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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: Memoirs and Services of the Eighty-third Regiment, County of - Dublin, from 1793 to 1907 - Including the Campaigns of the Regiment in the West Indies, - Africa, the Peninsula, Ceylon, Canada, and India - -Author: Edward William Bray - -Release Date: December 15, 2021 [eBook #66945] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Brian Coe, Karin Spence 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 MEMOIRS AND SERVICES OF THE -EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT, COUNTY OF DUBLIN, FROM 1793 TO 1907 *** - - - - - - MEMOIRS AND SERVICES OF THE - EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT - - - - - MEMOIRS AND SERVICES - - OF THE - - EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT - - COUNTY OF DUBLIN - - - FROM 1793 TO 1907 - - - INCLUDING - - THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE REGIMENT - - IN THE WEST INDIES, AFRICA, THE PENINSULA, - - CEYLON, CANADA, AND INDIA - - - LONDON - - HUGH REES, LTD. - - 119, PALL MALL, S.W. - - 1908 - - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - - - - - THE EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT - - “CAPE OF GOOD HOPE” - - “TALAVERA.” “BUSACO.” “FUENTES D’ONOR” - - “CIUDAD RODRIGO” - - “BADAJOS.” “SALAMANCA.” “VITTORIA” - - “NIVELLE” - - “ORTHES.” “TOULOUSE.” “PENINSULA” - - “CENTRAL INDIA” - - - - - PREFACE - - -This Memoir of the Services of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment, -now 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles, was originally arranged and -prepared for publication, from September, 1793, “in which year the -Regiment was raised,” to September, 1863, by Brevet Major Edward -William Bray, who was then serving with the Regiment. The later -history, from 1864 up to present time, has been collected from the -Authentic Records preserved in the Regimental Orderly Room. - - MEERUT, - - _December, 1907_. - - - - - CONTENTS - - - PART I contains the Services of 1st Battalion, from - 1793, the date of its being raised, to 1817, when the 1st and - 2nd Battalions were amalgamated at the Cape of Good Hope. - - PART II contains the History of the 2nd Battalion - from 1804 to 1814, and the Services of the Regiment during the - Peninsular War. - - PART III contains the Services of the Regiment in - Ceylon from 1814 to 1829. - - PART IV contains the Services of the Regiment from 1829 - to 1848, including its Services in Canada. - - PART V contains the Services of the Regiment in India, - including the Indian Mutiny, from 1849 to 1857. - - PART VI contains the Services of the Regiment from 1858 - to 1863, including the campaign of 1858 in Central India. - - PART VII contains the Services of the Regiment from - 1864 to 1907, including the campaign of 1881 in South Africa. - - - - - MEMOIRS - - OF THE - - EIGHTY-THIRD REGIMENT - - - - - PART I - - SERVICES OF THE 1ST BATTALION, 1793–1817 - - -[Sidenote: 1793.] - -In September, 1793, Major William Fitch obtained a letter of service -to raise a regiment, which, after being numbered, became the 83rd, its -formation bearing date 28th September, 1793, and of which the major was -appointed lieutenant-colonel commandant. The regiment was embodied at -Dublin, and quartered in the old Custom House at Essex Bridge for about -two months, when it was called upon to take a portion of the garrison -duties, in consequence of a great number of troops having been drawn -from that garrison for the purpose of embarking for the West Indies. -The regiment then moved to the royal barracks. The establishment of the -regiment at this period was fixed at 72 sergeants, 26 drummers, 1200 -rank and file, and an additional lieutenant added to each company. - -[Sidenote: 1794.] - -In October, 1794, a second battalion was added to the regiment, and the -establishment of the first battalion was reduced to 52 sergeants, 22 -drummers, and 1000 rank and file. The 2nd Battalion soon afterwards was -numbered, and became the 134th Regiment. - -On the 7th November, 1794, the regiment embarked at Dublin and sailed -for England. It landed at Pill and marched to Bath, in Somersetshire, -where it was quartered several months. It then marched to Poole, in -Dorsetshire, where it remained about five months, and from thence to -Southampton. - -[Sidenote: 1795.] - -On the 5th May, 1795, the regiment embarked at Stokes Bay for the West -Indies, and sailed in about ten days afterwards.[1] - -On the arrival of the regiment at Martinique, it received orders to -proceed to Jamaica, and, after a few days’ sail, arrived at Port Royal -on the 16th July, 1795. - -The regiment was then removed from the chartered ships to men-of-war -and transports, and sailed for Saint Domingo; but the Maroon -insurrection having broken out a few days after the regiment had -sailed, Lord Balcarras, the Governor, despatched a schooner to recall -them; but she could only overtake two ships, which returned with about -half the regiment, which landed at Mondego Bay and was marched into the -interior. - -The regiment was actively employed in the suppression of the Maroon -insurrection for about eight months, and sustained a loss of 70 killed -and wounded; amongst the former was the Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, -William Fitch; and Captains Lee and Brunt slightly wounded--the former -died in four days afterwards. - -On the 13th September, 1795, Major-General James Balfour succeeded to -the colonelcy, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Fitch, killed in action. - -[Sidenote: 1798.] - -The few men that remained of the detachment that went to Saint Domingo -in 1795 returned to Jamaica in 1798. - -[Sidenote: 1802.] - -The regiment remained on the north side of Jamaica until the beginning -of June, 1802, when it embarked in men-of-war at Savannah le Mar, -Falmouth, and Mondego Bay, for Port Royal, and on its arrival marched -to Spanish Town; shortly afterwards the men were allowed to extend -their services in the 60th and 85th, and a few to the 2nd West India -Regiment. - -On the 4th July, 1802, the regiment embarked on board His Majesty’s -ship _Delft_, and landed at Portsmouth on the 22nd August -following, its strength being 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 9 -captains, 16 subalterns, 29 sergeants, 11 drummers, and 294 rank and -file. - -During the service of seven years of the regiment in the West Indies, -it received drafts and volunteers from several regiments, amounting to -410 rank and file, and deducting men who were drafted and volunteered -on its embarkation from England, the regiment appears to have lost by -deaths 870 non-commissioned officers and rank and file, from the period -of its arrival in the West Indies to its return to England in August, -1802. - -During this period the officers named in the margin also died.[2] - -The regiment on disembarking proceeded to Hilsea Barracks, where it -remained about three weeks, from whence it proceeded to Chelmsford; and -in March, 1803, received the route for Portsmouth, and on its arrival -embarked for Jersey, on board the _Acastra_ frigate and other -vessels; and on its disembarkation was quartered at Grove Hill. - -[Sidenote: 1806.] - -On the 4th May, 1805, the regiment embarked at St. Heliers. It joined -the expedition at the Cove of Cork, destined against the Cape of -Good Hope, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir David Baird, -and landed at the Cape on the 6th January, 1806; and was actually -employed in the reduction of that settlement, where its head-quarters -were stationed, and where it remained quartered until October, 1817, -when it was joined by a large detachment of the 2nd Battalion, under -Lieutenant-Colonel Collier, on the reduction of the 2nd Battalion at -Armagh in 1817. The whole of the regiment, now reunited, and forming -but one battalion henceforward, was collected together at Simon’s Bay, -Cape of Good Hope, in September, 1817, and embarked for Ceylon on 1st -October, 1817.