universe; a few -wretched mud-houses placed along the beach, with some narrow -lanes branching off at right angles, in all about two hundred -_habitations_, compose this abominable little town. Just above it, -stands a fort which the French had put into a tolerably defensible -state; at all events, it was an _impregnable fortification_ against -the combined native force of Upper Egypt. About three-quarters of -a mile to the westward of it, was the ground where the Indian army -was encamped; this situation is in nature the most sterile and -arid, not a blade of any kind of verdure to be seen,--vegetation of -every description is totally wanting,--and the wearied eye meets -no object but the bare, rugged, and burnt-up hills which bound the -view towards the desert. This frightful country appears quite -unfit for the existence of human beings; nature has furnished it -with no sources of fresh water, and that indispensable necessary -of life is only to be obtained by digging wells in the sand, into -which oozes a kind of bitter salt water, the most _offensive thing_ -to the taste imaginable; and its effects are no less noxious,--as -people who drink it are always (at first) attacked with a violent -vomiting and purging, which is accompanied by the most intolerable -and burning thirst. Our soldiers were nearly to a man, in a more or -less degree, afflicted with this disease, and though it only proved -fatal to a few, still it handled very roughly all those who were -under the necessity of using this detestable water. The heat when -I was at Cosseir was almost intolerable. Provisions were plentiful -and cheap,--the fish excellent; but although the inhabitants -possess as fine wheat as any in Europe, their bread was detestable, -being a kind of dough cake half-baked, or rather burnt, in the -dusty ashes. - -_July 18th._--Every preparation having been made, I marched at six -o’clock, P.M., with the troops, followers, drivers, &c., as already -stated; and our line of march was considerably increased by a -number of asses, the property of individuals, who had loaded these -useful animals with an independent supply of water. We continued -our route, keeping a large range of rocky and burnt-up hills on our -left; a very fine moon shone only to render this dreary scene the -more awful; the setting sun brought us little, if any, relief as -to heat. After marching about five miles we came to some springs, -or rather a black rivulet of water, very bitter, which crosses -the valley through which the road leads. I endeavoured in vain to -prevent the soldiers from drinking of this infernal brook; thirst -was _too imperious_, and I soon found that my orders had been -disregarded by all the rear. Many of the men soon felt the ill -effects of their folly, and began to fall back faint and oppressed, -and this was much aggravated by the very extraordinary closeness of -the heat: what air did exist, was like the breathing of a furnace. - -At twelve o’clock we reached the new wells. I reckon the distance -about thirteen miles, where I found a subaltern officer and a few -Sepoys stationed to take charge of, and protect them. After placing -the necessary guards, &c., I ordered the detachment to lie down, -and we enjoyed a most refreshing repose for about three hours. At -this time the captain of the rear-guard came up, and reported that -a great many stragglers were _still_ behind. - -I ordered the drums to beat half an hour before day, when the camp -was pitched, and the men sheltered from the sun, which rose with -a most blazing and fiery aspect. From midnight, until a little -after sunrise, the air in the desert is delightfully cool and -refreshing (I mean comparatively with the rest of the twenty-four -hours); nature, I suppose, has kindly ordained this comfort to the -unfortunate travellers, and still more miserable inhabitants of -this dreary waste. - -_July 19th._--It was late in the day when all our stragglers -came up. I was much concerned to find that the mussacks[9] (or -water-bags) had leaked considerably, and that I should be under the -necessity of replenishing them from the wells of this post. I must -here observe, that General Baird had caused, both at this and other -posts on the desert, wells to be dug, in order to procure a supply -of that greatest of all necessaries of life (in such a climate as -this)--water. In these scanty sources, it was thick and muddy; -however, even this, could we have obtained it in abundance, would -have been reckoned a luxury; but, alas! a very limited supply was -all we could get: therefore, at half-past five, P.M., I marched. -We passed for some hours through a long and winding valley; high, -brown, rugged mountains, with here and there a solitary eagle -perched upon a projecting crag, were the only gloomy objects that -presented themselves. We continued our route northerly, through the -same desolate wilderness, and at one o’clock I judged it necessary -to halt; but this halting-place was not to be distinguished from -any accommodations, not from a spring or rivulet of water, not from -any shelter from the scorching sun, and more suffocating hot wind, -but it became a place of repose merely from the total incapacity -of the troops to move a mile further: here then I ordered the -baggage to be unloaded, and the detachment to lie down to rest. I -never suffered the tents to be pitched until just before sunrise, -as I found the soldiers always marched more refreshed by letting -them take their rest the instant they halted, than to undergo the -fatigue and confusion of pitching their tents in the dark. No dew -falls in the desert; the air is so greedy of moisture, that the -least wet is instantly absorbed, and sleeping in the open air was -here a luxury. - -_July 20th._--I was much grieved at daylight to find that about -forty men were still behind. I trembled at the horrors these poor -fellows would be exposed to, should they be left destitute and -forlorn in the desert. After seriously reflecting upon this most -melancholy circumstance, I sent for the chief Arab, who, as a kind -of scheik, had some sort of control over the camel-drivers, and -ordered him to collect some of the principal ones; as soon as they -came to my tent, I told them the apprehensions I was under, and -proposed to them to return in the track we had come the day before -for at least seven miles, and promised to reward them liberally for -every soldier they should bring up. All their attention was called -forth by the mention of money, and they became eager to be useful. -Twenty camels set off, and my brother, Captain Frederick Barlow, -SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, very humanely volunteered, notwithstanding -the _intolerable_ heat, to attend the camels. I filled a cag -with a mixture of port wine and water, which he took with him, -and it proved of the most essential service. At the distance of -from four to six miles from camp, he picked up twenty-one poor -exhausted fainting wretches, who, without this assistance, must -have died in a very few hours: some not able to speak, and the -whole totally incapable of walking a step further. One fine lad in -particular, was so far gone, as to lay stretched out on the sand -as if expiring; but upon pouring some of the wine and water down -his throat, he gradually recovered, and he was brought into camp -in a man’s arms on a camel. Water, and afterwards some wine, soon -restored him to sufficient strength to enable him to proceed on -a camel, with other sick men, that afternoon: before two o’clock -all the absentees got into camp. This day we contrived to dine -tolerably well; but for want of water to wet the bags, our wine was -as hot as milk immediately from the cow,--the water we had to drink -was the same, therefore to quench our thirst was impossible. - -At half an hour past nine I marched, and we had not proceeded -two miles, the heat absolutely suffocating, when we were met by -a convoy of camels, loaded with most excellent water. This very -seasonable supply had been forwarded to us from Moila, owing to -my having sent on to the officer commanding at that post, to say -how distressed I was for water from the leakage of our mussacks. -Many of the soldiers quitted their ranks, and eagerly ran up to -the camels to seize upon the water. I had no little difficulty -in restraining them. I even told the officers to acquaint their -men, that I would not permit the camels to be unloaded if the -least irregularity took place. This had an immediate effect; and -as the detachment stood in open column of half companies, the -whole, in less than an hour, were regularly served with an ample -supply, besides filling their canteens; as this water came in large -earthern jars, it was quite cool, and had such an astonishing -effect upon the troops, that we were enabled to get on with great -vigour, and at half-past one on the 21st of July, we reached Moila. - -This extraordinary spot is situated in a ravine between steep and -rugged rocks, and is uncommonly romantic. Here, then, I found it -absolutely necessary to halt, that is, to remain till the evening -of the 22nd, as the men stood in the greatest need of a little -repose. In the course of the day many Arabs came to the camp with -various articles of provisions for sale. Mutton we received as -rations in abundance,--indeed at every post in the desert where -water was to be had, even in the smallest quantity, General Baird -had made depôts of provisions; therefore we had only to carry the -necessary supply for those halting-places where _no water was to be -found_. All our stragglers reached the camp before two P.M. of this -day. - -_July 22nd._--I this day ordered the men to wash their persons, -and otherwise to put themselves into as clean and good order as -circumstances would permit. At six o’clock P.M. we marched. The -road leads through a most romantic valley; at about six miles’ -distance, under some craggy rocks on the left hand, are three wells -or springs of water. Three miles from these are the nine mile -wells, where we arrived at about ten P.M. Here I found an officer -and a party of Sepoys, but was informed by him, that my detachment -was so numerous it would very soon drain the pits or wells he was -posted at; and the next day not a drop of water was to be got from -them. At five P.M. I marched, and just before sun-set we saw a wild -beast, which proved to be a lion. We continued our route over the -dreary, desolate, and solitary waste for seven hours, when I found -the men were excessively fatigued. Accordingly I gave orders to -halt, although we had not arrived at the half-way distance between -the nine mile wells and Legattah. We lay down upon a large and -extensive desert plain, and at daylight, as usual, the camp was -pitched. I had despatched a light camel or dromedary to Legattah -with a letter to the officer stationed there, requesting him to -send a supply of water to meet me on my march to that place; and -relying upon his being able to comply with my request, I emptied -the mussacks before I left this dreary halt, which was by much the -worst we had as yet experienced. At six P.M. we marched from this -abominable and burning spot. After six hours’ march the men began -to complain grievously from the want of water, and I confess I -almost feared the officer at Legattah had not found it possible to -send a supply as I had required; however, a little after midnight, -I had the inexpressible satisfaction to perceive a large escort -coming towards us,--the first thing that attracted my attention -was the glittering of the Sepoys’ arms, the moon shining in great -splendour,--which proved to be twenty-eight camels loaded with -water. Words cannot express the sensations of our poor fellows when -I rode along the line of march, telling them a convoy of water was -in front. I halted, and upon inquiry found that a great number had -fallen behind; after supplying all the others in an ample way, I -caused a captain’s guard, a surgeon, and seven camels’ load of -water, together with every light and unloaded camel we could spare -to remain in this spot, in order to bring up the stragglers. I -then told the rest that those able to march might go on with me, -as after an hour’s rest I was resolved to push on for Legattah -(then distant nine miles) with the treasure and those of the troops -capable of proceeding. To my great surprise, almost the whole said -they could march from the comfortable supply of water they had -first had, and the short repose I had given them; therefore, after -leaving some of the most weakly with a captain, two subalterns, -one surgeon, the water and camels as above stated, I continued my -route, and after two hours’ march had the satisfaction to come in -sight of the lights of Legattah camp. So fatiguing was this forced -march, that I was frequently in danger of falling from my horse -from sleep. An officer of the Tenth Regiment fell from an ass he -rode, and hurt himself considerably. I got in just before the dawn -of day, _all of us exceedingly exhausted_; and it was not until -three P.M. that the captain with the rear-guard and stragglers -came up; this made it impossible for me to leave the camp until -the evening following,--the poor fellows who dropped in during the -day, panting and fainting, were incapable of further exertions. The -thermometer in my tent was here at 114°. - -At Legattah we found a large detachment of Sepoys, under Captain -Mahony, of the Seventh Bombay Regiment: he behaved to us in the -most attentive and liberal manner. We were supplied with every -necessary by this officer; and he fulfilled the duties of his -post, not to the strict letter of his orders, but to the fullest -extent of every humane and hospitable construction of them. The -ensuing march to Buramba was to be a very long one; and I found -it necessary to make it in two, as follows: at six P.M. of the -26th, we left Legattah, and continued our route for six hours -and a half by my watch, when I ordered the detachment to halt, -caused the treasure camels to be unloaded, and directed the rest -with the tents, baggage, sick, &c., to proceed on Buramba. I then -ordered the detachment to be served with plenty of water, when we -all lay down and enjoyed three hours’ most refreshing sleep. A -little before day the drums beat, the treasure was reloaded, and we -proceeded, and arrived at Buramba at six A.M. of the 27th. Here we -first saw verdure: this agreeable prospect opened to us immediately -upon the dawn of day, and infused spirit into everybody. This -village seemed to us a little paradise, and, like sailors arrived -at a shore of plenty and ease, after the perils of shipwreck, -distress, and want, was looked upon by all as a blessed haven. -At noon I despatched an officer with a report to General Baird, -Commander-in-Chief of the Indian army, who was at Kenè on the Nile, -of my having reached Buramba without the loss of a single man; and -at two o’clock A.M. on the 28th, I marched (having previously at -midnight sent on the tents and baggage). Shortly after daylight -we passed two miserable Arab villages; we then found ourselves in -_cultivated ground_, and were eagerly looking out for the glorious -Nile, whose direction we could easily trace from the date-trees and -vegetation apparent upon its banks, although we could not see that -noble river; shortly afterwards we got sight of Kenè, and a mile -or two from it were met by General Baird and his suite. He ordered -me to proceed to the banks of the Nile, and at seven o’clock we -encamped about a quarter of a mile westward of the town of Kenè, -and fifteen yards from the brink of the river. One cannot picture -the joy we all felt at arriving amongst our brother soldiers, after -the ten days of uncommon fatigue we had just experienced. Kenè -abounded with every kind of provision, such as mutton, poultry, -fish, milk, vegetables, &c., the whole at the most reasonable -rates. The heat in this camp was excessive, certainly greater than -at Cosseir. The General ordered the troops to be in readiness to -embark in d’jirms, already collected to convey the army down the -Nile, and which were to rendezvous at Cairo, where the General -meant to collect all his army, in order to carry it entire to -Rosetta, from which place he could make every arrangement for our -junction with the English army before Alexandria. We embarked on -the 2nd of August; the SIXTY-FIRST Regiment, about 900 strong, was -allowed seventeen d’jirms, and fell down with the current. The -distance to Cairo is about 400 miles. We arrived at that celebrated -place on the 11th. The army encamped on the island of Rhoda on the -Nile, between Cairo and Gaza; and on the 28th, the whole being -collected, we re-embarked and proceeded towards Rosetta; and on -the 31st we landed and encamped at El Hamed, four miles to the -southward of that town; two days after which the General changed -his camp to Aboumandour, so called from the tower which stands -just above the Nile, about one mile and a quarter to the S.E. of -Rosetta: it was from this tower that Pousseilgue made such accurate -remarks upon the memorable battle between the English and French -fleets in Aboukir Bay. - - J. J. BARLOW, - _Lieut.-Colonel, 61st Regiment_. - - -SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT. - -RETURN OF CASUALTIES during the PENINSULAR WAR, from 1809 to 1814. - - +----------------+------------------------------------------------+ - | Place and Date | NAMES OF OFFICERS. | - | | | - | of Action. +-----------------------+------------------------+ - | | Killed. | Wounded. | - | | | | - +----------------+-----------------------+------------------------+ - | | | Major R. J. Coghlan | - | | | Captain A. Hartley | - | | | ” W. Furnace | - | Battle of | Major H. F. Orpen | ” J. Laing | - | TALAVERA, | Captain H. James | ” D. Goodman | - | 27th and 28th | Lieut. D. J. Hemus | Lieut. G. Collins | - | July, 1809. | | ” H. T. Tench | - | | | ” G. McLean | - | | | ” J. Given | - | | | Ensign W. Brackenbury | - | | | Adjutant R. Drew | - +----------------+-----------------------+------------------------+ - | Storming the | | | - | Forts at | | Captain J. Owen | - | Salamanca, | | Lieut. J. Given | - | 22nd June, 1812| | | - +----------------+-----------------------+------------------------+ - | | | Major J. Downing (died)| - | | |Captain S. Favell (died)| - | | | ” J. Oke | - | | | ” W. McLeod | - | | | ” W. Greene | - | | | Lieut. S. Falkner | - | | Lieut.-Col. F. Barlow | ” H Daniel | - | Battle of | Captain G. Stubbs | ” J. Chapman | - | SALAMANCA, | ” P. B. P. Horton| ” J. Chipchase | - |22nd July, 1812.| Lieut. A. Chawner | ” T. Gloster | - | | ” J. Parker | ” N. Furnace | - | | Ensign H. Bere | ” J. Collis | - | | | ” J. Wolfe | - | | | ” W. Brackenbury | - | | | ” J. Royal | - | | | ” A. Toole | - | | | Ensign W. White | - | | | ” J. F. Singleton | - +----------------+-----------------------+------------------------+ - | Siege of the | | | - | Castle of | | Lieut. G. Stuart | - | BURGOS, | | | - |in October, 1812| | | - +----------------+-----------------------+------------------------+ - - - +----------------+--------+------------------------------------+ - | Place and Date | | Total Loss. | - | | +---------+----------+---------+-----+ - | of Action. | |Officers.|Serjeants.|Drummers.|Rank | - | | | | | |and | - | | | | | |File.| - +----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - | | | | | | | - | Battle of | | | | | | - | TALAVERA, |Killed | 3 | -- | 1 | 45 | - | 27th and 28th |Wounded | 11 | 10 | -- | 186 | - | July, 1809. |Missing | -- | -- | -- | 16 | - | | | | | | | - +----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - | | | | | | | - | Storming the |Killed }| | | | | - | Forts at | and }| 2 | 1 | -- | 12 | - | Salamanca, |Wounded}| | | | | - | 22nd June, 1812| | | | | | - | | | | | | | - +----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - | | | | | | | - | Battle of | | | | | | - | SALAMANCA, |Killed | 6 | 3 | 1 | 35 | - |22nd July, 1812.|Wounded | 18 | 22 | 1 | 280 | - | | | | | | | - +----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - | | | | | | | - | Siege of the |Killed }| | | | | - | Castle of | and }| 1 | -- | -- | 10 | - | BURGOS, |Wounded}| | | | | - |in October, 1812| | | | | | - | | | | | | | - +----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - - - - - +------------------+------------------------------------------------+ - | Place and Date | NAMES OF OFFICERS. | - | | | - | of Action. +-------------------------+----------------------+ - | | Killed. | Wounded. | - | | | | - +------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+ - | Battle of the | | Captain E. Charleton | - | PYRENEES, | | ” G. McLean | - | 28th July, 1813. | | Lieut. J. Wolfe | - | | | ” G. O’Kearney | - +------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+ - | | | Captain J. Horton | - | Battle of the | Captain W. H. Furnace | ” M. Annesley | - | NIVELLE, | Lieut. C. Kellet | ” H. Eccles | - | 10th Nov., 1813. | | Lieut. R. Belton | - | | | ” A. Toole | - +------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+ - | Battle of the | | Captain W. Greene | - | NIVE, | | ” E. Charleton | - | 9th Dec., 1813. | | | - | | | | - +------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+ - | Battle of | | | - | ORTHES, | | | - | 27th Feb., 1814. | | | - | | | | - +------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+ - | At TARBES, | | | - | 1st March, 1814. | | | - | | | | - +------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+ - | At GRENADA, | | | - | 2nd March, 1814. | | | - | | | | - +------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+ - | | | Lieut.-Col. J. Oke | - | | | Captain W. Greene | - | | | ” E. Charleton | - | | | Lieut. A. Porteus | - | | | ” N. Furnace | - | | | ” T. Gloster | - | Battle of |Lieut.-Col. R. J. Coghlan| ” D. O’Kearney | - | TOULOUSE, | Lieut. H. Arden | ” J. Wolfe | - | 10th April, 1814.| Ensign W. A. Favell | ” E. Gaynor | - | | | ” W. White | - | | | ” J. Harris | - | | | ” G. Stewart | - | | | ” J. H. Ellison | - | | | Ensign J. Wright | - | | | ” C. Eccles | - | | | ” S. Bartlett | - | | | | - +------------------+-------------------------+----------------------+ - - +-----------------+--------+------------------------------------+ - | Place and Date | | Total Loss. | - | | +---------+----------+---------+-----+ - | of Action. | |Officers.|Serjeants.|Drummers.|Rank | - | | | | | |and | - | | | | | |File.| - +-----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - |Battle of the |Killed }| | | | | - |PYRENEES, | and }| 4 | -- | -- | 70 | - |28th July, 1813. |Wounded}| | | | | - | | | | | | | - +-----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - |Battle of the |Killed }| | | | | - |NIVELLE, | and }| 7 | 5 | -- | 82 | - |10th Nov., 1813. |Wounded}| | | | | - | | | | | | | - +-----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - |Battle of the |Killed }| | | | | - |NIVE, | and }| 2 | -- | -- | 8 | - |9th Dec., 1813. |Wounded}| | | | | - | | | | | | | - +-----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - |Battle of |Killed }| | | | | - |ORTHES, | and }| -- | 1 | | 10 | - |27th Feb., 1814. |Wounded}| | | | | - | | | | | | | - +-----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - |At TARBES, |Wounded | -- | -- | -- | 4 | - |1st March, 1814. | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - +-----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - |At GRENADA |Killed | -- | -- | -- | 1 | - |2nd March, 1814. |Wounded | -- | -- | -- | 4 | - | | | | | | | - +-----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - |Battle of | | | | | | - |TOULOUSE, |Killed | 3 | 1 | -- | 13 | - |10th April, 1814.|Wounded | 16 | 7 | -- | 140 | - | | | | | | | - +-----------------+--------+---------+----------+---------+-----+ - - - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] BEATSON’S _Naval and Military Memoirs_. - -[2] Lieutenant-General the Honorable James Murray’s answer to this -proposal is printed in BEATSON’S _Naval and Military Memoirs_, and -is as follows:-- - - “_Fort St. Philip, October 16, 1781._ - “Sir, - - “When your brave ancestor was desired by his sovereign to - assassinate the Duc de Guise, he returned the answer which you - should have done, when the King of Spain charged you to assassinate - the character of a man whose birth is as illustrious as your own, - or that of the Duc de Guise. I can have no further communication - with you but in arms. If you have any humanity, you may send - clothing to your unfortunate prisoners in my possession; leave it - at a distance, because I will admit of no contact for the future - but such as is hostile in the most inveterate degree. - - “I am, &c., - “JAMES MURRAY.” - - “_To the Duc de Crillon._” - - -[3] Lieut.-Colonel Barlow wrote a journal of this march, which is -printed at the end of this Record. - -[4] The grenadier company of the SIXTY-FIRST was selected -by Major-General Stuart, for his personal escort during the -reconnoissance which he made before the battle. - -[5] Casualties at the battle of Salamanca,-- - - Officers. Soldiers. - Strength in the field. 27 420 - Killed and wounded 24 342 - -- --- - Remaining 3 78 - -Six reliefs of officers and serjeants were shot under the colours. - -[6] Lieut.-Colonel ROBERT JOHN COGHLAN was a most distinguished -and gallant officer, and highly respected and beloved by the -SIXTY-FIRST, who cherished the memory of his exalted virtues w -peculiar veneration. The regimental record shows the number of -times he led the corps to battle and to victory, and the honorary -distinctions he had acquired. The Duke of Wellington directed his -remains to be removed from the grave in which they had been hastily -laid, on the field of battle, and honored with a public funeral -himself attending to pay the last tribute of respect to departed -valour. A marble slab, placed by his brother officers in the -Protestant churchyard of Toulouse, marks the spot where the remains -of this gallant officer are deposited. - -[7] Lieutenant Norbury Furnace had fought with his regiment in -every battle and skirmish in which it had been engaged in the -Peninsula and South of France, and had lost two brothers gallantly -combating in the same cause. - -[8] Lieutenant William White was on his way to join the regiment -from Ireland; hearing at Tarbes of the probability of an action -at Toulouse, he travelled by post to arrive in time to take part -in it. He was twice wounded, and, although bleeding profusely, he -refused to quit his post. A general officer saw the state he was -in, and directed him to be taken to the surgeons. - -[9] Mussacks are large leathern bags made so as to hold water, and -are placed on the backs of camels like panniers. - - - - - TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE - - The roman page numbering at the front of the book goes from iii - to viii, then from v to viii again; this has not been changed. - - Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been - corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within - the text and consultation of external sources. - - Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, - and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. - - Pg vi: page number ‘53’ added to the ‘Conclusion’ entry. - Pg 11: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’. - Pg 12: ‘Sidenote: 1771’ inserted before ‘Three years ...’ - (to be consistent with the Table of Contents entry for 1771). - Pg 15: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’. - Pg 22: ‘the troop under’ replaced by ‘the troops under’. - Pg 49: ‘preparatorily to its’ replaced by ‘preparatory to its’. - Pg 56: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE -SIXTY-FIRST, OR THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT : CONTAINING AN -ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1758, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT -SERVICES TO 1844. *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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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> - -<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:1em; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Title: Historical Record of the Sixty-first, or the South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot : containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1758, and of its subsequent services to 1844.</p> - -<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: October 29, 2021 [eBook #66629]</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 SIXTY-FIRST, OR THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT : CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1758, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1844. ***</div> - - -<div class="transnote"> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>Footnote anchors are denoted by <span class="fnanchor">[number]</span>, -and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the book.</p> - -<p>The large wide table on <a href="#Page_67">page 67</a> and 68 in the original book has been -split into two parts, with the first column repeated in the second -part.</p> - -<p>Some minor changes to the text are noted at the <a href="#TN">end of the book.</a> -<span class="screenonly">These are indicated by a <ins class="corr">dotted gray</ins> underline.</span></p> -</div> - - -<div class="figcenter illowp70" style="max-width: 35em;"> -<img class="w100" src="images/cover.jpg" alt="original cover" /> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<p class="p6 pfs135">HISTORICAL RECORDS</p> - -<p class="p3 pfs60">OF</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs180 lsp">THE BRITISH ARMY.</p> - - -<hr class="p6 chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_iii"></a>[iii]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak lsp" id="GENERAL_ORDERS">GENERAL ORDERS.</h2> -</div> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p class="p2 right fs80"><em>HORSE-GUARDS</em>,</p> -<p class="right fs80"><em>1st January, 1836</em>.</p> - -<p>His Majesty has been pleased to command, -that, with a 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> - -<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_iv"></a>[iv]</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> - -<p class="right padr2">By Command of the Right Honourable</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_v"></a>[v]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak lsp2" id="PREFACE">PREFACE.</h2> -</div> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p class="noindent">The character and credit of the British Army must chiefly -depend upon the zeal and ardour, by which all who enter -into its service are animated, and consequently it is of the -highest importance that any measure calculated to excite the -spirit of emulation, by which alone great and gallant actions -are achieved, should be adopted.</p> - -<p>Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment of -this desirable object, than a full display of the noble deeds -with which the Military History of our country abounds. -To hold forth these bright examples to the imitation of the -youthful soldier, and thus to incite him to emulate the -meritorious conduct of those who have preceded him in their -honourable 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 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_vi"></a>[vi]</span> -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 long a period, been undisturbed by the -<em>presence of war</em>, which few other countries have escaped, -comparatively little is known of the vicissitudes of active -service, and of the casualties of climate, to which, even -during peace, the British Troops are exposed in every part -of the globe, with little or no interval of repose.</p> - -<p>In their tranquil enjoyment of the blessings which the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_vii"></a>[vii]</span> -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 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<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_viii"></a>[viii]</span> -served, or are serving, in the Army, an <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Esprit de Corps</i>—an -attachment to every thing belonging to their Regiment; -to such persons a narrative of the services of their own Corps -cannot fail to prove interesting. Authentic accounts of the -actions of the great,—the valiant,—the loyal, have always -been of paramount interest with a brave and civilized people. -Great Britain has produced a race of heroes who, in moments -of danger and terror, have stood, “firm as the rocks -of their native shore;” and when half the World has been -arrayed against them, they have fought the battles of their -Country with unshaken fortitude. It is presumed that a -record of achievements in war,—victories so complete and -surprising, gained by our countrymen,—our brothers,—our -fellow-citizens in arms,—a record which revives the memory -of the brave, and brings their gallant deeds before us, will -certainly prove acceptable to the public.</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"></div> - -<h1> -<span class="lsp2">HISTORICAL RECORD</span><br /> -<span class="fs60">OF</span><br /> -<span class="fs135">THE SIXTY-FIRST,</span><br /> -<span class="fs60">OR THE</span><br /> -<span class="fs120">SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT</span><br /> -<span class="fs60">OF</span><br /> -<span class="fs150 lsp2">FOOT:</span> -</h1> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs90 lsp lht">THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT<br /> -IN 1758,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">AND OF</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs90 lht">ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES<br /> -TO 1844.</p> - -<p class="p1"> </p> -<hr class="r20a" /> -<p class="pfs80"><em>ILLUSTRATED WITH A PLATE OF THE COLOURS<br /> -AND UNIFORM.</em></p> -<hr class="r20a" /> - -<p class="p2 pfs90">LONDON:</p> -<p class="pfs90">PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER,</p> -<p class="pfs90"><em>MILITARY LIBRARY, WHITEHALL</em>.</p> - -<hr class="r5a" /> -<p class="pfs60">M.DCCC.XLIV.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<p class="p6 pfs60">LONDON:<br /> -HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS,<br /> -ST. MARTIN’S LANE.</p> - - -<hr class="p4 chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<p class="p3 pfs150 lsp">THE SIXTY-FIRST,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">OR, THE</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs100 lsp">SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs180 lsp2">FOOT,</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE WORD</p> - -<p class="pfs120 lsp">“EGYPT,”</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs80 lsp">WITH THE SPHINX:</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">ALSO THE WORDS</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs80 wsp">“TALAVERA,” “SALAMANCA,” “PYRENEES,”<br /> -“NIVELLE,” “NIVE,” “ORTHES,”<br /> -“TOULOUSE,” “PENINSULA,”</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">TO COMMEMORATE ITS HEROIC CONDUCT IN THESE ACTIONS.</p> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p class="p2 pfs80">THE FLANK COMPANIES</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60">ALSO BEAR ON THEIR APPOINTMENTS THE WORD</p> - -<p class="pfs120 lsp">“MAIDA,”</p> - -<p class="p2 pfs60 lht2">IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED GALLANTRY<br /> -AT THE BATTLE OF MAIDA ON<br /> -THE 4TH OF JULY,<br /> -1806.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_v-a"></a>[v]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak lsp" id="CONTENTS">CONTENTS.</h2> -</div> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<table class="autotable fs90" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="tdl fs80"> Year</td> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdr fs80"> Page</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1758</td> -<td class="tdl">Formation of the Regiment</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_10">10</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Names of Officers</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarks for the West Indies</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_11">11</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1759</td> -<td class="tdl">Capture of Guadeloupe</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1760</td> -<td class="tdl">Returns to England</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_12">12</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1763</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeds to Ireland</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1771</td> -<td class="tdl">Stationed at Minorca</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1782</td> -<td class="tdl">Returns to England</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_15">15</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Styled the South Gloucestershire Regiment</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1783</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeds to Ireland</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1792</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarks for Gibraltar</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1794</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeds to the West Indies</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1795</td> -<td class="tdl">Attack on St. Lucia</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1796</td> -<td class="tdl">Returns to England</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_16">16</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1797</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeds to Guernsey</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1798</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarks for the Cape of Good Hope</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1801</td> -<td class="tdl">Expedition to Egypt</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_17">17</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1803</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarks for Malta</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_18">18</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">A Second Battalion added to the establishment</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1804</td> -<td class="tdl">Second Battalion proceeds to Guernsey</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_19">19</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1805</td> -<td class="tdl">First Battalion proceeds to Italy</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1806</td> -<td class="tdl">Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_20">20</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Battle of Maida</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_21">21</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1807<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_vi-a"></a>[vi]</span></td> -<td class="tdl">Second Battalion returns to England</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_22">22</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">First Battalion proceeds to Gibraltar</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_23">23</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1809</td> -<td class="tdl">—— —— —— —— Portugal</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Battle of Talavera</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1810</td> -<td class="tdl">Second Battalion proceeds to Ireland</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_25">25</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Battle of Busaco</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1811</td> -<td class="tdl">Blockade of the Fortress of Almeida</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_27">27</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1812</td> -<td class="tdl">Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_28">28</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">—— —— the Forts of San Vincente, St. Cajetano, and La Merced</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Battle of Salamanca</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_29">29</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Siege of Burgos Castle</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_33">33</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1813</td> -<td class="tdl">Battle of the Pyrenees</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_35">35</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Passage of the Nivelle</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_37">37</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">—— —— —— Nive</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_39">39</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1814</td> -<td class="tdl">Blockade of Bayonne</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_40">40</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Battle of Orthes</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">—— —— Toulouse</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_41">41</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarks for Ireland</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_45">45</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Second Battalion disbanded</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_46">46</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1816</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeds to England</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarks for Jamaica</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1822</td> -<td class="tdl">Returns to England</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1824</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeds to Ireland</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1828</td> -<td class="tdl">Embarks for Ceylon</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_47">47</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1840</td> -<td class="tdl">Returns to England</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_49">49</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1843</td> -<td class="tdl">Proceeds to Ireland</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_52">52</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">——</td> -<td class="tdl">Conclusion</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_53"><ins class="corr" id="tn-vi" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: page number '53' was missing"> -53</ins></a></td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_vii-a"></a>[vii]</span></p> - -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<p class="pfs100">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.</p> - -<table class="autotable fs90" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1758</td> -<td class="tdl">Granville Elliott</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_55">55</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1759</td> -<td class="tdl">George Gray</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1768</td> -<td class="tdl">John Gore</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_56">56</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1773</td> -<td class="tdl">John Barlow</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1778</td> -<td class="tdl">Staates Long Morriss</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_57">57</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1800</td> -<td class="tdl">Sir George Hewett, Bart., G.C.B.</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1840</td> -<td class="tdl">Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B.</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_58">58</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1844</td> -<td class="tdl">Sir Jeremiah Dickson, K.C.B.</td> -<td class="tdr">—</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p class="pfs100">APPENDIX.</p> - -<table class="autotable fs90" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1801</td> -<td class="tdl">Lieut.-Colonel Barlow’s Journal of the March of a Detachment from Cosseir to Kenè</td> -<td class="tdr"> <a href="#Page_59">59</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1809 }</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdr">to }</td> -<td class="tdl">Casualties during the Peninsular War</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_67">67</a></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">1814 }</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p class="pfs100">PLATE.</p> - -<table class="autotable fs90" width="90%" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdl">Colours, and Present Costume, to face page</td> -<td class="tdr"><a href="#i_009a">9</a></td> -</tr> -</table> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<div class="figcenter illowp69" id="i_009a" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i_009a.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption">SIXTY-FIRST (THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT.</div> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter illowp58" id="i_009b" style="max-width: 37.5em;"> - <img class="w100" src="images/i_009b.jpg" alt="" /> - <div class="caption">SIXTY-FIRST (THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT.</div> -</div> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_9"></a>[9]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak lsp2" id="HISTORICAL_RECORD">HISTORICAL RECORD</h2> -</div> - -<p class="pfs60">OF THE</p> - -<p class="pfs135 lsp2">SIXTY-FIRST,</p> - -<p class="pfs60">OR</p> - -<p class="pfs120 lsp0">THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs60">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs150 lsp2">FOOT.</p> - -<hr class="r20" /> - - -<div class="sidenote">1755<br />1756</div> - -<p>In the early part of the eighteenth century, the -British Colonies in North America were extended -along the coast;—at the same time, the Indian trade -drew many persons into the interior of the country, -where they found a delightful climate, and a fruitful -soil; and a company of merchants obtained a charter -for a tract of land beyond the Allegany Mountains, -where they commenced establishing a settlement. -The French laid claim to this part of the country, -drove away the settlers, and erected a fort to command -the entrance into the lands on the Ohio and the Mississippi -rivers. These aggressions giving indication of -an approaching war, the British army was augmented -in the winter of 1755-6, and that distinguished veteran -corps, the <span class="smcap">Third Regiment of Foot, or the -Buffs</span>, was increased in numbers to twenty-two companies, -and was divided into two battalions in 1756.