[3] - - - - - PART II - - HISTORY OF THE 2ND BATTALION, 1804–14, AND SERVICES OF THE - REGIMENT DURING THE PENINSULAR WAR - - -The 2nd Battalion, 83rd Regiment, was raised in the year 1804; the -establishment being fixed at 600 rank and file, under the command of -Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchison, who had previously belonged to the 1st -Battalion. - -The head-quarters of the 2nd Battalion were first established at -Horsham Barracks, Sussex, where it remained a few months and was then -removed to Chichester, at which place it received a draft of 300 men, -chiefly from the 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia. - -[Sidenote: 1805.] - -During the stay of the battalion at Chichester, Lieutenant-Colonel -Hutchison was removed to the Staff, and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon -succeeded to the command of the regiment. - -[Sidenote: 1806.] - -The battalion removed to Newport, in the Isle of Wight, whence it sent -270 rank and file, with a proportion of officers and non-commissioned -officers (being the entire of the effectives fit for active service), -to join the 1st Battalion at the Cape of Good Hope. - -In August the battalion marched to Chipping Norton, in Oxfordshire, and -in November following removed to Battle Barracks, Sussex, where its -establishment was increased to 800 rank and file. After a short stay at -this station, it was ordered to Brabourne Leas and Ashford, in Kent, -and in March, 1807, proceeded to Portsmouth and embarked for Guernsey. - -[Sidenote: 1807.] - -Having remained a few days there, it re-embarked and sailed for Jersey; -and was quartered at St. Owens, in that island. - -In September following it embarked for Ireland; but owing to contrary -winds, the whole battalion was not assembled at Cove till January, -1808, when it marched to Kinsale, County Cork. - -[Sidenote: 1808.] - -The same month the battalion was marched to Birr, in King’s County, -where its establishment was augmented to 1000 rank and file, and an -additional lieutenant appointed to each company; from this place 14 -officers and 214 rank and file were sent to reinforce the 1st Battalion -at the Cape of Good Hope. - -In the month of May following the battalion marched to Dublin and -occupied the Palatine Barracks, and in December marched to Fermoy. - -[Sidenote: 1809.] - -In January, 1809, the battalion marched from Fermoy to Cork, and -embarked at Cove for Corunna; but intelligence having been received of -the battle of Corunna and the evacuation of Spain by the British, a -ship of war was despatched to recall the transports, when the regiment -disembarked and marched back to its old quarters at Fermoy. - -In March following the battalion received orders to march to Cove, -for embarkation for Lisbon, and having been previously inspected by -Brigadier-General Rowland Hill, proceeded to Cove, and embarking on -board the transports, sailed to join the British army in Portugal. - -On the 6th April, 1809, the battalion, 900 strong, under the command -of Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, landed at Lisbon, and was immediately -despatched to join the British army, then under the command of Sir John -Cradock, at Coimbra. It was there brigaded with the 9th Regiment (1st -Battalion), and placed under the command of Brigadier-General Alan -Cameron. - - - CAMPAIGN OF THE DOURO - -[Sidenote: 1809.] - -General Sir Arthur Wellesley, having superseded Sir John Cradock in the -command of the army, advanced to the relief of Oporto, then occupied by -the French. General Cameron’s brigade was placed in General Sherbrook’s -division, and was actively engaged at the passage of the Douro and the -attack on the French in Oporto. - -On the 12th May, at the passage of the Douro, Captain Summerfield and -the Light Company of the 83rd were amongst the foremost that crossed in -the boats, and occupied the Seminary, and Captain Summerfield rendered -himself conspicuous by his gallantry in climbing up and endeavouring -to secure the iron gate of the building. The remainder of the regiment -crossed at Villa Nova, and, having fought their way through the streets -of Oporto, came upon the rear of the enemy as, with their artillery, -they were moving out of the town. - -At this moment the French were exposed to a flank fire from the troops -which had occupied the Seminary, the 83rd and 9th at the same time -pouring a volley into their rear. The greater part were killed and -wounded, and the remainder dispersing, left their guns in possession of -the victorious British. - -In this affair the battalion had 14 men wounded. - -The 2nd Battalion, 83rd, was one of the regiments employed in the -pursuit of the French army to the frontiers of Spain; and on the 16th, -a little after dark, after a harassing and stormy march, overtook the -French rear-guard at Salamonde. The 9th and 83rd immediately attacked, -and the French, the greater part of whom were cooking, and quite -unprepared, were speedily driven from the position. - -The battalion in this affair had 5 men wounded. The pursuit was -continued on the 18th to Montalagne; but the whole army subsequently -retiring to Abrantes, the 9th and 83rd went into quarters at Tancos, on -the banks of the Tagus, about eight leagues from the former place. Here -sickness prevailed to such an extent in the whole army, and especially -in the 9th regiment, that that corps was obliged to be sent to Lisbon, -and its place in General Cameron’s brigade was taken by the 61st -Regiment, at Oropesa, on the subsequent advance of the army to Talavera. - - - CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF TALAVERA - -[Sidenote: 1809.] - -In all the movements and privations of the British army in this advance -the 83rd bore its full share; and on the 27th and 28th July, when -under Sir Arthur Wellesley, it fought and won the glorious battle of -Talavera. The battalion was most severely engaged, and particularly -distinguished itself in the gallant and impetuous charge on the enemy’s -line, made by General Sherbrook’s division with the bayonet. - -In this battle, General Alan Cameron’s brigade, composed of the 61st -and 83rd Regiments, was posted in the left centre of the front line, -with the brigade of Guards on its right, and the German Legion on its -left, and about 100 paces in its front, occupied by its Light Infantry, -was the dry, rocky bed of a mountain torrent. On the 27th, the French -attempted to turn the allies’ left, and to take a height in front -of General Hill’s division. In this they were unsuccessful, but the -following day, at about 2 p.m., they renewed their efforts, and made a -general attack on the whole line. - -The battle then recommenced, and raged with redoubled fury. The French -guns played with murderous precision on General Cameron’s brigade, and -the men of the 61st and 83rd Regiments were mowed down by sections. - -Under cover of this fire, the French Infantry, in imposing masses, -advanced rapidly and steadily to the attack. - -The 83rd Regiment had been previously ordered to lie down to avoid the -tremendous cannonade directed against