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1757</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1757, the <span class="smcap">Third</span> Regiment -formed part of an expedition against the coast of -France, the land forces being under General Sir John -Mordaunt, and the fleet commanded by Admiral Sir -Edward Hawke. The <em>Isle of Aix</em> was captured in<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_10"></a>[10]</span> -September, and an attack on Rochefort was contemplated; -but the wind proved unfavourable, and the -fleet returned to England.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1758</div> - -<p>In the spring of 1758, the <span class="allsmcap">SECOND BATTALION</span> of -the <span class="smcap">Buffs</span> was constituted the “<span class="smcap">Sixty-first Regiment</span>,” -under the command of Major-General Granville -Elliott, from the Austrian service, by commission -dated the 21st of April; the lieut.-colonelcy was -conferred on Major John Barlow, of the Buff’s, and -the majority on Captain Christopher Teesdale, senior -captain of the Buffs. The Regiment, being thus formed -from the <span class="smcap">Third</span> Foot, was permitted to assume the -Buff facing.</p> - -<p>After its formation, the regiment was encamped at -Chatham, with the Thirty-seventh and Sixty-fifth, -under Major-General the Earl of Panmure.</p> - -<p>The following officers were holding commissions in -the regiment:—</p> - -<table class="p1 autotable fs80" width="95%" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>Colonel</em>, <span class="smcap lsp">Major-General Granville Elliott.</span></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>Lieut.-Colonel</em>, <span class="smcap lsp">John Barlow.</span></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>Major</em>, <span class="smcap lsp">Christopher Teesdale.</span></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdl pad3"><em>Captains.</em></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">James Patterson</td> -<td class="tdl">Roger Crowle</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">A. Singleton</td> -<td class="tdl">William Buckley</td> -<td class="tdl pad2"><em>Captain-Lieutenant.</em></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">Thomas Hardcastle</td> -<td class="tdl">John Barford</td> -<td class="tdl">William Gunning</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">M. Brabazon</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdl pad3"><em>Lieutenants.</em></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Acklom</td> -<td class="tdl">Peter Maturin</td> -<td class="tdl">D. Gilchrist</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">W. Peyton</td> -<td class="tdl">S. Pearce</td> -<td class="tdl">Thomas Brown</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Rowland</td> -<td class="tdl">John Poole</td> -<td class="tdl">G. V. Chetwode</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Waugh</td> -<td class="tdl">William Wilson</td> -<td class="tdl">R. Beatson</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Read</td> -<td class="tdl">F. Blomberg</td> -<td class="tdl">R. Kelly</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">N. Doolan</td> -<td class="tdl">A. Leishman</td> -<td class="tdl">J. Badger</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdl pad3"><em>Ensigns.</em></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Skinner</td> -<td class="tdl">John Keir</td> -<td class="tdl">James Savage</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Ireland</td> -<td class="tdl">Edward Crowe</td> -<td class="tdl">John Arbuthnot</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">Jarvis Palmer</td> -<td class="tdl">Samuel Horner</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>Chaplain</em>, George Shaw; <em>Adjutant</em>, William Gunning;</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdc" colspan="3"><em>Surgeon</em>, Peter Johnston; <em>Quarter-Master</em>, Samuel Grey.</td> -</tr> -</table> - -<p>Towards the end of the year the regiment embarked -for the West Indies, with the armament sent<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_11"></a>[11]</span> -against the French West India Islands, under Major-General -Hopson and Commodore Moore.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1759</div> - -<p>On the 16th of January, 1759, the troops landed -on the island of <em>Martinico</em>; but so many difficulties -were encountered, that they were re-embarked, and the -attack on this island was abandoned.</p> - -<p>From Martinico the fleet proceeded to <em><ins class="corr" id="tn-11" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'Guadaloupe'"> -Guadeloupe</ins></em>, -and the forts and batteries on the shore having been -silenced by the ships-of-war, the troops landed on the -24th of January, and took possession of the town and -citadel of Basse-Terre; the French soldiers and inhabitants, -with their armed negroes, retired to the mountains, -and prepared for a desperate defence of the -interior of the island.</p> - -<p>For three months hostilities were continued on the -island, and during this period the officers and soldiers -of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> evinced valour and perseverance -in carrying operations against, and making attacks on, -the posts occupied by the enemy. Captain William -Gunning, of the regiment, was killed at the attack of a -hill near <em>Fort Louis</em>; “he was an excellent officer, and -universally lamented by the army<a id="FNanchor_1" href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a>.” Lieut.-Colonel -Barlow distinguished himself at the head of a detachment -at the capture of <em>St. Maries</em>, when a party of the -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> penetrated a thick wood, and gained the -rear of a strong post, from which the French were -soon driven. The regiment also made a very determined -effort to penetrate the woody mountains, and -turn the enemy’s main position, and the operations of -the day were successful. After much desultory fighting, -the French were forced to surrender the island. -The <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> had a number of men killed and -wounded; and others died from the effects of the -climate: the loss of the regiment in officers was Capt.-Lieutenant<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_12"></a>[12]</span> -William Gunning killed; Lieutenant John -Rowland wounded; Ensign Samuel Horner died. The -conduct of the officers and soldiers of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -was commended in orders.</p> - -<p>On the decease of Major-General Elliott, he was -succeeded in the colonelcy of the regiment by Lieut.-Colonel -George Gray, from the first troop, now first -regiment, of Life Guards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1760<br />1763</div> - -<p>The regiment, having become considerably reduced -in numbers, returned to England to recruit, and in the -summer of 1760 it was encamped at Chatham; in -1761 it proceeded to the islands of Jersey and Guernsey, -where it was stationed until the termination of the -seven years’ war; and in 1763 it proceeded to Ireland, -where it remained seven years.</p> - -<p>On the 9th of May, 1768, Major-General Gray -was removed to the Thirty-seventh Regiment; and -King George III. conferred the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -on Major-General John Gore, from lieutenant-colonel -in the Third Foot Guards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote"><ins class="corr" id="tn-12" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: this Sidenote '1771' was missing"> -1771</ins></div> - -<p>Three years afterwards the regiment was removed -from Ireland, and stationed at the island of Minorca, -which had been captured by the British in 1708, and -was ceded to Queen Anne by the treaty of Utrecht in -1713.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1778</div> - -<p>Lieut.-General Gore was removed to the Sixth -Foot in 1773, when the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -was conferred on the lieut.-colonel of the regiment, -Colonel John Barlow; who was succeeded, in 1778, -by Major-General Staates Long Morriss, whose regiment, -the Eighty-ninth, had been disbanded at the -termination of the seven years’ war.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1772<br />1779<br />1781</div> - -<p>In the mean time the American war had commenced; -France had united with the revolted British -provinces in their resistance; and Spain also commenced -hostilities against Great Britain, and undertook<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_13"></a>[13]</span> -the siege of Gibraltar in 1779. The capture of -<em>Minorca</em> was also contemplated by the court of Spain; -and in the middle of August, 1781, a powerful Spanish -and French armament appeared before the island. -The British troops employed on the detached stations -were withdrawn, and the whole assembled in the citadel -of St. Philip, the garrison of which place consisted of -the Fifty-first and <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiments, two corps -of Hanoverians (viz., Prince Ernest’s and Goldacker’s -regiments), and a proportion of artillery, the whole -amounting to two thousand five hundred men, commanded -by Lieut.-General the Hon. James Murray, -and Lieut.-General Sir William Draper, K.B. The -combined French and Spanish forces mustered sixteen -thousand men, commanded by Lieutenant-General the -Duke of Crillon, who proved an officer of ability. -The British garrison, however, made a resolute defence -of the fortress intrusted to their charge; and the King -of Spain, losing patience with the slow progress of the -siege, caused a large sum of money to be offered to the -British general, to induce him to betray his trust, -which was rejected with indignation<a id="FNanchor_2" href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a>.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1782</div> - -<p>For several months the British soldiers defended<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_14"></a>[14]</span> -St. Philip with great gallantry; but at length the -scurvy, a putrid fever, and the dysentery, broke out -among them with so much violence, that in the beginning -of February, 1782, there was not a sufficient -number of men able to bear arms for one relief of the -ordinary guards, and not one hundred men free from -disease. Under these circumstances the governor -capitulated.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-General the Honorable James Murray stated, -in his despatch,—“I flatter myself that all Europe will -agree that the brave garrison showed uncommon -heroism, and that thirst for glory which has ever distinguished -the troops of my royal master.... Such -was the uncommon spirit of the King’s soldiers, that -they concealed their diseases and inability rather than -go into the hospital; several men died on guard, after -having stood sentry: their fate was not discovered -until called upon for the relief, when it came to their -turn to mount sentry again.... Perhaps a more -noble, nor a more tragical scene was ever exhibited -than that of the march of the garrison of St. Philip -through the Spanish and French lines. It consisted -of no more than six hundred decrepid soldiers; two -hundred seamen, one hundred and twenty royal artillery, -twenty Corsicans, and twenty-five Greeks, &c. -Such was the distressing appearance of our men, that -many of the Spanish and French soldiers are said to -have shed tears.”</p> - -<p>In the articles of capitulation the Duke of Crillon -stated,—“No troops ever gave greater proofs of heroism -than this poor worn-out garrison of St. Philip’s -Castle, who have defended themselves almost to the -last man.” Beatson, the historian of these wars, -states,—“The zeal, bravery, and constancy, displayed -by all the corps composing the garrison of St. Philip, -under an accumulation of misfortunes, may have been -equalled, but never exceeded.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_15"></a>[15]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1783</div> - -<p>Returning to England after the surrender of Fort -St. Philip, the regiment was engaged in recruiting its -numbers until the termination of the war; in August, -1782, it received the county title of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, -or the <span class="smcap">South Gloucestershire</span> Regiment: and in -1783, it proceeded to Ireland.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1792</div> - -<p>The regiment was stationed in Ireland until the -spring of 1792, when it proceeded to Gibraltar.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1793<br />1794</div> - -<p>While the regiment was at Gibraltar the French -revolutionary war commenced, and in 1794 the French -West India islands of Martinico, St. Lucia, and <ins class="corr" id="tn-15" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'Guadaloupe'"> -Guadeloupe</ins> were captured. The French republican government -fitted out an expedition for the recovery of the -conquered islands, and some success attended their -efforts. This occurrence occasioned an order to be -received for the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment to be embarked -from Gibraltar to reinforce the British troops in the -West Indies, where it arrived in December, and landed -at the island of Martinico.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1795</div> - -<p>From Martinico the regiment proceeded to <em>St. -Lucia</em>, and was engaged in the attack of the French -troops on that island in April, 1795, under the orders -of Brigadier-General Stewart. Some severe fighting -took place; the regiment had several men wounded on -the 14th of April; and on 22nd of that month it had -nine men killed; Captains Riddle and Whelan, Lieutenants -Grant and Moore, Ensign Butler, seven serjeants, -two drummers, and fifty-three rank and file -wounded; five rank and file prisoners. A series of -actions followed, in which considerable loss was sustained. -The enemy being reinforced, obtained so great -a superiority of numbers, that it was found necessary -to evacuate the island in June, when the regiment -returned to Martinico.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1796</div> - -<p>In the following year an armament, under Lieut.-General -Sir Ralph Abercromby re-captured St. Lucia<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_16"></a>[16]</span> -and other islands. The <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment having -lost nearly four hundred men by disease, killed in -action, died of wounds, &c., it embarked for England, -where it arrived in October, and commenced recruiting -its ranks.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1797</div> - -<p>The regiment embarked for Guernsey in 1797.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1798<br />1799</div> - -<p>Holland had, in the mean time, become united to -France, and in 1795 the Cape of Good Hope was captured -by a British armament. A rebellion breaking -out on the frontiers of the colony, the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -embarked for the Cape of Good Hope in the summer -of 1798; the regiment arrived at that settlement in -January, 1799, and was stationed there upwards of two -years.</p> - -<p>During its stay at the Cape of Good Hope, the -regiment was employed against the hardy and warlike -tribes of <em>Kafirs</em>, who committed depredations in the -colony. On one occasion the light infantry company -marched upwards of forty miles in one day, to support -a detachment of the Eighth Light Dragoons, in an -attack upon the Kafirs, and the timely appearance of -the soldiers of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> contributed to the -success gained on that occasion.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1800</div> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, with a detachment of -the Eighty-first, built a block-house, and threw up -works at Algoa Bay, and thus commenced the formation -of a settlement at that place, which has since risen -into importance.</p> - -<p>On the decease of General Morriss, King George -III. conferred the colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General -George Hewitt, from Colonel-Commandant of -the second battalion of the Fifth Regiment, by commission -dated the 4th of April, 1800.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1801</div> - -<p>In February, 1801, four companies of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -Regiment embarked from the Cape of Good -Hope, for a secret service; but they were afterwards<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_17"></a>[17]</span> -directed to join the Indian army commanded by Major-General -Baird, destined to proceed up the Red Sea, -traverse the Desert, and co-operate, with the troops -from Europe, in the expulsion of the French “<em>Army of -the East</em>” from Egypt. The remaining six companies -of the regiment sailed from the Cape of Good Hope on -the 30th of March, under the orders of Lieut.-Colonel -Carruthers, to join the expedition in the Red Sea.</p> - -<p>The army from India arrived at the port of Cosseir -on the Red Sea in June, and marched through the -Desert to Kenna on the Nile, by divisions. The -four companies of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, a detachment -of the Tenth Foot, and a party of the -Eighth Light Dragoons, mustering five hundred and -eighty-two soldiers, under Lieut.-Colonel Barlow, of -the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span><a id="FNanchor_3" href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a>, commenced their march from Cosseir -through the Desert on the 18th of July; they -suffered much from excessive heat, thirst, and the -fatigue of a long march through a sandy desert, and -arrived at Kenna in ten days. The other companies -landed at Cosseir on the 10th of July, and commenced -their march on the 20th of that month for Kenna, -where they arrived in nine days, with the loss of only -one man, a drummer, who died of fatigue. When the -company, to which the drummer belonged, arrived at -camp, he was missed, and Private Andrew Connell -asked permission to return, notwithstanding the previous -fatigue he had undergone, and assist the drummer: -his humane exertions were, however, unavailing, -as he found the drummer dead. This humane conduct -brought Andrew Connell into notice, and he was eventually -promoted to a commission in the regiment.</p> - -<p>On the 2nd of August the regiment embarked in<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_18"></a>[18]</span> -seventeen d’jirms (boats), and proceeded down the -river Nile, about four hundred miles, to Cairo, which -city had surrendered to the British troops a short time -previously. The regiment afterwards continued its -route down the Nile to the vicinity of Rosetta. The -siege of Alexandria was carried on with vigour, and -the deliverance of Egypt was completed by the surrender -of the French garrison in the beginning of -September.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> received, in common with the -other corps which served on this expedition, the honor -of bearing on their colours the word “<span class="smcap">Egypt</span>” with the -Sphinx, as a distinguished mark of His Majesty’s royal -approbation of their conduct: the officers were permitted -to accept of gold medals from the Grand Seignior.</p> - -<p>After the departure of the French troops, the regiment -was quartered a short time at Alexandria, and -afterwards in Fort Charles.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1802</div> - -<p>The deliverance of Egypt was followed by a treaty -of peace, which was concluded in the spring of 1802. -In this year the regiment quitted Fort Charles, and -encamped near Alexandria.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1803</div> - -<p>Hostilities were resumed with France in 1803; and -in March of the same year the regiment embarked -from Egypt for the island of Malta, where it was -stationed two years.</p> - -<p>Napoleon Bonaparte having assembled a numerous -army at Boulogne, and made preparations for the invasion -of England, the British military establishment was -considerably augmented, and a <em>second battalion</em> was -formed and added to the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment; it -was composed of men raised in the counties of Durham -and Northumberland, under the provisions of the Army -of Reserve Act, passed in the summer of 1803, and was -placed on the establishment of the army on the 9th -of July.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_19"></a>[19]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1804</div> - -<p>The strength of the second battalion was augmented -in 1804, with the men raised in the county of -Northumberland under the provisions of the Additional -Force Act, passed in July of that year. On the 10th -of October the battalion embarked from Ramsgate for -the Island of Guernsey, where it was stationed during -the following year.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1805</div> - -<p>While the first battalion was at Malta, Bonaparte -was elevated to the dignity of Emperor of France and -King of Italy, and in 1805 he marched his armies into -Germany to crush the combination forming against his -interests.</p> - -<p>At this memorable period the regiment embarked -from Malta, and sailed for Italy with the force under -Lieut.-General Sir James Craig, designed to support -the interests of the allies in that quarter.</p> - -<p>A treaty of neutrality had been concluded between -France and Naples, by which Napoleon agreed to withdraw -his troops from the Neapolitan territory, where -they had been stationed since the commencement of -the war with England; and the King of Naples was -bound not to admit the fleet or armies of any state at -war with France into his ports or territory. These -articles were, however, violated; an English and Russian -armament appeared in the Bay of Naples in -November, 1805, and the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, and several -other British regiments, landed at that city. This -provoked the wrath of Napoleon; and the great success -of the French arms in Germany having enabled -their ambitious sovereign to assume the tone of a -dictator, on the morning after the signature of the -peace of Presburg, he issued a proclamation declaring, -“The Neapolitan dynasty had ceased to reign,” and -denouncing vengeance against the family he had thus -resolved to dethrone, in terms which left no hope -of accommodation.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_20"></a>[20]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1806</div> - -<p>The Russians withdrew from Naples; and the -British, under Lieut.-General Sir James Craig, were -too few in numbers to think of defending the kingdom -against the powerful armies which Napoleon sent -against that devoted country, in the early part of 1806, -under Joseph Bonaparte.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> embarked from Naples in January, -1806; the King and Queen quitted their capital, and -proceeded to the island of Sicily, which was preserved -in their interest by the British; the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were -landed at the city of Messina, on the north-east side -of Sicily, and were stationed there several weeks. The -Neapolitans abandoned their royal family to its fate, -and submitted to the dictates of Napoleon, who issued -a decree conferring the crown of Naples on his brother -Joseph: the city of Naples was illuminated, and the -nobles were eager to shew their attachment to their -new King. Insurrections occurred in several places; -but the French arms were successful, and the provinces -became tranquil.</p> - -<p>On the 26th of February the second battalion -embarked from Guernsey for Ireland, and landed at -Cork in March.</p> - -<p>It was important to England that Sicily should not -fall under the dominion of France, and the restoration -of Ferdinand IV. to the throne of Naples, was never -lost sight of. Preparations being made on the opposite -coast of Calabria, for the invasion of Sicily, Major-General -Stuart, commanding the British troops in -Sicily, formed the design of cutting off the French -division under General Regnier: the flank companies of -the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span><a id="FNanchor_4" href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> were formed in flank battalions, commanded<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_21"></a>[21]</span> -by Lieut.-Colonel James Kempt and Lieut.-Colonel -R. W. O’Callaghan, and being employed on -this enterprise, they had the honor of distinguishing -themselves at the battle of <em>Maida</em>, on the 4th of -July.</p> - -<p>On this occasion the light battalion, commanded -by Lieut.-Colonel James Kempt, of which the light -company of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> formed part, was directly -opposed to the celebrated French regiment, <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">Le 1<sup>er</sup> -Leger</i>; the two corps fired a few rounds at about a -hundred yards’ distance, and then advancing simultaneously -to the charge, both preserved great steadiness -until the bayonets began to cross, when British prowess -proved victorious; the French faced about and fled; -they were pursued, and great slaughter made with the -bayonet. British valour was triumphant at every part -of the field, and the boasted invincible legions of -Napoleon were proved to be inferior to the English in -close combat with the bayonet.</p> - -<p>The British minister at Palermo, writing to the -Secretary of State, observed,—“The battle of Maida, -upon the 4th of July, will long be remembered in -this part of Europe, as a remarkable proof of the -superiority of British courage and discipline over an -arrogant and cruel enemy. Of the nine thousand -men whom General Regnier commanded in the -province of Calabria ulterior, not more than three -thousand are left to attempt their retreat towards -Apulia; the remainder are all either killed, wounded, -or made prisoners. Every fort along the coast,—all -the stores, ammunition, and artillery prepared for the -attack upon Sicily, are become the prey of the victors; -and what, perhaps, may be considered of still -more consequence than these advantages, an indelible -impression is made in this country of the superior -bravery and discipline of the British troops.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_22"></a>[22]</span></p> - -<p>In forwarding a vote of thanks to Major-General -Stuart, and <ins class="corr" id="tn-22" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'the troop under'"> -the troops under</ins> his orders, from the -House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor stated,—“Reflecting -upon the disasters which have fallen upon -powerful princes, and populous territories, under the -pressure of the vast armies of France, I recollect, -at the same time, that they were not defended by -British soldiers, and that, when the triumphal monuments -of Paris shall record the victories of Austerlitz -and Jena, it shall appear upon the less ostentatious -journals of a British Parliament, that upon the plains -of Maida her choicest battalions fell beneath the -bayonets of half the number of our brave countrymen, -under your direction and that of the officers -who were your glorious companions.”</p> - -<p>Major-General Stuart was rewarded with the dignity -of a Knight of the Bath; and was created Count of -Maida by the King of the Two Sicilies. Medals were -given to commanding officers,—the first instance in the -British army. The word “<span class="smcap">Maida</span>,” on the appointments -of the grenadiers and light infantry of the -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, commemorates the gallant conduct of the -flank companies on this occasion.</p> - -<p>Shortly after the victory at Maida, the battalion -companies of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> quitted Messina, and -proceeded to Scylla and Calabria.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1807</div> - -<p>The second battalion, after remaining in Ireland -ten months, received orders to return to England; it -embarked from Dublin on the 4th of February, 1807, -and landed at Liverpool two days afterwards.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1808</div> - -<p>At this period the decrees of Napoleon, Emperor -of France, for the annihilation of British commerce, -were in operation, and the French emperor demanded -that the court of Portugal should exclude British shipping -from their ports, and confiscate the property of -British merchants. This being refused, a French army<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_23"></a>[23]</span> -under Marshal Junot, (afterwards Duke of Abrantes,) -advanced to invade Portugal: when the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -Regiment embarked from Sicily, with the troops under -Major-General Moore, to aid the Portuguese; but -arriving at Gibraltar in December, it was there ascertained -that the royal family of Portugal had abandoned -the country, and fled to the Brazils: under these circumstances -the regiment landed at Gibraltar, where it -remained during the year 1808, receiving reinforcements -from time to time from the second battalion, -which was removed to Guernsey in the summer of this -year.</p> - -<p>While the regiment was at Gibraltar, Portugal was -delivered from the power of France by British skill -and valour; but Spain was subject to the oppression -of Napoleon, who had removed his brother Joseph -from the throne of Naples, and caused him to be -proclaimed King of Spain.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1809</div> - -<p>In the summer of 1809, the regiment was ordered -to proceed to Portugal, to take part in the attempt to -deliver the Peninsula; it embarked from Gibraltar on -the 9th of June, arrived at Lisbon in eleven days, and -advancing up the country, joined the army commanded -by Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, at Oropesa, -where it was attached to Brigadier-General Cameron’s -brigade, in the first division, commanded by Major-General -Sherbrooke.</p> - -<p>The regiment shared in the movements and privations -which preceded the battle of <em>Talavera</em>; and when -the army formed in position, it was posted, with its -division, in the front line, and near the centre of the -British troops, with the light infantry among the -underwood and trees in front of the line. On the -evening of the 27th of July, the enemy made a determined -attack on the height on the left of the position, -when the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment was moved to the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_24"></a>[24]</span> -support of the troops attacked, who repulsed their opponents -with the bayonet, and the regiment returned to -its former post, having lost three men killed; Major -Robert John Coghlan, and three soldiers wounded. -Another attack on the left was repulsed early on the -following morning.</p> - -<p>About mid-day on the 28th of July, the numerous -artillery of the enemy opened a heavy fire, under the -cover of which the columns of attack advanced against -the British line. The French bullets smote the ranks -of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> with fatal effect, and one shell -killed four grenadiers and wounded three others. The -French battalions cleared the ravine, and ascended the -position in full assurance of victory; but they were -received with a general fire of all arms, and charged -with bayonets with so much vigour, that they were -speedily forced back: the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> closed on their -adversaries with distinguished gallantry, and following -up their first advantage, drove the French beyond the -ravine. Having become broken by a rapid advance -over rugged ground abounding with obstructions, the -regiment re-formed its ranks under a heavy fire. The -distinguished conduct of Corporal Rose, on this occasion, -was rewarded with the rank of serjeant in the -field, and a subsequent display of zeal for the service, -procured him a commission.</p> - -<p>The French were repulsed at all points, and they -retired during the night.</p> - -<p>Major Henry Francis Orpen, Captain Henry James, -Lieutenant Daniel James Hemus, one drummer, and -forty-two rank and file were killed; Captains Andrew -Hartley, William Furnace, James Laing, and David -Goodman, Lieutenants Graves Collins, H. T. Tench, -George McLean, and James Given, Ensign William -Brackenbury, Adjutant Richard Drew, ten serjeants, -and one hundred and eighty-three rank and file -wounded; sixteen rank and file missing.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_25"></a>[25]</span></p> - -<p>Lieutenant-Colonel Saunders and Major Coghlan -received gold medals; and the royal authority was -given for the regiment to bear the word “<span class="smcap">Talavera</span>” -on its colours, to commemorate its distinguished conduct -on this occasion.</p> - -<p>At the battle of Talavera full proof was given of -the qualities of British soldiers; but the superior -numbers which the enemy was afterwards enabled to -bring forward, prevented the victory being followed by -decisive results, and retrograde movements became -necessary. On the advance of the enemy, the Spaniards -abandoned Talavera, and the wounded officers -and soldiers of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> fell into the hands of -the French. During the retreat much suffering was -endured from the want of provision, and while the -army was in position on the Guadiana, a fever broke -out which thinned the ranks. In the autumn the -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were gratified, amidst their sufferings and -losses, by the arrival of Major Coghlan and Adjutant -Drew, who had escaped from prison at Madrid.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1810</div> - -<p>Three hundred men joined from the second battalion -in February, 1810, and thus restored the regiment -to its former numbers. In April the second battalion -proceeded from Guernsey to Ireland.</p> - -<p>Continuing with the first division of the allied -army, the regiment proceeded to the northern frontiers -of Portugal to meet the French invading army, under -Marshal Massena, who boasted that he would drive the -English into the sea, and plant the eagles of France on -the towers of Lisbon; and he possessed so great a -superiority of numbers, that the allied army was forced -to retreat before him. Suddenly the rugged rocks of -<em>Busaco</em> were seen sparkling with British bayonets, -assembled to oppose his advance, and the desperate -attempts made by the French veterans to force the -position, on the 27th of September, were met by a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_26"></a>[26]</span> -resistance which they could not overcome. The -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were in position on this occasion, and -the light company skirmished with the French marksmen; -but the regiment was not seriously engaged.</p> - -<p>The French having turned the position by a flank -movement, the British army withdrew to the fortified -lines of <em>Torres Vedras</em>, where the invading army found -its progress arrested by a barrier which it did not -venture to attack, and after halting a few weeks before -the lines in hopeless inactivity, retreated to a strong -position at Santarem.</p> - -<p>On arriving at the lines, the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were -removed to the fourth division, and stationed at the -village of Caxaria, and it was in position every morning -two hours before daylight to resist any attack the -enemy might be disposed to make. The regiment was -subsequently removed to the sixth division, with which -its services are identified during the remainder of the -war; it was united in brigade with the Eleventh and -Fifty-third Regiments, commanded by Brigadier-General -Hulse.</p> - -<p>After the retreat of the French to Santarem, the -regiment was stationed at the Convent of Alenquer, -where several officers and men were taken suddenly ill, -and the only remaining monk suggested, that it was -probably occasioned by the water,—the French having, -on their retreat, cast several dead men into the well in -the centre of the square, to save the trouble of burying -them: on examination this proved to be true,—and the -sensations produced by the discovery may be easily -conceived. In a few days afterwards the regiment was -removed to the hamlet of Arunda.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1811</div> - -<p>Unable to fulfil his menace of driving the English -into the sea, and having consumed all the provisions -he could procure, the French Marshal retreated from -his position at Santarem, on the 5th of March, 1811,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_27"></a>[27]</span> -and the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were engaged in following the -retreat of the enemy to the frontiers of Portugal: they -were afterwards employed, with their division, in the -blockade of the fortress of <em>Almeida</em>, and were quartered -at the village of Junca, from whence they furnished a -daily piquet near the works.</p> - -<p>The French army advancing to relieve Almeida, -the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> quitted the blockade, and were in -position when the French were repulsed at <em>Fuentes -d’Onor</em>; but did not sustain any loss.</p> - -<p>Resuming its quarters at Junca, the regiment again -furnished piquets before Almeida. An unusual noise -during the night of the 11th of May occasioned the -regiment to assemble at its alarm post, and march -towards Almeida; the grenadier company advanced to -the walls, and Captain Furnace discovered a chasm in -the works, at which he entered and ascertained that -the French garrison had blown up a great part of -the works, and evacuated the fortress; when Major -Coghlan ordered a guard of one hundred men to take -possession of the town, which was found much injured -by the explosions.</p> - -<p>Lord Wellington having undertaken the siege of -Badajoz, Marshals Soult and Marmont marched the -armies under their orders to the relief of that fortress, -when the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> proceeded with their division to -the Alemtejo, and were in position on the Caya. The -French armies having separated, the regiment again -traversed the country towards the Agueda; and in -September the light company, under Captain Owen, -distinguished itself by repulsing, by its steady fire, the -attack of several squadrons of French dragoons, who -had driven back a body of British cavalry near Ciudad -Rodrigo, when Marshal Marmont relieved the blockade -of that fortress.</p> - -<p>After retiring a few miles before the superior<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_28"></a>[28]</span> -numbers of the enemy, the regiment went into winter -quarters, where it received a draft of two hundred men -from the second battalion.</p> - -<p>Colonel Saunders being promoted to the rank of -major-general, Lieut.-Colonel Barlow arrived in Portugal -to command the first battalion, and Lieut.-Colonel -Coghlan proceeded to Ireland to command -the second battalion. Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan had -commanded the first battalion during two campaigns.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1812</div> - -<p>In January, 1812, the regiment was employed in -covering the siege of <em>Ciudad Rodrigo</em>, which fortress was -captured by assault during the night of the 19th of that -month. The regiment afterwards traversed the country -to the Alemtejo, from whence it advanced across the -Guadiana, and was employed in Spanish Estremadura -during the siege of Badajoz, which fortress was captured -by assault on the 6th of April. After these -brilliant enterprises were completed, the regiment -returned to the northern frontiers of Portugal, and -marched to sustain the troops which destroyed the -French works at the bridge of Almarez.</p> - -<p>Advancing into Spain, the allied army drove a -French corps from the city of <em>Salamanca</em>, which was -taken possession of amidst the rejoicings of the inhabitants, -and the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment was one of the -corps employed in the siege of the forts of San Vincente, -St. Cajetano, and La Merced, in which the -French had left garrisons. On the night of the -22nd of June the light company was engaged in an -attempt to capture St. Cajetano and La Merced by -escalade, when Captain <span class="smcap">John Owen</span> led the assault -with distinguished gallantry; he had gained the top -of one of the ladders, and was in the act of entering -the fort, when he was shot through the left arm, which -was dreadfully shattered, and the next moment another -shot in the shoulder precipitated him into the ditch.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_29"></a>[29]</span> -Private <em>Charles Carr</em> saw his Captain fall, and leaping -into the ditch under a heavy fire raised the fallen -Captain,—called a comrade to his aid, and they carried -their officer to a place of safety. The attack failed. -Captain Owen was promoted to the rank of major, -and on receiving the usual pension for the loss of his -arm, he settled an annuity upon Private Charles Carr.</p> - -<p>The regiment sustained considerable loss on this -occasion in killed and wounded, and among the latter -was Lieutenant Given.</p> - -<p>Some delay took place in the capture of the convents, -from the want of ammunition; but a supply -having been received, they were reduced before the -end of June.</p> - -<p>From Salamanca the regiment advanced to the -banks of the Douro, and when the French army passed -the river and advanced, the British fell back a few -stages.</p> - -<p>On the 22nd of July, the opposing armies manœuvred -near <em>Salamanca</em>, and the French commander -making a faulty movement, the British general ordered -his divisions forward and commenced the battle. For -some time the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were formed, with their -division, behind the village of Arapiles, to support -the fourth division, which was engaged upon a rising -ground beyond the village; the regiment was exposed -to a heavy cannonade; and the village was soon in -flames from the bursting of shells. The fourth division -being pressed by very superior numbers, the sixth -division advanced at a running pace to its support, -and on passing the village of Arapiles the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -opened their fire; but the French soldiers were so mingled -with the men of the fourth division, that the regiment -ceased firing for fear of destroying friends as well -as enemies. The French carried the hill, and, elated -with success, rushed forward with great impetuosity;<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_30"></a>[30]</span> -but the Eleventh and <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> gave three cheers, -fired a volley, and charged with bayonets with so much -resolution that the torrent of battle was arrested, and, -after a desperate effort, the French were overpowered, -and the hill was re-captured. Lieut.-Colonel Barlow, -Major Downing, eight other officers, and about a -hundred soldiers had fallen; but the survivors pressed -upon their opponents with the bayonet until ordered -to halt on the low ground beyond the hill. The -French rallied under a cloud of skirmishers, and appeared -intent on attempting to recover the hill. At -this moment the regiment was exposed to the fire of -a number of sharpshooters, and a numerous artillery, -it was threatened with a charge of infantry, and a -hostile body of cavalry was manœuvring on its left, -yet it was as steady as on an ordinary parade; the -surviving officers and soldiers formed four divisions -two deep, and prepared to charge with their gallant -associates of the Eleventh Regiment. Colonel Napier -states, in his <cite>History of the Peninsular War</cite>,—“The -struggle was no slight one. The men of General -Hulse’s brigade, which was on the left, went down -by hundreds, and the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> and Eleventh -Regiments won their way desperately, and through -such a fire as British soldiers only can sustain.” -The southern ridge was regained, and “the reserve of -Boyer’s dragoons coming on at a canter, were met and -broken by the fire of Hulse’s noble brigade. Then -the changing current of the fight once more set for the -British.” In this second advance the Eleventh and -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> drove the enemy before them a considerable -distance. The two regiments then halted, and -being within range of the enemy’s artillery, Major-General -Hulse directed the men to sit down; but the -French fire occasioned many casualties, and the major-general -called the commanding officers of regiments<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_31"></a>[31]</span> -forward and directed them to acquaint their men with -his intention of attacking the heights in front. This -was answered by three cheers from the surviving -officers and men, and an immediate advance, under a -destructive fire from the French artillery and skirmishers; -but the brigade pressed gallantly forward and -speedily gained the summit. The French formed -column. The Eleventh and <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> changed -front, and opening their fire, soon forced the enemy -to retire. The officers and serjeants with the colours -of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> fell under the enemy’s fire, when -the colours were seized by Privates <em>William Crawford</em> -and <em>Nicholas Coulson</em>, who carried them to the top of -the hill. Crawford was instantly promoted to serjeant; -the same rank was offered to Coulson, but he answered -that he was over-rewarded already by the cheers and -thanks of his comrades, and the approbation of his -officers. Serjeant Crawford fell a sacrifice to his gallantry -in a subsequent engagement.</p> - -<p>Lieutenants Wolfe and Armstrong took charge of -the colours, and the regiment continued to advance. -The sixth division was engaged towards the close of -the action, in forcing the French from the last height -on which they ventured to make a stand: and when -darkness put an end to the fight, the British were -victorious at every part of the field; at the same time -the broken remains of the French army were hurrying -from the scene of disaster in confusion.</p> - -<p>The loss of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> on this occasion was -very severe,—Lieut.