it; but on the French battalion -nearing the ravine on its front, it rose up, and with the 61st -advancing steadily to meet them, allowed their dark columns to approach -to within thirty paces of their ranks, then, pouring in a well-directed -and destructive volley, it dashed impetuously forward through the -ravine, and, charging vigorously with the bayonet, drove the enemy with -great slaughter headlong before them. - -The regiment followed in pursuit, until it received the command to -retire, when, facing about and carrying off its wounded, it steadily -recrossed the ravine, and, amid the warm encomiums of General Cameron -himself, resumed its original position in the line; this (together with -the 61st) it maintained with unflinching resolution till the close of -the day, when the French (who had been temporarily successful on the -right and left of the brigade) were compelled to return, leaving the -victory to the British. - -The very severe loss of the 83rd in this hard-fought battle, amounting -to nearly half its number present, fully testifies the honourable -service it performed. - -Its commanding officer, Colonel Gordon, while cheering and leading on -his men, fell in the first burst of the glorious charge at their head. - -Three lieutenants--Montgomery, Dahman, and Flood--with 2 sergeants and -64 rank and file, were killed with him. Two captains--Summerfield and -Reynolds; 7 lieutenants--Abel, Johnstone, Nicholson, Pine, Boggie, -Baldwin, and Ferris; 4 ensigns--Lord Tulloch, Barry, Carey, and Irwin; -and Adjutant Brahan, with 15 sergeants, 2 drummers, and 265 rank and -file, were wounded; making the total casualties of the battalion 365 -rank and file killed and wounded, and amongst the latter many were so -badly injured that on the subsequent abandonment of Talavera by the -Spaniards, the greater part, being unable to move, fell into the hands -of the French. - -For the services of the regiment in this arduous battle, Sir William -Gordon, the brother of Colonel Gordon, received the medal which would -have decorated that gallant soldier’s breast, had he happily survived -the action. - -Lieutenant Pine, the subaltern of the Grenadier Company of the 83rd, -was promoted to a company in the 66th Regiment for his distinguished -valour in hastening to the assistance of the colours--in carrying -which through this battle, officer after officer had been shot down. -Lieutenant Pine seized one of the colours and bore it gallantly -forward, and did not relinquish it till he was himself severely wounded -and obliged to be relieved of his honourable burden. Many sergeants -also were killed and wounded in protecting the colours through this -fierce battle. - -Its casualties, however, had so weakened the 83rd, that it was deemed -unable to keep the field any longer; it was on this account ordered to -Lisbon, and on its departure from the army General Cameron expressed -his approbation of the corps, and his appreciation of its conduct in -the battle of Talavera, in the following brigade order:-- - - - “BRIGADE ORDERS - - “TALAVERA DE LA REAL, _August 29th, 1809_. - “The death of Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, who so gloriously fell - at the head of the 2nd Battalion 83rd Regiment, while charging - the enemy on the 28th ult., leaves Brigadier-General Cameron the - painful necessity of regretting the loss of a sincere friend and - gallant officer, and his regiment that of a brave and worthy - commander. - - “The conduct of the 83rd Regiment in the arduous contest of - Talavera merits the Brigadier-General’s warmest thanks, and he - hopes that Major Napper will justly appreciate the merits of - those few that are left. - - “The very weak state of the 83rd renders it necessary to send - them to Lisbon. The Brigadier-General requests them to accept of - his best acknowledgments for their uniform good conduct whilst - under his command, and has, at the same time, to assure them - that he shall be proud to have the 83rd again in his brigade, - when established in health and numbers. - “By order, - “(Signed) H. BALNEAVIS, Captain, - “Acting Brigade Major.” - - -In addition to the above honourable testimonial to its services in -this action, the 83rd has been graciously permitted to have the word -“Talavera” inscribed on its colours and appointments, in commemoration -of its distinguished gallantry in that battle. - -The battalion arrived in Lisbon in October, 1809, and remained -there till the beginning of September, 1810, during which period -Lieutenant-Colonel Collins joined from the 1st Battalion and assumed -the command. - -In the beginning of September, 1810, the battalion being re-established -in health, and numbering 600 rank and file, marched under the command -of Lieutenant-Colonel Collins, to join Lord Wellington, at that time -retiring to the frontiers of Portugal. It effected its junction with -the army the same month, and was placed in the left brigade of the 3rd -Division, commanded by General Picton, and in the celebrated division -which acquired in the army the distinguished appellation of the -“Fighting Division” the 83rd had the honour of serving throughout the -remainder of the Peninsular campaigns. - -With it, therefore, and its heroic commander, Sir Thomas Picton, -the services of the battalion in this memorable war are henceforth -identified, being engaged in every skirmish, battle, and assault which -this renowned division fought and won, and in every glorious deed of -daring and honour it was ever so nobly performing. - -On the 26th and 27th of September the battalion was engaged in the -actions on the Sierra de Busaco; but the brunt of the battle falling -to the good fortune of the right brigade, its casualties were few, -amounting only to 1 lieutenant (Lieutenant Colthurst) and 6 rank and -file wounded. For the services of the regiment on this occasion Colonel -Collins received a medal, and his Majesty was pleased to sanction the -word “Busaco” being borne on its colours and appointments. - -Shortly after Lieutenant-Colonel Collins was removed to the command -of a brigade in the Portuguese service, and the command of the 83rd -devolved upon Major H. W. Carr. - -After the decisive and signal repulse of the French at Busaco, the -British army continued its retrograde movement until it was halted by -its skilful commander in the strongly fortified lines of Torres Vedras, -and the regiment remained in position in these celebrated lines till -the month of March, 1811, when the French, under Marshal Massena, -commenced its retreat. - -The British army followed in eager and hot pursuit, and the 3rd -Division hanging closely on the rear, the 83rd was in constant and warm -engagement with the enemy. - -It came up with them at Leyria, Pombal, and Condeixa, and in the -skirmishes at those places, and at Fleur-de-Lis, Guarda, and Sabugal, -its casualties amounted to 2 sergeants and 52 men killed and wounded. - -In May following, the battalion was actively engaged in the actions -at Fuentes d’Onor, on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of that month, and was -mentioned in Lord Wellington’s despatch of the battle, as being -distinguished in the defence of the village of Fuentes d’Onor, and -the repulse of the enemy therefrom. Its casualties, however, were -fortunately but few, amounting to 1 lieutenant (Ferris) and 6 rank and -file killed, and 1 lieutenant (Vereker), 1 sergeant, and 22 rank and -file wounded, and his Majesty was pleased to sanction the word “Fuentes -d’Onor” being inscribed on the colours and appointments of the 83rd, -in commemoration