-Colonel Barlow, Captains Stubbs, -Horton, and Favell, Lieutenants Chawner and Parker, -Ensign Bere, three serjeants, one drummer, and thirty-five -rank and file, killed; Major Downing, Captains -Oke, McLeod, and Greene, Lieutenants Falkner, -Daniel, Chapman, Chipchase, Furnace, Gloster, Collis, -Wolfe, Brackenbury, Royal, and Toole, Ensigns<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_32"></a>[32]</span> -White and Singleton, twenty-two serjeants, one drummer, -and two hundred and eighty rank and file, -wounded. Major Downing died of his wounds<a id="FNanchor_5" href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a>.</p> - -<p>Captain Annesley, who commanded the regiment at -the close of the action, received a gold medal; and the -word “<span class="smcap">Salamanca</span>” was inscribed on the colours, -by royal authority, to commemorate its distinguished -gallantry on this memorable occasion.</p> - -<p>Shortly after the battle of Salamanca the command -of a brigade in the fifth division was conferred on -Major-General Hulse, who took leave of the brigade he -had previously commanded in the following orders:—“His -Excellency the Commander of the Forces having -been pleased to remove Major-General Hulse to the -command of a brigade in the fifth division, the major-general -cannot leave the officers and soldiers of the -brigade he had the honor and happiness to command -for nearly two years, without assuring them how fully -satisfied he has ever been with their excellent conduct, -both in quarters and in the field, during that -period. The major-general wishes, most pointedly, -to express how much he feels indebted to them for -their steadiness and determined courage displayed in -the action of the 22nd instant. It will ever be to -him a source of the greatest pride to have had the -honor to command them on that glorious day. Never -did British troops acquit themselves in a more gallant -style! and Major-General Hulse hopes all will accept -his best thanks for their exemplary conduct, and his -warmest wishes for their future welfare.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_33"></a>[33]</span></p> - -<p>After pursuing the broken remains of the French -army to Valladolid, the British General marched to -Madrid, leaving the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, and a few other -corps, at the town of Cuellar, situate on the declivity -of a hill in the province of Segovia. The French army -being reinforced, advanced down the Pisuerga valley, -when the British infantry removed to Arevalo, and the -French took possession of Valladolid. Lord Wellington -returning from Madrid, the French again retreated, -and the British advanced up the beautiful Pisuerga and -Arlanzan valley to <em>Burgos</em>, and commenced the siege -of the castle, in which service the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were -engaged; many of the officers and soldiers having recovered -of their wounds, were again at the post of -honor, and the regiment mustered about two hundred -men, under Captains Sparrow, Greene, and Annesley, -Lieutenants McLean, Furnace, Wolfe, Armstrong, and -Harris. Lieutenant Stuart was attached to the engineer -department, and was severely wounded.</p> - -<p>For a short time the regiment was encamped about -a mile from the fortress, but afterwards removed to the -Hopital del Rey. Captain Annesley and a party of -the regiment distinguished themselves at the storming -of the outworks on the 4th of October, for which they -were thanked in orders by Colonel Bingham, the field -officer on duty in the trenches at the time. The distinguished -gallantry of Private Edmonstone, on this -occasion, was rewarded with the rank of serjeant.</p> - -<p>On one occasion, the post occupied by a small -piquet, under Lieutenant Armstrong, was destroyed by -a mine, which killed and wounded two-thirds of the -piquet; the enemy at the same time making a sortie. -The lieutenant was thrown some distance by the explosion, -but was not seriously injured; and he took -possession, with the surviving men, of some houses, -and by a steady fire forced the French to retire within<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_34"></a>[34]</span> -their works;—Lieutenant Armstrong humorously observing, -“My cloak is on the post, and the French -shall not even possess that as a trophy.” On another -occasion, Lieutenant Harris and a party of the regiment -evinced great intrepidity on the glacis.</p> - -<p>The concentration of the enemy’s numerous forces -rendered it necessary for the British to raise the siege -of Burgos Castle and retire, and the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -shared in the fatigues and privations of this retrograde -movement. On one occasion the light company, under -Lieutenant Wolfe, was employed in retarding the passage -of a river by the enemy; and the regiment also -aided in the destruction of one of the bridges across -the Douro. The regiment arrived at the frontiers of -Portugal, without losing more than one man during -the retreat. It proceeded into quarters under the -orders of Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan; and was joined by -a strong detachment from the second battalion during -the winter.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1813</div> - -<p>The progress of military organization in Portugal -and Spain, with the arrival of reinforcements from -England, enabled the British commander to take the -field in May, 1813, with a formidable army. He drove -the French from Salamanca, turned their positions on -the Douro, and forced them back in disorder upon -Burgos, when they destroyed the castle and retreated -to the Ebro, the passage of which river they were prepared -to defend; but he turned their position by a -flank march, and obliged them to fall back upon Vittoria, -where they formed for battle. The sixth division -was left behind at Medina de Pomar, to cover the -march of the magazines, and the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were -thus prevented sharing in the victory at Vittoria on -the 21st of June. They were sufficiently near to hear -the firing, and arrived at the field of battle on the following -day, to take charge of the captured artillery and -stores.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_35"></a>[35]</span></p> - -<p>The regiment was subsequently employed in attempting -to intercept the French division under -General Clausel, and when this force had escaped to -France, the regiment proceeded to Pampeluna, to take -part in the blockade of that fortress, from which duty -it was relieved by a Spanish corps, on the 14th of July, -and advanced into the Pyrenean Mountains to San -Estevan, situated in a beautiful valley, where it halted. -Thus, after marching nearly six hundred miles in seven -weeks, passing six great rivers, gaining one decisive -battle, and investing the two fortresses of Pampeluna -and San Sebastian, the allied army stood triumphant -on the lofty Pyrenees, and the officers and soldiers -panted for opportunities to acquire additional honors.</p> - -<p>The French army having been reinforced, and reorganized, -advanced under Marshal Soult, and attacked -the British posts in the mountains, when the allied -army fell back to a position in front of Pampeluna. -The sixth division, to which the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> continued -to belong, quitted San Estevan to support the -troops first attacked; but when advancing, Lord Wellington -rode up to the division, and ordered it to halt -for the night. It afterwards retired through the mountain -passes, and bivouacked, during the night of the -27th of July, in a pine-wood. At daybreak on the -following morning it resumed its march, and joining -the army in position in the mountains, formed for battle -across the valley in the rear of the left of the fourth -division, its right on the village of Oricain, and its left -on some heights.</p> - -<p>Soon after the regiment had taken its post, columns -of attack were seen in motion to commence the battle -of the <em>Pyrenees</em>, where the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> had another -opportunity of distinguishing themselves. A body of -French troops moved along the valley of Lanz towards -the mountain at its extremity, and the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_36"></a>[36]</span> -with two other British corps, were ordered to move at -a running pace and occupy the mountain. The <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -hastened up the hill on one side, as the French -skirmishers ascended on the other; but the British -gained the summit first, and opened their fire with -terrible effect. The French were encompassed in the -valley; two brigades smote them from the left, the -Portuguese smote them from the right, and the sixth -division forced them back with a terrible carnage. The -enemy retreated behind the village of Sauroren. The -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, and two other regiments, advanced to a -post near the village, and the fire of small-arms was -kept up until dark.</p> - -<p>No serious fighting occurred on the 29th of July; -but on the morning of the 30th the British batteries -opened from the heights, and a cloud of skirmishers -advanced against Sauroren. The firing at this point -afterwards subsided; but was eventually renewed, and -the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> had the honor to participate in -storming the village and heights of Sauroren, and in -forcing the French from a position, which, from its -natural strength and advantages, appeared almost impregnable. -The pursuit was continued until night, and -many prisoners were taken.</p> - -<p>The regiment had seventy men killed and wounded; -Captains Charleton and McLean, Lieutenants Wolfe -and O’Kearney, and Volunteer Leebody, were wounded.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan received a gold medal; and -the word “<span class="smcap">Pyrenees</span>” was placed upon the colours of -the regiment, as a mark of royal approbation of its -gallant conduct.</p> - -<p>Continuing the pursuit of the enemy to the extremity -of the Pyrenees, the regiment ascended the summit -of one of the highest mountains on the 2nd of -August, and as the soldiers beheld the beautiful plains -of France, which Napoleon had often declared to be<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_37"></a>[37]</span> -inviolable, spread in rich landscape scenery before -them, they experienced emotions of exultation in the -anticipation of future conquests. In the afternoon the -regiment encamped on a piece of high ground, surrounded -by inaccessible rock, the only entrance to -which was through a chasm; a beautiful stream ran -along the hollow below, with a cannon foundry on its -banks. Two days afterwards it marched to the vale of -Los Alduides: and afterwards penetrated France some -distance; but withdrew towards Maya, and relieved -the second division on the heights commanding the -pass of Maya, where the soldiers threw up breastworks. -The prospect from these heights was particularly interesting: -on the left was seen the sea, and the fortress of -Bayonne; on the right the thickly wooded plains of -Gascony, interspersed with towns and villages; in -front was the French army; and in the rear of the -right and left, the lofty Pyrenees crowned with the -tents of the British army.</p> - -<p>On the 1st of September the division drove the -enemy from two heights in its front; and on the 9th -of October, it again attacked the French, to favour the -operations of the British troops which had passed the -Bidassoa. Three companies of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were -engaged on this occasion.</p> - -<p>Invigorated by the mountain air, and impatient to -win the fair plains of France before them, the soldiers -received with joyful anticipations the orders to advance, -and attack the enemy’s positions on the <em>Nivelle</em>. The -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> descended from the mountains by moonlight -on the night of the 9th of November, and lay -concealed near the enemy’s piquets until the following -morning. The day broke with great splendour, and as -the first rays of light gilded the summits of the mountains, -three guns gave the signal for the attack, and the -French beheld with astonishment the allied army rise<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_38"></a>[38]</span> -from its concealment, and rush to battle with an impetuosity -they were not prepared to withstand. The -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> passed the Nivelle river, and marched -through a rugged country towards the bridge of Amotz, -to attack the works at that place; the skirmishers of -the regiment were in front under Lieutenant Harris. -Advancing up a difficult ascent, covered with bushes, -under a sharp fire, the regiment drove a body of -French troops from a semicircular breastwork; several -officers of the regiment outran the men, who had -knapsacks to carry, and first jumped into the works:—Captain -William Henry Furnace, who had repeatedly -distinguished himself, fell a sacrifice to his gallantry; -and Lieutenant Christopher Kellet was killed about -the same time. The regiment pressed resolutely forward -to storm a redoubt at the top of the hill; its -commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Coghlan, received -a shot through the cap, which grazed the top of -his head,—several officers and men fell, but the regiment -continued its rapid advance, and Lieutenant -Harris jumped across the ditch of the redoubt, when -the French fled in dismay, and many of them were -intercepted in the rear of the redoubt. Lieutenant-General -Sir Rowland Hill came up to the regiment, and -thanked the officers and soldiers repeatedly for the very -gallant manner in which they had ascended under the -enemy’s fire. A second redoubt was captured at this -part of the enemy’s line, and afterwards a third. The -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> penetrated the enemy’s camp, which had -been abandoned and set on fire. The light company -of the regiment was detached on this occasion, and -distinguished itself. A decisive victory was gained, -and the British army established itself in the French -territory. Captains James Horton, Marcus Annesley, -and Hugh Eccles, Lieutenants Robert Belton, and -Archer Toole, were all severely wounded.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_39"></a>[39]</span></p> - -<p>Lieutenant-Colonel Coghlan received an honorary -distinction; Major Oke was promoted to the rank of -lieut.-colonel; and the gallantry displayed by the regiment -on this occasion, was rewarded with the word -“<span class="smcap">Nivelle</span>” on its colours.</p> - -<p>After this success, the regiment occupied quarters -at Ustaritz, which was found an agreeable change; the -bleak summits of the mountains, on which it had been -long stationed, having become extremely cold. The -moral and physical energies of the men were in full -power, and nothing could have withstood their conquering -progress had the weather been favourable.</p> - -<p>Early in December a forward movement was -ordered; and on the morning of the 9th of that month -a beacon lighted on the heights above Cambo gave the -signal for the attack, when the passage of the river -<em>Nive</em> was forced, and the enemy driven back towards -Bayonne. The sixth division passed the river on floating -bridges. The advanced-guard (in which was the -light company of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, formed in a light battalion -under Captain Greene, of the regiment,) evinced -great gallantry, and surprised the first French piquet, -which fled in dismay. Some sharp fighting occurred; -Captain Greene was wounded, and Captain Charleton -was sent from the regiment to take command of the -light battalion. The swampy nature of the country -retarded the advance of the division, and gave time for -the French troops to effect their retreat towards -Bayonne. The enemy advanced and attacked the -British troops on the three following days, but were -repulsed.</p> - -<p>At the passage of the “<span class="smcap">Nive</span>” the regiment earned -another honorary inscription for its colours; and Captain -Greene received a medal. Its loss was limited to -Captains Greene and Charleton wounded, and a few -private soldiers killed and wounded.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_40"></a>[40]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenote">1814</div> - -<p>The regiment was stationed at Ville-Franque from -the middle of November until the 22nd of February, -1814, assisting in the blockade of <em>Bayonne</em>. On one -occasion, when the regiment had gone out for field -exercise, leaving the officers, bât-men, pioneers, and the -quartermaster-serjeant in quarters, a heavy fall of rain -so swelled the stream of the Nive, that the pontoon-bridge -of communication was detached from its moorings, -and was seen floating down the stream. Quartermaster-Serjeant -Rose (who distinguished himself at -Talavera) and Private Thomas Dawson got hold of the -bridge, and, at the hazard of their lives, succeeded in -securing it, by which much inconvenience to the service -was prevented. The quartermaster-serjeant was rewarded -with a commission, and a sum of money was -given to Private Dawson.</p> - -<p>Quitting Ville-Franque, the regiment advanced up -the country, and passing the river near Bereux, by a -pontoon-bridge, on the morning of the 27th of February, -it afterwards ascended by a narrow way between -high rocks to the great road to Peyrehorade, which -brought it into the presence of the French army, under -Marshal Soult, in position near <em>Orthes</em>. The action -commenced in the forenoon. The third and sixth -divisions won, without difficulty, the lower part of the -ridges opposed to them, and endeavoured to extend -their left along the French front with a sharp fire of -musketry. On the other flank the French defended -their post with more resolution. During the early -part of the day, the skirmishers only of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -were engaged, and the regiment was in reserve; -when the French army gave way, two fine battalions -were seen attempting to cover the retreat, and Lieut.-Colonel -Coghlan led the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment against -them at a running pace. The two battalions fired a -volley and retreated, pursued by the British light -cavalry.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_41"></a>[41]</span></p> - -<p>Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan received another honorary -distinction for this battle; and the word “<span class="smcap">Orthes</span>,” -on the colours, commemorates the gallant bearing of -the regiment on this occasion. Its loss was limited to -one serjeant and ten men, killed and wounded.</p> - -<p>Pursuing the retreating enemy on the following -day, the regiment took some prisoners, and, being in -advance, discovered part of the French army on an -eminence near St. Sever; the enemy again retreated -after dark, and was followed on the succeeding days. -On one occasion the regiment lost a serjeant and seven -men in a skirmish; and Lieutenant Furnace, of the -light company, had a narrow escape, a ball having -passed through the collar of his coat.</p> - -<p>The regiment again came up with the enemy on -the 16th of March, near Tarbes, and had a few men -wounded. The weather was fine, the soldiers healthy, -vigorous, and animated with their uninterrupted career -of success, so that they were ready for any service; -but the French continued their retreat without hazarding -a serious engagement.</p> - -<p>Marshal Soult concentrated the French troops -under his command in a fortified position at <em>Toulouse</em>; -and on the morning of the 10th of April, the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -Regiment was in motion with the fourth and -sixth divisions, under Marshal Beresford, to turn the -enemy’s right flank. The regiment being halted beyond -the river Ers, while Lord Wellington and his -staff reconnoitred the enemy, Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan -took that opportunity to address the officers and men -in a short and animated speech, which made a great -impression on their minds. Immediately afterwards -the regiment advanced; it crossed the river Ers, and -marched along the left bank exposed to the enemy’s -cannonade. On arriving at its destined point, the -brigade was wheeled into line by Major-General<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_42"></a>[42]</span> -Lambert, who led it forward to attack a formidable -height occupied by French troops. The enemy descended -with loud shouts to meet the advancing line, -and opened a heavy fire of musketry; the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -rushed forward without firing a shot, the officers animating -the men by their example, and answering the -French shouts with a loud and confident huzza! They -carried the height with fixed bayonets, but sustained -severe loss. Many of the officers having outrun their -men, who were retarded by the weight of their knapsacks, -entered a French redoubt at the moment the -defenders were quitting it, when a number of French -soldiers turned round and fired with fatal effect: of the -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, Lieut.-Colonel Oke, Captain Charleton -(who was calling to the enemy to surrender), and -Lieutenant Arden, were wounded,—the latter mortally. -The regiment advanced along the height until it was -ordered to halt under an earthen fence, which partially -sheltered it from the enemy’s guns. Early in -the action its gallant commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel -Coghlan, was mortally wounded<a id="FNanchor_6" href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a>. In the -afternoon the regiment, much reduced in numbers, -supported the attack of the Scots brigade on a range -of redoubts, from which the enemy was driven with -loss: and the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were directed to occupy<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_43"></a>[43]</span> -one of the captured redoubts. The French advanced -to recover the redoubts; when Major-General Lambert -directed a division of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> to cross the -road, which was commanded by the enemy’s fire, and -reinforce the troops in another redoubt. This was a -perilous movement; but Captain <span class="smcap">Charleton</span>, whose -wound was dressed in the field in time to enable him -to rejoin and command the regiment in its second -attack, placed himself in front of the division, exclaiming, -“I will show the way!” Serjeant <em>Fraser</em> stepped -to follow his captain, and, encouraged by this example, -the division made the movement at a running pace; -several officers and soldiers were, however, hit by the -French marksmen. The regiment defended the post -committed to its charge, and the French were driven -from their works, and forced to take refuge in the -suburbs of the city of Toulouse. At the termination -of the action, the surviving men of the regiment were -brought out of the field by Adjutant Bace, assisted by -two ensigns and Serjeant Robert Hogg, whose name -merits notice from his zealous exertions during the -action.</p> - -<p>The <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> was included, in Lord Wellington’s -despatch, among the corps which had sustained -severe loss, and were highly distinguished throughout -the day.