of the distinguished conduct of the battalion in that -battle. - -The same month the battalion was employed in the first siege of -Badajoz, and had 6 rank and file wounded in the trenches. - -The siege being raised, the regiment assisted in the blockade of Ciudad -Rodrigo, and on the 25th September, when Marshal Marmont advanced to -the relief of that fortress, the 83rd, with Colville’s brigade, then -composed of the 5th (2nd Battalion), 77th, 83rd, and 94th Regiments, -greatly distinguished itself. On that occasion immense bodies of French -cavalry, supported by artillery and infantry, attacked the 5th and 77th -Regiments in their position on a hill, covering the road to Guinaldo; -but these two gallant regiments nobly sustained their assault, and -repeatedly repulsed the enemy. Their flank, however, being threatened, -Lord Wellington gave the order to retire, when, being joined by the -remaining regiments of the brigade, the whole, driving back the French -horsemen whenever they approached them, fell back steadily, until they -reached Guinaldo, where they were halted, and joined the day after by -the right brigade, which, stationed at Pastores, had been cut off by -the movement. In this gallant affair the 83rd had 1 sergeant and 5 rank -and file killed, and 3 sergeants and 16 rank and file wounded. - - - CIUDAD RODRIGO - -[Sidenote: 1812.] - -In the month of January, 1812, the regiment was employed in the siege -and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo; and on the 19th of that month, when that -fortress was taken by storm, the Light Company of the 83rd, under the -Hon. Captain Powys, led the right attack, and escaladed the outwork in -front of the castle. The remainder of the battalion lined the trenches -and covered the advance of the storming parties of the 3rd Division -in their assault on the great breach. The loss of the regiment in -the siege amounted to 4 men killed, and 2 lieutenants (Vereker and -Matthews) and 12 men wounded; and the word “Ciudad Rodrigo” has been -inscribed by the royal authority on its colours and appointments for -its services on this occasion.[4] - - - BADAJOZ - -[Sidenote: 1812.] - -At Badajoz, in April, the same year, the regiments of the 3rd Division -were again called upon to display the burning, irresistible courage of -British soldiers, and the capture of that fortress by storm on the 6th -April was mainly attributed to the impetuous valour with which they -escaladed and took the castle. - -On this, as on former occasions, the 83rd highly distinguished itself, -and its services on the 25th March were most conspicuous. - -On the 25th March, fire was first opened on Badajoz, and it was -determined to storm the outwork, La Picurina, after nightfall on -that day. For this purpose, General Kempt, with 500 men from the 3rd -Division, was ordered to carry it by assault. These he divided into -three divisions, the centre of which, composed of 100 men from the -83rd, under the Hon. Captain Powys, was held in reserve. The flank -divisions rushed impetuously to the attack, but the strength of the -work, and the destructive musketry of the French, having rendered their -courageous efforts fruitless, Powys and his reserve were also sent -headlong against it. Running vehemently forward, the men of the 83rd -soon cleared the intervening space, and in spite of a most galling fire -escaladed the work, at a salient angle, and mounted the rampart. Here a -desperate struggle ensued. Powys, first and foremost of his men, fell -dangerously wounded, but Sergeant Hazlust of his regiment, defending -him stoutly with his halberd, kept the French at bay, and held his -ground till the remainder of the men, clambering up thickly and -resolutely, came to his aid, and driving the enemy before them, cleared -the ramparts, and enabled the flank divisions to enter also. For this -gallant service, Captain Powys received the rank of brevet major, but -did not survive to enjoy the fruits of his bravery. With his dying -breath, however, the gallant fellow recommended Sergeant Hazlust to the -notice of his superiors, and that valiant soldier, for his conduct on -this occasion, was almost immediately promoted to be sergeant-major of -the battalion. - -On the 6th April, also, the memorable night of the storm of Badajoz, -the 83rd most successfully and nobly availed itself of the glorious -opportunity of distinction afforded it. The distinguished honour of -leading the 3rd Division in the assault on the castle was assigned -to it, and, rapidly and resolutely filing over the narrow bridge of -the little River Rivillas, the regiment rushed impetuously to the -walls, and under a most galling and murderous discharge of shells and -combustibles, planted the ladders against them. Four out of the seven -ladders were broken and destroyed, but officers and men, mounting the -remainder, made the most determined efforts to force themselves in, -repeatedly driven back and thrown down, crushed and bruised, from the -parapets of the ramparts. The 83rd still persevered, and at length -Major Carr, Captain Hext, Lieutenant Broomfield, Adjutant Swinburne, -with others, followed closely by their men, effected an entrance at the -right angle of the work, and established themselves on the rampart. At -about the same time, the remainder of the division scaling the wall -at another angle, the French turned and made in full flight for the -gate. The officers and men of the 83rd rapidly pursued, and closing -the gate, and blocking it with stones, wood, and other materials, -secured the castle from recapture by the French, who, crowding from the -breaches, and pouring volley after volley through it, endeavoured in -vain to retake it. The castle thus being won, the French abandoned the -remaining defences, and surrendered the fortress to the British. - -The regiment’s loss in this siege and assault was necessarily -very severe, amounting to one-third of its number engaged. Three -officers--Captains Powys, Fry, and Ensign Hackett--with 1 sergeant, -and 36 rank and file, were killed; and 6 officers--Lieutenants -Broomfield, O’Neill, Bowles, Lane, Vavasour, and Baldwin--and 81 -rank and file, wounded. Major Carr received a clasp and the rank of -lieutenant-colonel, and Captain Hext that of brevet major, for their -own and their regiment’s highly distinguished conduct in this assault, -and his Majesty has been pleased to permit the 83rd to bear the word -“Badajoz” on its colours and appointments, in commemoration of the -important and successful service it there rendered. - - - CAMPAIGN OF SALAMANCA - -[Sidenote: 1812.] - -The fall of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz having opened the way into -Spain, the British army was enabled to commence its march into that -country, and the 2nd Battalion 83rd, serving throughout the glorious -campaign of 1812, had its full share of danger and honour, in the -memorable victory of Salamanca, when the French army, under Marshal -Marmont, was signally defeated on the 22nd July, 1812. - -On that glorious day, the 3rd Division, commanded by Major-General -the Hon. Edward Pakenham (General Picton being absent on account of -ill-health) was posted in a wood, behind Aldea Tejada, completely -concealed from the enemy, and securing the main road to Ciudad Rodrigo. -About 2 p.m., the French, endeavouring to turn the British right and -gain the road to Ciudad Rodrigo, extended their left in the direction -of that fortress, thereby weakening their centre, and affording Lord -Wellington the favourable opportunity he had so long desired of -attacking them. He