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-Colonel Coghlan, Lieutenant H. Arden, and -Ensign W. A. Favell, were killed on this occasion; -Major J. Oke, Captains W. Greene and E. Charleton, -Lieutenants A. Porteus, N. Furnace<a id="FNanchor_7" href="#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a>, T. Gloster, -D. O’Kearney, J. Wolfe, E. Gaynor, W. White<a id="FNanchor_8" href="#Footnote_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a>,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_44"></a>[44]</span> -J. Harris, G. Stewart, and J. H. Ellison, Ensigns -J. Wright, Cuthbert Eccles, and S. Bartlett, wounded. -The regiment had also eight serjeants and one hundred -and fifty-three rank and file killed and wounded.</p> - -<p>Medals were conferred on Lieut.-Colonel Oke, -Captain Charleton (who was twice wounded), and -Adjutant Bace: and the word “<span class="smcap">Toulouse</span>” was -added to the inscriptions on the colours of the regiment.</p> - -<p>The French retreated from Toulouse, followed by -the British army, and at St. Felix five officers and -seventy men joined the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, from the second -battalion in Ireland, under the orders of Captain -Hamilton.</p> - -<p>Hostilities were terminated a few days afterwards; -the power of Bonaparte had been destroyed, and the -Bourbon dynasty was restored to France. The gallant -veterans of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> were thus gratified with -a complete triumph over the enemies of their country. -They had traversed kingdoms, fought battles, and conquered -powerful armies for the good of Europe; their -valour had exalted the glory of the British arms, and -preserved their native country from the presence of -war: and the word “<span class="smcap">Peninsula</span>” was added to the -numerous inscriptions on their colours, to commemorate -their heroic conduct.</p> - -<p>After reposing a short period in quarters, the regiment -marched for Bordeaux; and at Bazas the Portuguese -brigade, which had long served with the sixth -division, was separated from it to return to Portugal; -a feeling of respect for these brave companions in<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_45"></a>[45]</span> -war pervaded all ranks of the British army: many -reciprocal acts of kindness had marked the estimation -in which the soldiers of the British and Portuguese -armies held each other.</p> - -<p>On the 30th of June, the regiment embarked for -Ireland, when the following order was issued:—“Major-General -Lambert cannot allow the regiments composing -the left brigade of the sixth division of the -army under the Duke of Wellington, to separate -without requesting the officers, non-commissioned -officers, and soldiers, to accept his best thanks for -their services while under his command. Though -the period has not been long, yet it will be ever -memorable; and the distinguished good conduct of -the brigade, so repeatedly mentioned during this -period, especially in the action of the 10th of April, -will ever make him consider his appointment to the -brigade as one of the most fortunate events of his -military life.”</p> - -<p>At the close of the services of the regiment in the -Peninsula and South of France, the names of the -following non-commissioned officers, whose meritorious -services had been rewarded with commissions, were -inserted in the Record Book,—</p> - -<div class="pad3"> -<table class="autotable fs90" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">William Douglas.</td> -<td class="tdl">William Bace.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">William Hack.</td> -<td class="tdl">Patrick Melvin.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">James Nevin.</td> -<td class="tdl">Andrew Connell.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Abraham.</td> -<td class="tdl">Thomas Williams.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Robinson.</td> -<td class="tdl">William Scott.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">William Fortune.</td> -<td class="tdl">Francis Begg.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">George Armstrong.</td> -<td class="tdl">Christmas Knight.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John Thompson.</td> -<td class="tdl">John Bell.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">Simon Musgrave.</td> -<td class="tdl">George Tyrrell.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">William Hall.</td> -<td class="tdl">Samuel Rose.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">John McKay.</td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_46"></a>[46]</span></p> - -<p>The regiment landed at Cork in July, and marched -to Dundalk, where the second battalion was disbanded -on the 24th of October; the men fit for duty being -transferred to the first battalion.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1815</div> - -<p>From Dundalk the regiment marched to Newry, -where it was stationed during the year 1815,—a period -memorable in the history of Europe, on account of -the return of Bonaparte to France,—his overthrow on -the field of Waterloo,—and his removal to St. Helena.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1816</div> - -<p>In June, 1816, the regiment embarked from Ireland, -and proceeded to Portsmouth, where it landed, -and was stationed during the summer months at Fort -Cumberland. In the autumn it embarked for Jamaica, -and arrived at Spanish-town in December.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1817<br />1821</div> - -<p>The regiment was stationed at Spanish-town, Uppark -camp, Stony-hill, and Kingston, in Jamaica, -upwards of five years, during which period it lost by -disease seven officers, and three hundred and fifty-six -non-commissioned officers and soldiers.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1822</div> - -<p>Having transferred the men who volunteered to -remain in the country to other corps, the regiment -embarked from Jamaica in March, 1822, and landed -at Plymouth in May following.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1824</div> - -<p>The regiment performed garrison duty at Plymouth -until the spring of 1824, when it proceeded to Ireland; -it was stationed at Cork until October, when it marched -to Limerick.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1825</div> - -<p>Leaving Limerick in 1825, the regiment proceeded -to the counties of Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, and -Westmeath.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1826</div> - -<p>In 1826 the head-quarters were established at -Athlone, with detachments at various stations in the -neighbouring counties.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1827</div> - -<p>The regiment was assembled at Birr, in June, 1827, -and in July marched to Richmond Barracks, Dublin, -where it was divided into six service and four depôt<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_47"></a>[47]</span> -companies; the service companies embarked in October -for Liverpool, from whence they proceeded by canal -to Fenny Stratford, and afterwards marched to -Chatham.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1828</div> - -<p>On the 30th of June, 1828, the service companies, -under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. P. -Barlow, embarked from Gravesend for the island of -Ceylon where, they arrived in November, and landed at -Colombo.</p> - -<p>Lieut.-General Sir Edward Barnes inspected the -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> on their arrival at Ceylon, and inserted -the following statement, in his own hand-writing, in -the Record Book of the regiment:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“Having inspected the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, -commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Barlow, it affords me -much gratification to place upon the Records of the -Regiment an expression of my admiration of its -appearance and high order,—of the coolness, celerity, -and precision, with which it performed the several -evolutions, and of its system of interior economy: -such a state of things evinces the great ability, assiduity, -and perseverance of the commanding officer, -and the able support of Major Wolfe and the rest of -the officers, and is in the highest degree creditable -to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers; and -greatly enhances the pleasure which I feel in the -renewal of my long acquaintance with the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -Regiment, and adds very materially and essentially -to my satisfaction in having it under my -command.</p> - -<p class="right">“E. BARNES, <em>Lieut.-General</em>.</p> - -<p class="noindent">“<em>Colombo, December 18, 1828.</em>”</p> -</div> - -<div class="sidenotex">1833<br />1836</div> - -<p>The depôt companies were withdrawn from Ireland -in November, 1833, and proceeded to Chatham; they -returned to Ireland in 1836.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_48"></a>[48]</span></p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1834</div> - -<p>The service companies remained at Colombo until -16th October, 1834, when they embarked for Trincomalee.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1837</div> - -<p>On the 22nd May, 1837, the regiment sustained a -loss of three officers, viz., Lieutenants Shaw and Harkness -and Ensign Walker, who were unfortunately -drowned, while on a shooting excursion, by the upsetting -of a boat, in a squall off Cottiac.</p> - -<p>The service companies re-embarked for Colombo in -July, and after being inspected by Major-General Sir -John Wilson, they marched for Kandy, where they -arrived on the 22nd August, 1837.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1838</div> - -<p>On the promotion of Colonel Edward Darley to the -rank of major-general, on the 28th June, 1838, Major -Charles Forbes was advanced to the lieutenant-colonelcy, -and the command of the service companies devolved on -Major Simmonds.</p> - -<p>While on duty at Kandy, the following order was -inserted in the Regimental Record Book, by Lieutenant-General -Sir John Wilson, K.C.B., in his own hand-writing, -viz:—</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“Being on the eve of my departure from Ceylon, I -feel much pleasure in adding to the honourable testimonies -contained in the regimental records, the -expression of my approbation of the general good -conduct and military discipline manifested by the -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, during a period of seven -years that it has served under my orders, it having -been, during a great part of that time, under the -command of the present Major-General Darley.</p> - -<p>“It is gratifying to me to be able to state, that at -the present half-yearly inspection, after a lapse of -so many years, I find the regiment in the same high -state of moral and military discipline, in which I had -the satisfaction of finding it on my arrival to assume -this command, and which had previously called forth -the highest eulogiums from my predecessor.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_49"></a>[49]</span></p> - -<p>“To have maintained this character during a period -of more than ten years’ service in this colony, is a -circumstance which cannot but be considered to reflect -great credit on the officers, non-commissioned officers, -and privates of this distinguished corps, and will, no -doubt, meet with a just appreciation in their own -country, to the shores of which (as the regiment is -about to return home) I earnestly wish them a speedy -and prosperous voyage.</p> - -<p>“I cannot conclude without requesting the present -commanding officer, Major Simmonds, to accept my -best acknowledgments for the zeal and attention displayed -by him in the command of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -Regiment.”</p> - -<p class="right"> -(Signed) “JOHN WILSON, <em>Lieut.-General</em>,<br /> -<span class="padr2">“<em>Commanding the Forces</em>.”</span></p> - -<p class="noindent"><em>Dated “Kandy, 27th December, 1838.”</em></p> -</div> - -<div class="sidenote">1839</div> - -<p>On the 12th February, 1839, the regiment marched -to Colombo, <ins class="corr" id="tn-49" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'preparatorily to its'"> -preparatory to its</ins> embarkation for England; -and on the 3rd March, Her Majesty’s troop-ship -ship “Jupiter” came to anchor in Colombo roads, having -on board the service companies of the Ninety-fifth -Regiment, under the command of Colonel James Campbell, -intended for the relief of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment; -but in consequence of disturbances in India, the -embarkation of the regiment was directed to be delayed.</p> - -<p>After performing duty in various parts of the island -of Ceylon for eleven years, during which period the -regiment lost six officers and three hundred non-commissioned -officers and privates, it embarked for -England on board of Her Majesty’s ship “Jupiter,” and -the following general order was issued by the General -Officer commanding, dated “Head Quarters, Colombo, -22nd October, 1839:”—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_50"></a>[50]</span></p><div class="blockquot"> - -<p>“In taking leave of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, -which will embark to-morrow for England, Major-General -Sir Robert Arbuthnot should not do justice -to his own feelings, and this distinguished corps, -whose gallantry he has so often witnessed in the -field, if he did not express the great satisfaction he -felt in assuming the command of this island, to find -at his first and last inspection, that the same excellent -system, discipline, steadiness under arms, and -interior arrangements existed in time of peace, which -had been the means of gaining them so great honour -in time of war.</p> - -<p>“In wishing Major Simmonds, the officers and -soldiers of the regiment, a prosperous and speedy -voyage to England, the major-general must express -his warm acknowledgment to the former for the -anxious zeal displayed by him while in command of -the regiment; to the officers for the able support -they have given him, ‘and which is so essential to -the well-being of any corps,’ and to the non-commissioned -officers and privates, who merit all the -praise he can bestow, and who, in quitting the -colony, leave behind them the regrets and good -wishes of all classes, which of itself, after a residence -of eleven years, is sufficient proof of the good -system, discipline, and general respectability of a -corps.”</p> -</div> - -<div class="sidenote">1840</div> - -<p>In consequence of meeting with stress of weather in -the British Channel, Her Majesty’s ship “Jupiter” put -into the Cove of Cork, on the 4th of March, 1840, and -was towed over to Southampton, by the steam-frigate -“Cyclops,” having on board the depôt companies from -Ireland. The whole regiment landed at Southampton -on the 12th of March, and proceeded by railroad to -Winchester; where it was inspected by Major-General -the Honorable Sir Hercules Pakenham, commanding the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_51"></a>[51]</span> -South-West district, and subsequently by Lord Hill, -the General Commanding in Chief, both of whom were -pleased to express their entire approbation of its appearance, -discipline, and interior economy.</p> - -<p>In August following it was removed to Woolwich, -and performed the dockyard duties there, and at -Deptford, until the summer of the following year.</p> - -<p>General the Right Honorable Sir George Hewett, -Bart., G.C.B., died a few days after the arrival of the -regiment in England, and Her Majesty was pleased to -confer the colonelcy of the regiment on Major-General -Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B., Deputy Adjutant-General -of the Forces.</p> - -<div class="sidenotex">1841</div> - -<p>In June 1841, the regiment proceeded by railroad -to the Northern district, and was detached in the counties -of Northumberland, York, and Lancaster.</p> - -<p>In consequence of the reverses sustained by the -British troops in Affghanistan, in the winter of 1841, -the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment was ordered to recruit to -the Indian establishment of one thousand rank and file, -and to prepare, with the Fifty-eighth Regiment, to -embark for India.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1842</div> - -<p>The successful campaign of the following season, -and the withdrawal of the troops from the Affghan -territory, occasioned an alteration in the destination of -the regiment.</p> - -<p>In August, 1842, two companies, under the command -of Major Burnside, were called upon by the civil -authorities of Halifax, to suppress a formidable and -organised riot which broke out in that town: numbers of -the rioters had assembled from the adjacent towns, and -were so confident in their strength and numbers as -to attack a party of the Eleventh Hussars, several of -whom were severely injured. The detachment of the -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment was fired on by the mob, and -Captain Hoey and five men were wounded with slugs.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_52"></a>[52]</span> -The order was then given to the Military to fire, when -the peace of the town was speedily restored. The -owners and occupiers of the mills and other property -at Halifax, and in the neighbourhood, conveyed a vote -of thanks to Major Burnside for his services on this -occasion.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1843</div> - -<p>In March, 1843, the regiment was directed to furnish, -by volunteers, two hundred men to the Ninety-eighth -Regiment, in China: the required number were -immediately produced; and the detachment embarked -on the 1st of April, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, for Winchester, -to join the depôt of the Ninety-eighth Regiment.</p> - -<p>In the spring of 1843, the regiment proceeded by -railway to Carlisle, where it embarked for Ireland, and -landed at Dublin on the 6th of April; and was shortly -afterwards inspected by Lieutenant-General the Right -Honorable Sir Edward Blakeney, Commander of the -Forces in Ireland, who was pleased to express his -approbation of the appearance of the regiment in the -field, and of its conduct in quarters.</p> - -<p>On the 3rd June, five companies, under the command -of Major McLeod, embarked on board of Her -Majesty’s steamer “Rhadamanthus” for Waterford, -on a particular service: the detachment landed on the -following day, and re-inforced the garrison in barracks -until the 6th June, when it re-embarked and returned -to Dublin.</p> - -<p>During the stay of the regiment in the garrison -of Dublin, Lieutenant-Colonel Forbes died after a -protracted illness. This distinguished officer had commanded -the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment five years, and by -his impartial and temperate exercise of authority, he -had rendered himself respected and beloved by all who -had the good fortune to serve under his command. -Upon his decease, Major Henry Burnside was promoted -to the lieutenant-colonelcy on the 9th May, 1843.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_53"></a>[53]</span></p> - -<p>In July, 1843, the regiment proceeded from Dublin -to Limerick, where it is stationed at the commencement -of the year 1844, to which period this record of its -services is brought.</p> - -<div class="sidenote">1844</div> - -<p>On the 20th January, 1844, Her Majesty was -pleased to remove Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner -from the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> to the Fiftieth Regiment, -in succession to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, -deceased, and to appoint Major-General Sir Jeremiah -Dickson, K.C.B., to the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -Regiment.</p> - -<p>Few regiments have been engaged in services which -have called into exercise the moral and physical energies -of the officers and soldiers to a greater extent than -the duties in which the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first Regiment</span> has -been employed; and none have displayed the heroic -virtues of the British military character more fully -than this meritorious corps.</p> - -<p>Whether at the Fort of <span class="smcap">St. Philip</span>, in Minorca,—in -the valley of the Tagus, at <span class="smcap">Talavera</span>,—on the -plains of <span class="smcap">Salamanca</span>,—on the lofty <span class="smcap">Pyrenees</span>,—or -in the southern provinces of <span class="smcap">France</span>, the same valour, -constancy, patience, and perseverance, have shone -forth with a splendour which has elevated the reputation -of the corps; and its conduct in quarters has also -elicited the commendations of the general officers -under whom it has served. Deriving its origin from -the Third Regiment of Foot, or the <span class="smcap">Buffs</span>, the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first -Regiment</span> has inherited the same spirit which -animated the officers and soldiers of that veteran corps -during the wars of three centuries.</p> - - -<p class="p2 pfs120">1844.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_54"></a>[54]</span><br /> - <span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_55"></a>[55]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="SUCCESSION_OF_COLONELS">SUCCESSION OF COLONELS</h2> -</div> - - -<p class="pfs60">OF</p> - -<p class="pfs135 lsp2">THE SIXTY-FIRST,</p> - -<p class="p1 pfs60">OR,</p> - -<p class="pfs120 lsp0">THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF</p> - -<p class="pfs150 lsp2">FOOT.</p> - -<hr class="r20" /> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Granville Elliott.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 21st April, 1758.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Granville Elliott</span> served with distinction in the army -of the Emperor of Germany, and returned to England with -the reputation of a brave and experienced officer; he was -admitted into the British service, by King George II., in -1758, with the rank of major-general, and was appointed -colonel of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, on its formation from -the second battalion of the Third Foot, or the Buffs. He -commanded a brigade, under Charles, Duke of Marlborough, -in the expedition to St. Maloes in 1758; and afterwards -proceeded to Germany, where he served as major-general, -under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. His experience in -continental service induced him to suggest to the British -government the advantage of having a considerable portion -of light cavalry in the army. The subject was previously -under consideration, and the formation of regiments of light -dragoons was commenced in the following year. He died in -Germany in 1759.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">George Gray.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 19th July, 1759.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">George Gray</span> was many years an officer in the household -cavalry, and in July, 1749, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_56"></a>[56]</span> -of the first troop, now first regiment, of Life Guards. -In 1759, King George II. rewarded him with the colonelcy -of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, from which he was removed, -in 1768, to the Thirty-seventh. He was promoted to the -rank of major-general in 1761, and to that of lieut.-general -in 1770. He died in 1773.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">John Gore.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 9th May, 1768.</em></p> - -<p>The early services of this officer were in the third regiment -of Foot Guards, in which corps he was promoted captain -and lieutenant-colonel, in 1750, first major, with the rank of -colonel, in 1760, and lieutenant-colonel in 1771 On the 10th -of July, 1762, he was advanced to the rank of major-general; -and in 1768 he was nominated to the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -Regiment: in 1772 he was promoted to the rank of -lieut.-general, and was removed to the Sixth Foot in February -of the following year. He died in November, 1773.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">John Barlow.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 19th February, 1773.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">John Barlow</span> was many years an officer in the Third -regiment of foot, or the Buffs, with which corps he served at -the battle of Dettingen. He was promoted captain of a -company on the 22nd of February, 1745, and afterwards -served with the Buffs at the battles of Fontenoy, Falkirk, -and Culloden; also at the battle of Val in 1747. In 1755 -he was promoted major of the Buffs, and on the formation of -the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, from the second battalion of the -Third Foot, he was nominated to the lieut.-colonelcy of that -corps, which he commanded in the expedition to the West -Indies, and distinguished himself on several occasions at the -reduction of <ins class="corr" id="tn-56" title="Transcriber’s Note—Original text: 'Guadaloupe'"> -Guadeloupe</ins> in 1759. His services were rewarded -with the colonelcy of the regiment in 1773; and in -August, 1777, he was promoted to the rank of major general. -He died in 1778.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_57"></a>[57]</span></p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Staates Long Morriss.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 14th May. 1778.</em></p> - -<p>This officer served with reputation in the reign of King -George II; was promoted to the rank of captain in the -Thirty-sixth Regiment in May, 1756; and in 1758 he was -employed in the expedition to St. Maloes, under Charles, -Duke of Marlborough. He took great interest in the formation -of the Eighty-ninth Regiment, of which he was appointed -lieutenant-colonel commandant in October, 1759: he -served at the head of this corps until 1763, when it was -disbanded. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in -1772; to that of major-general in 1777; and in the following -year he was nominated to the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> -Regiment. He was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general -in 1782, and to that of general in 1796. He died in 1800.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir George Hewett, Bart., G.C.B.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 4th April, 1800.</em></p> - -<p><span class="smcap">George Hewett</span> was many years an officer of the -Seventieth Foot, in which corps he was promoted to the rank -of captain in June, 1775, and he served in North America -during the war of independence. In December, 1781, he -was promoted to a majority in the Forty-third Regiment, with -which corps he served with reputation, and was advanced to -the rank of colonel in March, 1794: in May, 1796, he was -promoted to the rank of major-general, and on the 5th of -August, 1799, he was nominated colonel commandant of the -second battalion of the Fifth Foot; in 1800, King George III. -conferred upon him the colonelcy of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment. -He served in the East Indies, and also in the West -Indies; was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general in September, -1803. He was inspecting general of the Recruiting -Department in 1803; and at the commencement of the war -with France, the Government placed under his orders all the -corps raised under the provisions of the Army of Reserve Act. -He was subsequently commander-in-chief in Ireland; and in -1806 he was appointed commander-in-chief in the East<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_58"></a>[58]</span> -Indies, the duties of which important situation he performed -five years. On the 4th of June, 1813, he was promoted to -the rank of general, and in November of the same year he -was created a baronet: he was afterwards honoured with the -dignity of Knight Grand Cross of the most honourable Order -of the Bath. He performed the duties of barrack-master-general -for a short period. He was of a kind and benevolent -disposition, was highly esteemed for his social virtues, and -distinguished as a benefactor to the poor. He took an interest -in the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, of which he was colonel -forty years, and expressed a wish to see his corps once more; -but took his bed on the day it landed at Southampton, from -the island of Ceylon, and died on the 21st of March, 1840, -at his seat at Freemantle Park, near Southampton. He was -a member of the privy council for Ireland at the time of his -decease.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 30th March 1840.</em></p> - -<p>Removed to the Fiftieth Regiment in 1844.</p> - - -<p class="p2 center"><span class="smcap">Sir Jeremiah Dickson, K.C.B.</span></p> - -<p class="center"><em>Appointed 20th January, 1844.</em></p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_59"></a>[59]</span><br /></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak fs150 lsp" id="APPENDIX">APPENDIX.</h2> -</div> - -<hr class="r15" /> - - -<p class="negin1"><cite>Journal of a March of a Detachment of Troops under -the command of</cite> <span class="smcap">Lieutenant-Colonel John -James Barlow, Sixty-first Regiment</span>, <i>from -Cosseir in Upper Egypt to Kenè on the Nile</i>.</p> - -<hr class="r20" /> - -<p>I arrived in His Majesty’s ship the “Wilhelmina,” Capt. -Sind, at Cosseir, from Mocha, on the 14th July, 1801, after -a passage, <em>against the monsoon</em>, of two months.</p> - -<p><em>July 17th.</em>—I was ordered to hold myself in readiness to -march across the desert to Kenè on the Nile, a distance of -about 130 miles, and to take under my command four companies -of His Majesty’s <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, and a detachment -of His Majesty’s Tenth Regiment, infantry, together with a -small party of the Eighth Light Dragoons,—these amounted to -582 soldiers;—twenty boxes of treasure were likewise put -under my escort. The line of march consisted of upwards -of 850 men, including Indian followers, Arab camel-drivers, -&c., &c.</p> - -<p>Before I proceed upon my journal of the very fatiguing -march I underwent, I shall mention a few observations upon -Cosseir, in Upper Egypt. This place is well known as a -seaport, and it is, perhaps, one of the most miserable spots in -the universe; a few wretched mud-houses placed along the -beach, with some narrow lanes branching off at right angles, -in all about two hundred <em>habitations</em>, compose this abominable -little town. Just above it, stands a fort which the French -had put into a tolerably defensible state; at all events, it was -an <em>impregnable fortification</em> against the combined native force -of Upper Egypt. About three-quarters of a mile to the -westward of it, was the ground where the Indian army was -encamped; this situation is in nature the most sterile and -arid, not a blade of any kind of verdure to be seen,—vegetation -of every description is totally wanting,—and the wearied -eye meets no object but the bare, rugged, and burnt-up hills -which bound the view towards the desert. This frightful<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_60"></a>[60]</span> -country appears quite unfit for the existence of human -beings; nature has furnished it with no sources of fresh -water, and that indispensable necessary of life is only to be -obtained by digging wells in the sand, into which oozes a -kind of bitter salt water, the most <em>offensive thing</em> to the taste -imaginable; and its effects are no less noxious,—as people -who drink it are always (at first) attacked with a violent -vomiting and purging, which is accompanied by the most -intolerable and burning thirst. Our soldiers were nearly to -a man, in a more or less degree, afflicted with this disease, -and though it only proved fatal to a few, still it handled very -roughly all those who were under the necessity of using this -detestable water. The heat when I was at Cosseir was -almost intolerable. Provisions were plentiful and cheap,—the -fish excellent; but although the inhabitants possess as -fine wheat as any in Europe, their bread was detestable, -being a kind of dough cake half-baked, or rather burnt, in -the dusty ashes.</p> - -<p><em>July 18th.</em>—Every preparation having been made, I -marched at six o’clock, <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span>, with the troops, followers, -drivers, &c., as already stated; and our line of march was -considerably increased by a number of asses, the property of -individuals, who had loaded these useful animals with an -independent supply of water. We continued our route, -keeping a large range of rocky and burnt-up hills on our -left; a very fine moon shone only to render this dreary scene -the more awful; the setting sun brought us little, if any, -relief as to heat. After marching about five miles we came to -some springs, or rather a black rivulet of water, very bitter, -which crosses the valley through which the road leads. I -endeavoured in vain to prevent the soldiers from drinking of -this infernal brook; thirst was <em>too imperious</em>, and I soon -found that my orders had been disregarded by all the rear. -Many of the men soon felt the ill effects of their folly, and -began to fall back faint and oppressed, and this was much -aggravated by the very extraordinary closeness of the heat: -what air did exist, was like the breathing of a furnace.</p> - -<p>At twelve o’clock we reached the new wells. I reckon -the distance about thirteen miles, where I found a subaltern -officer and a few Sepoys stationed to take charge of, -and protect them. After placing the necessary guards, &c.,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_61"></a>[61]</span> -I ordered the detachment to lie down, and we enjoyed a most -refreshing repose for about three hours. At this time the -captain of the rear-guard came up, and reported that a great -many stragglers were <em>still</em> behind.</p> - -<p>I ordered the drums to beat half an hour before day, -when the camp was pitched, and the men sheltered from -the sun, which rose with a most blazing and fiery aspect. -From midnight, until a little after sunrise, the air in the -desert is delightfully cool and refreshing (I mean comparatively -with the rest of the twenty-four hours); nature, I -suppose, has kindly ordained this comfort to the unfortunate -travellers, and still more miserable inhabitants of this dreary -waste.</p> - -<p><em>July 19th.</em>—It was late in the day when all our stragglers -came up. I was much concerned to find that the mussacks<a id="FNanchor_9" href="#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a> -(or water-bags) had leaked considerably, and that I -should be under the necessity of replenishing them from the -wells of this post. I must here observe, that General Baird -had caused, both at this and other posts on the desert, wells -to be dug, in order to procure a supply of that greatest of -all necessaries of life (in such a climate as this)—water. In -these scanty sources, it was thick and muddy; however, -even this, could we have obtained it in abundance, would -have been reckoned a luxury; but, alas! a very limited -supply was all we could get: therefore, at half-past five, <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span>, -I marched. We passed for some hours through a long and -winding valley; high, brown, rugged mountains, with here -and there a solitary eagle perched upon a projecting crag, -were the only gloomy objects that presented themselves. -We continued our route northerly, through the same desolate -wilderness, and at one o’clock I judged it necessary to halt; -but this halting-place was not to be distinguished from any -accommodations, not from a spring or rivulet of water, not -from any shelter from the scorching sun, and more suffocating -hot wind, but it became a place of repose merely from the -total incapacity of the troops to move a mile further: here -then I ordered the baggage to be unloaded, and the detachment -to lie down to rest. I never suffered the tents to be<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_62"></a>[62]</span> -pitched until just before sunrise, as I found the soldiers -always marched more refreshed by letting them take their -rest the instant they halted, than to undergo the fatigue and -confusion of pitching their tents in the dark. No dew falls -in the desert; the air is so greedy of moisture, that the least -wet is instantly absorbed, and sleeping in the open air was -here a luxury.</p> - -<p><em>July 20th.</em>—I was much grieved at daylight to find that -about forty men were still behind. I trembled at the horrors -these poor fellows would be exposed to, should they be left -destitute and forlorn in the desert. After seriously reflecting -upon this most melancholy circumstance, I sent for the chief -Arab, who, as a kind of scheik, had some sort of control over -the camel-drivers, and ordered him to collect some of the -principal ones; as soon as they came to my tent, I told them -the apprehensions I was under, and proposed to them to -return in the track we had come the day before for at least -seven miles, and promised to reward them liberally for every -soldier they should bring up. All their attention was called -forth by the mention of money, and they became eager to be -useful. Twenty camels set off, and my brother, Captain -Frederick Barlow, <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, very humanely -volunteered, notwithstanding the <em>intolerable</em> heat, to attend -the camels. I filled a cag with a mixture of port wine and -water, which he took with him, and it proved of the most -essential service. At the distance of from four to six miles -from camp, he picked up twenty-one poor exhausted fainting -wretches, who, without this assistance, must have died in a -very few hours: some not able to speak, and the whole -totally incapable of walking a step further. One fine lad in -particular, was so far gone, as to lay stretched out on the -sand as if expiring; but upon pouring some of the wine and -water down his throat, he gradually recovered, and he was -brought into camp in a man’s arms on a camel. Water, and -afterwards some wine, soon restored him to sufficient strength -to enable him to proceed on a camel, with other sick men, -that afternoon: before two o’clock all the absentees got into -camp. This day we contrived to dine tolerably well; but -for want of water to wet the bags, our wine was as hot as -milk immediately from the cow,—the water we had to drink -was the same, therefore to quench our thirst was impossible.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_63"></a>[63]</span></p> - -<p>At half an hour past nine I marched, and we had not proceeded -two miles, the heat absolutely suffocating, when we -were met by a convoy of camels, loaded with most excellent -water. This very seasonable supply had been forwarded to -us from Moila, owing to my having sent on to the officer -commanding at that post, to say how distressed I was for -water from the leakage of our mussacks. Many of the soldiers -quitted their ranks, and eagerly ran up to the camels to -seize upon the water. I had no little difficulty in restraining -them. I even told the officers to acquaint their men, that I -would not permit the camels to be unloaded if the least -irregularity took place. This had an immediate effect; and -as the detachment stood in open column of half companies, -the whole, in less than an hour, were regularly served with -an ample supply, besides filling their canteens; as this water -came in large earthern jars, it was quite cool, and had such -an astonishing effect upon the troops, that we were enabled -to get on with great vigour, and at half-past one on the 21st -of July, we reached Moila.</p> - -<p>This extraordinary spot is situated in a ravine between -steep and rugged rocks, and is uncommonly romantic. Here, -then, I found it absolutely necessary to halt, that is, to -remain till the evening of the 22nd, as the men stood in the -greatest need of a little repose. In the course of the day -many Arabs came to the camp with various articles of provisions -for sale. Mutton we received as rations in abundance,—indeed -at every post in the desert where water was to be -had, even in the smallest quantity, General Baird had made -depôts of provisions; therefore we had only to carry the -necessary supply for those halting-places where <em>no water -was to be found</em>. All our stragglers reached the camp before -two <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> of this day.</p> - -<p><em>July 22nd.</em>—I this day ordered the men to wash their persons, -and otherwise to put themselves into as clean and good -order as circumstances would permit. At six o’clock <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> -we marched. The road leads through a most romantic -valley; at about six miles’ distance, under some craggy rocks -on the left hand, are three wells or springs of water. Three -miles from these are the nine mile wells, where we arrived -at about ten <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> Here I found an officer and a party of -Sepoys, but was informed by him, that my detachment was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_64"></a>[64]</span> -so numerous it would very soon drain the pits or wells he -was posted at; and the next day not a drop of water was to -be got from them. At five <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> I marched, and just before -sun-set we saw a wild beast, which proved to be a lion. -We continued our route over the dreary, desolate, and solitary -waste for seven hours, when I found the men were excessively -fatigued. Accordingly I gave orders to halt, although we -had not arrived at the half-way distance between the nine -mile wells and Legattah. We lay down upon a large and -extensive desert plain, and at daylight, as usual, the camp -was pitched. I had despatched a light camel or dromedary -to Legattah with a letter to the officer stationed there, -requesting him to send a supply of water to meet me on my -march to that place; and relying upon his being able to -comply with my request, I emptied the mussacks before I -left this dreary halt, which was by much the worst we had -as yet experienced. At six <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> we marched from this abominable -and burning spot. After six hours’ march the men -began to complain grievously from the want of water, and I -confess I almost feared the officer at Legattah had not -found it possible to send a supply as I had required; however, -a little after midnight, I had the inexpressible satisfaction to -perceive a large escort coming towards us,—the first thing -that attracted my attention was the glittering of the Sepoys’ -arms, the moon shining in great splendour,—which proved to -be twenty-eight camels loaded with water. Words cannot -express the sensations of our poor fellows when I rode along -the line of march, telling them a convoy of water was in -front. I halted, and upon inquiry found that a great number -had fallen behind; after supplying all the others in an ample -way, I caused a captain’s guard, a surgeon, and seven camels’ -load of water, together with every light and unloaded camel -we could spare to remain in this spot, in order to bring up -the stragglers. I then told the rest that those able to march -might go on with me, as after an hour’s rest I was resolved -to push on for Legattah (then distant nine miles) with -the treasure and those of the troops capable of proceeding. -To my great surprise, almost the whole said they could -march from the comfortable supply of water they had first -had, and the short repose I had given them; therefore, after -leaving some of the most weakly with a captain, two subalterns,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_65"></a>[65]</span> -one surgeon, the water and camels as above stated, I -continued my route, and after two hours’ march had the -satisfaction to come in sight of the lights of Legattah camp. -So fatiguing was this forced march, that I was frequently -in danger of falling from my horse from sleep. An officer of -the Tenth Regiment fell from an ass he rode, and hurt himself -considerably. I got in just before the dawn of day, <em>all of us -exceedingly exhausted</em>; and it was not until three <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> that -the captain with the rear-guard and stragglers came up; -this made it impossible for me to leave the camp until the -evening following,—the poor fellows who dropped in during -the day, panting and fainting, were incapable of further -exertions. The thermometer in my tent was here at 114°.</p> - -<p>At Legattah we found a large detachment of Sepoys, -under Captain Mahony, of the Seventh Bombay Regiment: -he behaved to us in the most attentive and liberal manner. -We were supplied with every necessary by this officer; and -he fulfilled the duties of his post, not to the strict letter of -his orders, but to the fullest extent of every humane and -hospitable construction of them. The ensuing march to -Buramba was to be a very long one; and I found it necessary -to make it in two, as follows: at six <span class="allsmcap">P.M.</span> of the 26th, we -left Legattah, and continued our route for six hours and a -half by my watch, when I ordered the detachment to halt, -caused the treasure camels to be unloaded, and directed -the rest with the tents, baggage, sick, &c., to proceed on -Buramba. I then ordered the detachment to be served with -plenty of water, when we all lay down and enjoyed three -hours’ most refreshing sleep. A little before day the drums -beat, the treasure was reloaded, and we proceeded, and -arrived at Buramba at six <span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> of the 27th. Here we first -saw verdure: this agreeable prospect opened to us immediately -upon the dawn of day, and infused spirit into everybody. -This village seemed to us a little paradise, and, like -sailors arrived at a shore of plenty and ease, after the perils -of shipwreck, distress, and want, was looked upon by all as -a blessed haven. At noon I despatched an officer with a -report to General Baird, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian -army, who was at Kenè on the Nile, of my having reached -Buramba without the loss of a single man; and at two o’clock -<span class="allsmcap">A.M.