immediately took advantage of it, and assailing -in front, with the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Divisions, ordered the 3rd -Division to attack the French columns, which were moving down on the -Ciudad Rodrigo road, and nobly and gallantly did General Pakenham -launch the battalions of the “Fighting Division” against the enemy; -forming line by regiments, they rushed impetuously forward, and bearing -on with resistless force, carried everything before them. - -The 83rd Regiment, with Colville’s brigade, was in the full brunt of -this decisive and successful attack. At one time charging gallantly -forward, it overthrew the enemy whenever he stood to meet it; at -another, halting, and wheeling by divisions, to allow the British -cavalry to pass through, it re-formed, and followed hotly on, -encouraging and cheering the pursuing troopers. - -Three thousand prisoners were taken by the division this day, and -special mention of its commander and it was made by Lord Wellington in -his despatch. Colonel Campbell, also, who commanded Colville’s brigade -(in the absence of that officer commanding the 4th Division), received -his lordship’s thanks for its services on the occasion. - -The casualties of the battalion in this battle amounted to 13 rank -and file killed, and 1 lieutenant (Lieutenant Gascoyne) and 32 rank -and file wounded; and it had, moreover, the great misfortune to -lose, though not in its own ranks, its gallant lieutenant-colonel -(Lieutenant-Colonel Collins), who, commanding a Portuguese brigade, had -previously, at the sanguinary battle of Albuera, lost a leg, and now, -in this great action again distinguishing himself, received a mortal -wound. - -Lieutenant-Colonel Carr had one horse, and Adjutant Swinburne two -horses, shot under them, and in commemoration of the distinguished -services of the battalion of the 83rd in this action, his Majesty -has been graciously pleased to sanction the word “Salamanca” being -inscribed on its colours and appointments. - -The battalion was next employed in the investment of the “Retiro,” a -fortified building at Madrid; at which two men of the battalion were -wounded. It subsequently retired with the 3rd Division, when the whole -of the army retreated from before Burgos. - - - CAMPAIGN OF VITTORIA - -[Sidenote: 1813.] - -The next service which the battalion had the good fortune to be engaged -in was the triumphant battle of Vittoria, on the 21st June, 1813, when -the 83rd bore a prominent part and highly distinguished itself. On that -occasion, Colville’s brigade being in front, the 83rd had the honour of -leading the 3rd Division in its passage across the River Zadara; and -the advance of the brigade against the enemy drew forth the especial -approbation of Lord Wellington, who mentioned it in his despatch in the -following terms:-- - -“Major-General the Hon. C. Colville’s brigade, of the 3rd Division, was -seriously attacked in its advance by a very superior force, which it -drove in, supported by General Inglis’s brigade of the 7th Division, -under Colonel Grant, of the 82nd; these officers and the troops under -their command distinguished themselves.” - -Maxwell, an historian of the great duke’s life, also, in his -description of this memorable victory, thus vividly recounts the -advance of Colville’s brigade:-- - -“The subsequent advance of the allied columns against the enemy’s right -centre was beautifully executed, as in echelon of regiments it crossed -the hallowed ground on which tradition placed the chivalry of England -when the Black Prince delivered battle to Henry the Bastard, and by -a decisive victory replaced Don Pedro on the throne. As if animated -by some glorious impulse, the battalions advanced not to combat, -but to conquer; Colville’s brigade of the ‘Fighting Third’ led the -attack, and the first enemy’s corps that confronted it was gallantly -defeated. Pressing on with characteristic impetuosity, and without -halting to correct the irregularity a recent and successful struggle -had occasioned, the brigade encountered on the brow of the hill two -lines of French infantry, regularly drawn up, and prepared to receive -the assailants. For a moment the result was regarded with considerable -apprehension, and means were adopted by Lord Wellington for sustaining -the brigade, when (as that event seemed inevitable) it should be -repulsed by the enemy; but valour overcame every disadvantage, -and the perfect formation of the French could not withstand the -dashing onset of the assailants; their rush was irresistible. On -went the daring soldiers, sweeping before them the formidable array -which, circumstanced as they were, appeared calculated to produce -annihilation.” - -The 83rd, moreover, had this day the good fortune to obtain particular -commendation from General Colville himself; with the 94th it attacked -and captured a battery of guns, and in an assault on a village, led by -General Colville in person, the men of the 83rd rendered themselves so -conspicuous by their daring valour, that he directed Adjutant Swinburne -(who, with Lieutenants Hingston, Barry, C. O’Neill, and Volunteer -Nugent, were also distinguishing themselves at that particular point) -to take the names of a large number of them, to whom, after the action, -he awarded a guinea apiece. - -The casualties of the 83rd in this glorious victory were severe: -3 officers (Major Widrington, Lieutenants Lindsey and Bloxham), 4 -sergeants, and 28 rank and file were killed; and 4 officers (Captain -Venables, Lieutenants J. Smith, Baldwin, and Barry), with 6 sergeants -and 68 rank and file, were wounded. Its gallant conduct in the battle -was acknowledged by medals being awarded to its commanding officer, -Colonel Carr, and to Major Hext. Volunteer Nugent also was appointed to -an ensigncy in the battalion, and his Majesty was graciously pleased -to permit the word “Vittoria” being inscribed on the colours and -appointments of the 83rd, in commemoration of the distinguished service -it rendered in that battle. - -After this crowning victory, Lord Wellington undertook the sieges of -San Sebastian and Pampeluna, and the 3rd Division was employed in the -investment of the latter place; but being shortly after relieved by the -7th Division, it was formed in right support of the remainder of the -army, which was so disposed as to cover the operations against these -strong and important fortresses. - -On the 25th and 26th of July, the French under Marshal Soult having, -after a desperate struggle, forced the Roncesvalles and Maya Passes, -General Picton moved his division up in support, and, forming in order -of battle on the right of the 4th Division, in front of Huarte, and -extending to the hills beyond Olaz, there awaited the further advance -of the French. - -In the ensuing hard-fought battles on the 27th and 28th July, the brunt -of the fight fell to the good fortune of the 4th Division, and the 3rd -was but slightly engaged. Its picquets and light infantry, however, -skirmished with the enemy’s tirailleurs, and the division itself -advancing on the right of the victorious 4th, turned the enemy’s left -and completed his signal repulse. In this affair the battalion lost -only 8 men wounded. - -The French having been thus driven back, the siege of San Sebastian -was prosecuted with redoubled vigour; and at last, after a second most -sanguinary assault, the city was carried by storm. Pampeluna also -having been reduced, the British general led his victorious troops -from their lofty positions, and, descending from the snow-clad summits -of the Pyrenees, launched