</span> on the 28th, I marched (having previously at midnight<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_66"></a>[66]</span> -sent on the tents and baggage). Shortly after daylight we -passed two miserable Arab villages; we then found ourselves -in <em>cultivated ground</em>, and were eagerly looking out for the -glorious Nile, whose direction we could easily trace from the -date-trees and vegetation apparent upon its banks, although -we could not see that noble river; shortly afterwards we got -sight of Kenè, and a mile or two from it were met by -General Baird and his suite. He ordered me to proceed to -the banks of the Nile, and at seven o’clock we encamped -about a quarter of a mile westward of the town of Kenè, and -fifteen yards from the brink of the river. One cannot picture -the joy we all felt at arriving amongst our brother soldiers, -after the ten days of uncommon fatigue we had just -experienced. Kenè abounded with every kind of provision, -such as mutton, poultry, fish, milk, vegetables, &c., the -whole at the most reasonable rates. The heat in this camp -was excessive, certainly greater than at Cosseir. The General -ordered the troops to be in readiness to embark in d’jirms, -already collected to convey the army down the Nile, and -which were to rendezvous at Cairo, where the General meant -to collect all his army, in order to carry it entire to Rosetta, -from which place he could make every arrangement for our -junction with the English army before Alexandria. We -embarked on the 2nd of August; the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> Regiment, -about 900 strong, was allowed seventeen d’jirms, and fell -down with the current. The distance to Cairo is about 400 -miles. We arrived at that celebrated place on the 11th. -The army encamped on the island of Rhoda on the Nile, -between Cairo and Gaza; and on the 28th, the whole being -collected, we re-embarked and proceeded towards Rosetta; -and on the 31st we landed and encamped at El Hamed, -four miles to the southward of that town; two days after -which the General changed his camp to Aboumandour, so -called from the tower which stands just above the Nile, about -one mile and a quarter to the S.E. of Rosetta: it was from -this tower that Pousseilgue made such accurate remarks upon -the memorable battle between the English and French fleets -in Aboukir Bay.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="smcap padr4">J. J. Barlow,</span><br /> -<em>Lieut.-Colonel, 61st Regiment</em>.</p> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_67"></a>[67]</span></p> - -<p class="pfs100 lsp">SIXTY-FIRST REGIMENT.</p> - -<p class="pfs100"><span class="smcap">Return of Casualties</span> during the <span class="smcap">Peninsular War</span>,<br />from 1809 to 1814.</p> - - -<div class="pad3"> -<table class="p1 autotable fs80" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdcbl">Place and Date</td> -<td class="tdcbl br" colspan="2">NAMES OF OFFICERS.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdcbl">of Action.</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Killed.</td> -<td class="tdcbl br">Wounded.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Major R. J. Coghlan</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Captain A. Hartley</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” W. Furnace</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Major H. F. Orpen</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Laing</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Talavera,</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Captain H. James</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” D. Goodman</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">27th and 28th</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Lieut. D. J. Hemus</td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Lieut. G. Collins</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">July, 1809.</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” H. T. Tench</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” G. McLean</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Given</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Ensign W. Brackenbury</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Adjutant R. Drew</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Storming the</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Forts at</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Captain J. Owen</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Salamanca,</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Lieut. J. Given</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">22nd June, 1812</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Major J. Downing (died)</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Captain S. Favell (died)</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Oke</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” W. McLeod</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” W. Greene</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Lieut. S. Falkner</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl">Lieut.-Col. F. Barlow</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” H Daniel</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Captain G. Stubbs</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Chapman</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Salamanca,</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3">” P. B. P. Horton</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Chipchase</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">22nd July, 1812.</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Lieut. A. Chawner</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” T. Gloster</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3">” J. Parker</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” N. Furnace</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl">Ensign H. Bere</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Collis</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Wolfe</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” W. Brackenbury</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Royal</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” A. Toole</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Ensign W. White</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. F. Singleton</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Siege of the</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Castle of</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Lieut. G. Stuart</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Burgos,</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">in October, 1812</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb br"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> - - -<div class="chapter"></div> -<table class="p1 autotable fs80" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bt"></td> -<td class="bt"></td> -<td class="bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdcbl">Place and Date</td> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdcbl br" colspan="4">Total Loss.</td> -</tr> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdcbl">of Action.</td> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdcbl bt">Officers.</td> -<td class="tdcbl bt">Serjeants.</td> -<td class="tdcbl bt">Drummers.</td> -<td class="tdcbl bt br">Rank<br />and File.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Killed</td> -<td class="tdrbl">3</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">1</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">45</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Talavera,</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Wounded</td> -<td class="tdrbl">11</td> -<td class="tdrbl">10</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">186</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">27th and 28th</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Missing</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">16</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">July, 1809.</td> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Storming the</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Killed }</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Forts at</td> -<td class="tdrbl">and }</td> -<td class="tdrbl">2</td> -<td class="tdrbl">1</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">12</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Salamanca,</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Wounded}</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">22nd June, 1812</td> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Killed</td> -<td class="tdrbl">6</td> -<td class="tdrbl">3</td> -<td class="tdrbl">1</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">35</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Salamanca,</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Wounded</td> -<td class="tdrbl">18</td> -<td class="tdrbl">22</td> -<td class="tdrbl">1</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">280</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">22nd July, 1812.</td> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Siege of the</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Killed }</td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Castle of</td> -<td class="tdrbl">and }</td> -<td class="tdrbl">1</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">10</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Burgos,</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Wounded}</td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl"></td> -<td class="tdrbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">in October, 1812</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb br"></td> -</tr> -</table> - - -<div class="chapter"></div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_68"></a>[68]</span></p> - -<div class="pad3"> -<table class="p1 autotable fs80" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdcbl">Place and Date</td> -<td class="tdcbl br" colspan="2">NAMES OF OFFICERS.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdcbl">of Action.</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Killed.</td> -<td class="tdcbl br">Wounded.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of the</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Captain E. Charleton</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Pyrenees,</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” G. McLean</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">28th July, 1813.</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Lieut. J. Wolfe</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” G. O’Kearney</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Captain J. Horton</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of the</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Captain W. H. Furnace</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” M. Annesley</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Nivelle,</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Lieut. C. Kellet</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” H. Eccles</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">10th Nov., 1813.</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Lieut. R. Belton</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” A. Toole</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr><tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of the</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Captain W. Greene</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Nive,</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” E. Charleton</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">9th Dec., 1813.</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr><tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Orthes,</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">27th Feb., 1814.</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">At <span class="smcap">Tarbes,</span></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">1st March, 1814.</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">At <span class="smcap">Grenada,</span></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">2nd March, 1814.</td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Lieut.-Col. J. Oke</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Captain W. Greene</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” E. Charleton</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Lieut. A. Porteus</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” N. Furnace</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” T. Gloster</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Lieut.-Col. R. J. Coghlan</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” D. O’Kearney</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl smcap">Toulouse,</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Lieut. H. Arden</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Wolfe</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">10th April, 1814.</td> -<td class="tdlbl">Ensign W. A. Favell</td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” E. Gaynor</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” W. White</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. Harris</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” G. Stewart</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” J. H. Ellison</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl br">Ensign J. Wright</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” C. Eccles</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl"></td> -<td class="tdlbl pad3 br">” S. Bartlett</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb br"></td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> - - -<div class="chapter"></div> -<table class="p1 autotable fs80" summary=""> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bt"></td> -<td class="bt"></td> -<td class="bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdcbl">Place and Date</td> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdcbl br" colspan="4">Total Loss.</td> -</tr> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdcbl">of Action.</td> -<td class="tdcbl"></td> -<td class="tdcbl bt">Officers.</td> -<td class="tdcbl bt">Serjeants.</td> -<td class="tdcbl bt">Drummers.</td> -<td class="tdcbl bt br">Rank<br />and File.</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of the</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Killed }</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">PYRENEES,</td> -<td class="tdrbl">and }</td> -<td class="tdrbl">4</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">70</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">28th July, 1813.</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Wounded}</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of the</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Killed }</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">NIVELLE,</td> -<td class="tdrbl">and }</td> -<td class="tdrbl">7</td> -<td class="tdrbl">5</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">82</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">10th Nov., 1813.</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Wounded}</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of the</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Killed }</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">NIVE,</td> -<td class="tdrbl">and }</td> -<td class="tdrbl">2</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">8</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">9th Dec., 1813.</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Wounded}</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Killed }</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">ORTHES,</td> -<td class="tdrbl">and }</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">1</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">10</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">27th Feb., 1814.</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Wounded}</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">At TARBES,</td> -<td class="tdrbl">Wounded</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">4</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">1st March, 1814.</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">At GRENADA</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Killed</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">1</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">2nd March, 1814.</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Wounded</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">4</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt"></td> -<td class="bl bt br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">Battle of</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Killed</td> -<td class="tdrbl">3</td> -<td class="tdrbl">1</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">13</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">TOULOUSE,</td> -<td class="tdcbl">Wounded</td> -<td class="tdrbl">16</td> -<td class="tdrbl">7</td> -<td class="tdrbl">--</td> -<td class="tdrbl br">140</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdcbl">10th April, 1814.</td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl"></td> -<td class="bl br"></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb"></td> -<td class="bl bb br"></td> -</tr> -</table> - - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<div class="footnotes"> -<h2 class="nobreak" id="FOOTNOTES">FOOTNOTES:</h2> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_1" href="#FNanchor_1" class="label">[1]</a> <span class="smcap">Beatson’s</span> <cite>Naval and Military Memoirs</cite>.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_2" href="#FNanchor_2" class="label">[2]</a> Lieutenant-General the Honorable James Murray’s answer to -this proposal is printed in <span class="smcap">Beatson’s</span> <cite>Naval and Military Memoirs</cite>, -and is as follows:—</p> - -<p class="right">“<em>Fort St. Philip, October 16, 1781.</em></p> - -<p>“Sir,</p> - -<p> “When your brave ancestor was desired by his sovereign -to assassinate the Duc de Guise, he returned the answer which -you should have done, when the King of Spain charged you to -assassinate the character of a man whose birth is as illustrious as -your own, or that of the Duc de Guise. I can have no further -communication with you but in arms. If you have any humanity, -you may send clothing to your unfortunate prisoners in my possession; -leave it at a distance, because I will admit of no contact -for the future but such as is hostile in the most inveterate degree.</p> - -<p class="right"> -<span class="padr4">“I am, &c.,</span><br /> -“<span class="smcap">James Murray</span>.”</p> - -<p class="noindent">“<em>To the Duc de Crillon.</em>”</p> - -</div> - -<div class="p1 footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_3" href="#FNanchor_3" class="label">[3]</a> Lieut.-Colonel Barlow wrote a journal of this march, which is -printed at the end of this Record.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_4" href="#FNanchor_4" class="label">[4]</a> The grenadier company of the <span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span> was selected by -Major-General Stuart, for his personal escort during the reconnoissance -which he made before the battle.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_5" href="#FNanchor_5" class="label">[5]</a> Casualties at the battle of Salamanca,—</p> - -<div class="pad3"> -<table class="autotable" summary=""> -<tr class="fs80"> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdr">Officers.</td> -<td class="tdr">Soldiers.</td> -<td></td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">Strength in the field.</td> -<td class="tdrq">27</td> -<td class="tdrq">420</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">Killed and wounded</td> -<td class="tdrq">24</td> -<td class="tdrq">342</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl"></td> -<td class="tdrq">—</td> -<td class="tdrq">—–</td> -</tr> -<tr> -<td class="tdl">Remaining</td> -<td class="tdrq">3</td> -<td class="tdrq">78</td> -</tr> -</table> -</div> - -<p>Six reliefs of officers and serjeants were shot under the colours.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_6" href="#FNanchor_6" class="label">[6]</a> Lieut.-Colonel <span class="smcap">Robert John Coghlan</span> was a most distinguished -and gallant officer, and highly respected and beloved by the -<span class="smcap">Sixty-first</span>, who cherished the memory of his exalted virtues w -peculiar veneration. The regimental record shows the number of -times he led the corps to battle and to victory, and the honorary -distinctions he had acquired. The Duke of Wellington directed his -remains to be removed from the grave in which they had been -hastily laid, on the field of battle, and honored with a public funeral -himself attending to pay the last tribute of respect to departed -valour. A marble slab, placed by his brother officers in the Protestant -churchyard of Toulouse, marks the spot where the remains -of this gallant officer are deposited.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_7" href="#FNanchor_7" class="label">[7]</a> Lieutenant Norbury Furnace had fought with his regiment in -every battle and skirmish in which it had been engaged in the -Peninsula and South of France, and had lost two brothers gallantly -combating in the same cause.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_8" href="#FNanchor_8" class="label">[8]</a> Lieutenant William White was on his way to join the regiment -from Ireland; hearing at Tarbes of the probability of an -action at Toulouse, he travelled by post to arrive in time to take -part in it. He was twice wounded, and, although bleeding profusely, -he refused to quit his post. A general officer saw the state -he was in, and directed him to be taken to the surgeons.</p> - -</div> - -<div class="footnote"> - -<p><a id="Footnote_9" href="#FNanchor_9" class="label">[9]</a> Mussacks are large leathern bags made so as to hold water, -and are placed on the backs of camels like panniers.</p> - -</div> -</div> - - -<div class="chapter"></div> - -<div class="transnote"> -<a name="TN" id="TN"></a> -<p><strong>TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE</strong></p> - -<p>The roman page numbering at the front of the book goes from iii to viii, -then from v to viii again; this has not been changed.</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.</p> - -<p> -<a href="#tn-vi">Pg vi</a>: page number ‘53’ added to the ‘Conclusion’ entry.<br /> -<a href="#tn-11">Pg 11</a>: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.<br /> -<a href="#tn-12">Pg 12</a>: ‘Sidenote: 1771’ inserted before ‘Three years ...’<br /> - (to be consistent with the Table of Contents entry for 1771).<br /> -<a href="#tn-15">Pg 15</a>: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.<br /> -<a href="#tn-22">Pg 22</a>: ‘the troop under’ replaced by ‘the troops under’.<br /> -<a href="#tn-49">Pg 49</a>: ‘preparatorily to its’ replaced by ‘preparatory to its’.<br /> -<a href="#tn-56">Pg 56</a>: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.<br /> -</p> -</div> - - -<div style='display:block; margin-top:4em'>*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SIXTY-FIRST, OR THE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OF FOOT : CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1758, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1844. ***</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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