them on the fair and fertile provinces of -France. - -On the 10th of November, 1813, 90,000 men descended to the fight, -and, rushing simultaneously from various points on the entrenched -and strongly fortified lines of the enemy, commenced the battle of -Nivelle; and here again the “Fighting Third Division” signally availed -itself of the glorious opportunity for distinction afforded it. Led by -General Charles Colville (in the absence of Picton in England), the -division attacked the left centre of the enemy’s position, and carrying -everything before it, won the bridge of Amotz, and seizing the heights -between that structure and the fortified redoubt called Louis XIV, -established itself firmly on them. It then attacked the enemy in flank, -while he was assailed in front by the 4th and 7th Divisions, stormed -the redoubt, hurled the enemy headlong out of it, and, afterwards -crossing the Nivelle, attacked him on the heights on that side of the -river also, and gained triumphant and secure possession of them. - -In this battle, as on former occasions, the 83rd was in the heat of the -engagement, and proved itself worthy of the noble division to which it -belonged. - -Its casualties amounted to 10 rank and file killed, and 5 officers -(Lieutenants Watson, Barry, and Wyatt, Ensigns Burgess and----[5]), and -28 rank and file wounded; and the royal authority has been received -for the regiment to bear the word “Nivelle” on its colours and -appointments, to commemorate its gallantry in that action. - -The next service the regiment was employed in was the passage of the -Gare d’Oleron, when the 3rd Division, under General Picton himself, -attacked the ford above the bridge at Sanvetterre; the regiment, with -the left brigade commanded by Colonel Keane, was in this encounter -warmly engaged, and sustained a loss of 5 rank and file killed, and 12 -rank and file wounded, and lost some prisoners from the Light Infantry, -which had crossed the river. - -At Orthes, on the 27th February, 1814, the 3rd Division was again in -the very heat and brunt of battle, and highly distinguished itself, -attacking the heights, on which the left and centre of the enemy were -strongly posted. It, after severe fighting, gained possession of them, -and with the simultaneous assaults of the 52nd Regiment on the left, -dislodged the enemy from his position and secured the victory. - -The loss of the 83rd in this action was severe, amounting to 1 -sergeant, 10 rank and file killed, 9 officers (Lieutenant-Colonel -Carr, Major Blaquiere, Captains Venables and Elliott, Lieutenants -Baldwin, Watson, and Lane, Ensign Nugent and Adjutant Swinburne), with -1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 28 rank and file wounded; and its conduct -was so meritorious that Colonel Keane, in brigade orders, returned it -and the 87th his thanks for their gallant behaviour, declaring that -in this battle they had added to their already high reputation. On -this occasion Captain Elliott, of the Light Company, was promoted to -be brevet major, and received a medal, and his Majesty was graciously -pleased to permit the word “Orthes” to be inscribed on the colours and -appointments of the 83rd, to commemorate the service it performed in -that battle. - -In the month of March following, Picton’s division again encountered -the enemy, and falling upon him at Vic Bigorre, drove him from his -position, and compelled him to continue his retreat. - -In this affair the 83rd Regiment was vigorously engaged, and lost 1 -sergeant and 6 men killed, and 2 Lieutenants (Hingstone and Lane) and -16 men wounded. - - - TOULOUSE - -[Sidenote: 1814.] - -On the 10th April, the British army fought and won the crowning battle -of Toulouse, and Picton again led his division into the middle of the -fight. The 83rd Regiment, with the left brigade, was but partially -engaged and suffered a slight loss, and it has received the royal -commission to bear the word “Toulouse” on its colours and appointments, -for its services in that victory. - -The war was at this period brought to a conclusion; the illustrious -Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, being compelled to abdicate. -His able lieutenant, Marshal Soult, gave in his adhesion to the new -government, and hostilities accordingly ceased. - -The 83rd was quartered at La Mao, where Major Blaquiere, having -recovered from his wounds, rejoined and assumed the command. It was -afterwards removed to Blanque Fort Camp, near Bordeaux, where 1 -captain, 2 lieutenants, 1 assistant-surgeon, and 15 rank and file -joined from prisoners of war. - -The whole army was there reviewed by the Duke of Wellington; and on the -1st of June the battalion embarked from Bordeaux for England. - -As a reward for their own and their regiment’s service during this -memorable war, his Majesty was pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel H. -W. Carr a Knight Commander, and Major George Hext a Companion, of the -Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; and the word “Peninsula,” -inscribed by the royal authority on the colours and appointments of -the 83rd, commemorates the valiant achievements of the 2nd Battalion -throughout the whole of the Peninsular campaigns. - - - - - PART III - - SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT IN CEYLON FROM 1814–29 - - -[Sidenote: 1814.] - -On the 4th July, 1814, the 2nd Battalion embarked on board transports -for Ireland, and on the 24th following disembarked at Monkstown, County -Cork, and marched into the Fort of Kinsale. - -On the 10th of September the battalion marched to Clonmel, and on the -30th of October to Kilkenny, when most of the companies were detached -to do duty in the adjacent villages. - -On the 9th of November the depôt joined from Maldon in Essex, -consisting of 1 major, 7 lieutenants, 5 ensigns, 10 sergeants, 4 -drummers, and 192 rank and file, under Major Sullivan, who assumed the -command of the battalion. - -[Sidenote: 1815.] - -On the 26th January, 1815, the regiment marched for Dublin, from which -place all the officers belonging to the 1st Battalion then doing duty -with the 2nd were ordered to join it at the Cape of Good Hope. - -[Sidenote: 1816.] - -In the month of March, 1816, the battalion marched for Armagh, and was -detached in that and the neighbouring counties. - -At this place Lieutenant-Colonel Cother, C.B., from the half-pay of the -71st, assumed the command. - -[Sidenote: 1817.] - -The 2nd Battalion was inspected by Major-General Barnet on the 24th -April, 1817, and disbanded the same day, having previously selected all -the serviceable non-commissioned officers and men (consisting of 8 -sergeants, 4 drummers, and 381 rank and file), to be held in readiness -to join the 1st Battalion, supposed to be in the island of Ceylon, for -which station it had been a considerable time under orders. - -The major-general expressed his perfect approbation of the battalion -during its stay in Armagh, in a district order, wishing the officers -every success in future. - -There were 15 sergeants, 7 drummers, and 164 rank and file (chiefly -wounded men) discharged in consequence of the reduction of the 2nd -Battalion. - -The route for the march of the detachment was received on the 22nd -May, 1817, for Fermoy in two divisions, where it arrived on the -11th and 12th of June. The detachment and depôt received a further -route for Cork on the 26th June, from whence the former proceeded in -steamboats to Cove, and embarked on board the transports _Adamant_ -and _Eliza_, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Cother, -C.B. - -The detachment sailed from the Cove on the 7th July, 1817, and arrived -in Simon’s Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 22nd September following, -and joined the head-quarters of the regiment, under the command of -Lieutenant-Colonel Brunt in Simon’s Town. - -During the services of the 1st Battalion at the Cape of Good Hope, -five companies of the regiment, under the command of Brevet Major -Summerfield, were ordered to proceed to the frontier of Africa, in -consequence of a revolt of a great number of Boers and Hottentots, -joined with the Caffres. This detachment landed at Algoa Bay, and -on its disembarkation proceeded to Graaff Reinet, on the banks of -Sunday’s River, being a march of 350 miles, through a barren country. -This revolt having been amicably settled, the detachment returned to -Algoa Bay in October, 1816, where it remained until September of the -following year. - -The head-quarters, etc., embarked, and the regiment sailed from Simon’s -Bay on the 1st October, and arrived at Colombo, island of Ceylon, on -the 16th November and 3rd December, 1817. - -[Sidenote: 1817.] - -The insurrection in the “Kandyan”[6] provinces of Ceylon having -commenced a few weeks previous to the arrival of the regiment in -that colony, nearly the whole of the battalion, then consisting of 4 -field officers, 10 captains, 32 subalterns, 48 sergeants, 22 drummers, -and 969 rank and file, was marched into the interior, and was actively -employed in the suppression of the rebellion. During this service the -regiment suffered much from climate and privation of every description; -the loss in killed and wounded only amounted to 12, but the regiment -sustained a loss of 3 officers,[7] 3 sergeants, 3 drummers, and 112 -rank and file by disease, and previous to the effects of this campaign -being eradicated a further loss of 1 officer,[8] 4 sergeants, and 86 -rank and file, making a total of 209 deaths within two years after the -landing of the regiment in Ceylon. - -[Sidenote: 1819.] - -On the 9th July, 1819, the regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel -Cother, was inspected by General Sir Robert Brownrigg, Bart., -G.C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the forces in -Ceylon, by whom the regiment was very highly complimented. - -[Sidenote: 1820.] - -On the 23rd September, 1819, the following detachment, under the -command of Captain Campbell, joined the regiment from the depôt, viz., -89 rank and file, and on the 7th January, 1820, a further detachment of -20 rank and file, under the command of Lieutenant Mee, viâ New South -Wales and Calcutta. - -On the 25th December, 1818, the establishment of the regiment was -reduced in conformity with the instructions, dated War Office, -23rd November, 1818, to the following numbers, viz., 1 colonel, 1 -lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 10 captains, 20 subalterns, 5 staff, 35 -sergeants, 22 drummers, and 650 rank and file. - -[Sidenote: 1821.] - -On the 12th March, 1821, the regiment[9] was inspected by Major-General -Sir Edward Barnes, K.C.B., commanding the forces, who issued a -very complimentary order on the occasion. - -The 73rd Regiment having received orders in June, 1820, to return to -England, the men of that corps were allowed to transfer their services -to other regiments in Ceylon, when 140 non-commissioned officers and -rank and file volunteered to the 83rd Regiment. - -On the 5th September, 1821, the regiment was again inspected by -Major-General Sir Edward Barnes, K.C.B., and the regiment, -still commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Cother, was again highly -complimented. - -[Sidenote: 1822.] - -On the 25th February, 1822, the regiment was reduced to the following -numbers, viz., 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 2 majors, 8 captains, -16 subalterns, 5 staff, 29 sergeants, 12 drummers, and 576 rank and -file. - -[Sidenote: 1823.] - -Agreeably to general orders issued by Major-General James Campbell, -C.B., the head-quarters of the regiment, consisting of 1 field -officer, 4 captains, 3 staff, 12 sergeants, 14 drummers, and 303 rank -and file, embarked on the 22nd January, 1823, under the command of -Major Summerfield, for Trincomalee, and arrived at that station on the -8th of the following month. - -On the 20th March, 1823, Lieutenant-General John Hodgson succeeded to -the colonelcy of the regiment vice General James Balfour, deceased. - -[Sidenote: 1824.] - -The head-quarters, etc., of the regiment embarked at Trincomalee, on -board several vessels, between the 26th March and 31st October, 1824, -and were all landed and collected at Colombo on the 6th November -following. - -A few months previous to the regiment leaving Trincomalee, the -Governor, Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Barnes, received orders for its -return to England, but the Burmese War having broken out, the battalion -was detained, and ordered to proceed to Kandy, to relieve the 45th -Regiment, which corps had been a considerable time under orders for -India. - -[Sidenote: 1825.] - -On the 25th September, 1825, the establishment of the regiment was -increased to 10 companies, consisting of the following numbers: 6 -service companies--2 field officers, 6 captains, 12 subalterns, 5 -staff, 30 sergeants, 10 drummers, and 516 rank and file; 4 depôt -companies--1 field officer, 4 captains, 8 subalterns, 1 staff, 12 -sergeants, 4 drummers, and 224 rank and file. - -The regiment was stationed in Kandy from January, 1825, to October, -1825, when it received the route for Colombo, preparatory to -embarkation for England, on board the transports _Amity_ and -_Arab_; the former vessel, with the head-quarters division, under -Lieutenant-Colonel Cother, C.B., sailed on the 4th December, -and the latter, under Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly, with the -remainder of the regiment, a few days afterwards. - -During the services of the regiment in Ceylon (a period of eleven -years) it sustained a loss by deaths of 17 officers and 491 -non-commissioned officers and rank and file. - -Upon the embarkation of the regiment at Colombo, his Excellency -Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Barnes, K.C.B., was pleased -to issue a most complimentary order to the regiment on its departure -from Ceylon for England. Lieutenant-Colonel Cother, the commanding -officer, was particularly complimented by the lieutenant-general, and -Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly was especially mentioned for his talents and -exertions during the Kandyan rebellion. - -[Sidenote: 1829.] - -After a passage of about five months, the regiment arrived in England -on the 16th April, and on the 18th May, 1829, landed at Gosport, and -was quartered at Forton Barracks, where it remained till the 27th -August following, from which place it embarked on board the transports -_Hope_, _Amphitrite_, and _William Harris_, for Scotland, and landed at -Leith a few days afterwards and marched to Glasgow. - - - - - PART IV - - SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT FROM 1829–48 - - -On the 3rd December, 1829, Major the Hon. Henry Dundas, M.P., -succeeded to the lieutenant-colonelcy, vice Cother, who retired. - -[Sidenote: 1830.] - -The regiment was stationed at Glasgow until the 16th August, 1830, when -it embarked on board steam-vessels for Belfast, in Ireland, and on -landing marched to Enniskillen. - -During the stay of the regiment at Enniskillen, it furnished -detachments to Omagh, Lifford, Sligo, and Ballyshannon, and on the 1st -November, 1831, proceeded to Castlebar. - -[Sidenote: 1832.] - -The regiment was quartered at Castlebar until the 23rd October, 1832, -when it received a route for Limerick, at which place the head-quarters -arrived on the 29th of the same month. - -During the stay of the regiment at Castlebar, it furnished detachments -to Drunnore, Westport, Foxford, Ballinrobe, and Tuam. - -The cholera having made its appearance in the corps,[10] on the 26th -June, 1832, the whole of the men at head-quarters, consisting of 5 -companies, and staff, were ordered into camp at Ballinew, about a -mile distant from the town, and remained encamped until the 5th of -September, when instructions were received to reoccupy the barracks. -The regiment lost 10 men by this disease at Castlebar, and 2 officers -fell victims to this malady at Ballinrobe. - -The regiment removed to Limerick in 1832, when it furnished detachments -to Newcastle, Bruff, Galbally, Kilfinnan, Tipperary, and Killaloe. - -The officers named in the margin[11] died at this station. - -On the 11th August, 1833, the regiment received a route for Dublin, -where it arrived on the 19th of that month. - -[Sidenote: 1834.] - -On the 22nd of February, 1834, the regiment received a letter of -readiness to proceed to Cork for embarkation to Halifax, Nova Scotia, -and on the 5th of April the 1st division embarked on board the -_Innisfaile_ steamer, and landed at Cork on the next day; the -head-quarters division following a few days afterwards. - -The separation of the service and depôt companies took place on the 1st -April, and the latter, under Major Trydell, proceeded to Mullingar. - -During the stay of the regiment at Dublin, the officer named in the -margin[12] died. - -The service companies, consisting of 2 field officers, 6 captains, 18 -subalterns, 5 staff, 30 sergeants, 10 drummers, and 479 rank and file, -embarked at Cork, on board the freight ships _Brunswick_ and -_Rickers_, on the 21st April and 15th May, 1834, and landed at -Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the 26th May and 20th June following. - -Cholera having made its appearance in the town of Halifax, the three -companies at head-quarters were ordered into camp at Windmill Hill, a -short distance from the barracks, on the 8th September, and remained -encamped until the 1st October. The regiment only lost one man by this -disease. - -On the 30th September of this year, Major-General Hastings Frazer, C.B., -succeeded to the colonelcy of the regiment vice Lieutenant-General -Hodgson, removed to the 4th Foot. - -The companies which had been stationed at Cape Breton, Prince Edward’s -Island, etc., since the arrival of the regiment at Halifax, returned to -the head-quarters on the 17th, 18th, and 20th July of this year. - -[Sidenote: 1836.] - -During this year the regiment remained stationary at Halifax, Nova -Scotia. - -[Sidenote: 1837.] - -The regiment remained in Nova Scotia until the 29th June, 1837, when, -in consequence of the unsettled state of Lower Canada, orders were -received for its embarkation for Quebec on board her Majesty’s frigate -_Vestal_ and _Champion_ sloop of war. The head-quarters landed on the -12th, and the remaining companies on the 13th July, occupying the -citadel barracks. - -During the services of the regiment at Nova Scotia, a period of about -three years, it sustained a loss by deaths of 23 rank and file. - -Upon the embarkation of the regiment, Major-General Sir Colin -Campbell, K.C.B., was pleased to issue a complimentary order, -Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. H. Dundas at this time commanding. - -On the 3rd August, 1 sergeant and 20 rank and file proceeded to Gross -Isle, and returned to the head-quarters on the 19th October. On the 1st -November, Major Trydell, with two companies, embarked for Three Rivers, -and having remained at that post about ten days, received instructions -to proceed to Montreal. - -On the 8th December the head-quarters and remaining four companies -received orders to embark the following day for Montreal, and landed at -that station on the 11th, occupying part of the Quebec Gate barrack. - -On the 13th December the regiment formed part of the brigade under -Lieutenant-General Sir J. Colbourne, K.C.B., which proceeded -to attack St. Eustache, and were actively engaged in that day’s -operations. - -The following morning the brigade proceeded to Benoit, and returned to -Montreal on the 17th December. - -[Sidenote: 1838.] - -In January of this year, two companies proceeded on sleighs to the -Upper Provinces, and after remaining some days at St. Thomas, distant -about 600 miles from Montreal, one of them, under the command of -Lieutenant Kelsall, proceeded to Amherstburg. - -The brigands having come over from the American shore and taken -possession of Fighting Island, this company, with one of the 32nd, -proceeded on the 25th February to disperse them, which service they -effectually performed; the brigands leaving behind them a small piece -of cannon, with ammunition, muskets, etc. On the 3rd March, this -company was again actively employed against the brigands at Peel -Island, in conjunction with a part of the 32nd Regiment, and finally -rejoined the head-quarters with the other company on the 17th June. - -The head-quarters remained at Montreal until the 6th May, when it -proceeded viâ the St. Lawrence to Kingston. - -On the 11th November, Lieutenant Johnson, with 44 men of the regiment -and a party of marines, embarked on board her Majesty’s steamboat -_Experiment_, with a view to cut off two American schooners, laden -with some hundreds of brigands, and whom it was reported they intended -to land in the neighbourhood of Prescott. On their arrival, it was -discovered that these marauders had effected a landing about a mile and -a half below the town, and taken possession of a large stone mill and -adjacent houses. - -On the morning of the 13th, an attack on the brigands was decided on, -and Lieutenant Johnson and a party, with the marines under Lieutenant -Parker, reinforced by a number of volunteers, proceeded to attack -them. The men advanced under a galling fire from the walls at some -distance from the mill, and speedily expelling them from this position, -compelled them to seek refuge in the mill and houses. Lieutenant -Johnson then attempted to storm one of the houses filled with brigands, -and in the act of doing so was killed, and four rank and file wounded. -Being destitute of artillery to batter the houses, the party was -ordered to retire. In this affair the brigands sustained a loss of -about 40 killed and 28 prisoners. - -On the 16th of this month, Colonel Dundas and four companies of the -regiment, with some heavy artillery, landed at Prescott, and at once -took up position about 500 yards from the mill. The guns were brought -to bear on the houses with great effect, and it being now late, and -daylight wearing away, the lieutenant-colonel ordered the regiment to -advance, when a smart fire was opened by the brigands from one of the -houses, and as quickly replied to. The buildings on the left of the -mill being by this time gained, were set fire to, and the enemy, seeing -no prospect of escape, threw out a “white flag,” and about 130 of them -surrendered unconditionally. - -Their killed in this affair amounted to about 30. The only loss -sustained by the regiment on this occasion was one private killed. The -four companies returned to Kingston the day following. - -[Sidenote: 1839.] - -During this year the regiment remained stationary at Kingston. - -[Sidenote: 1840.] - -On the 19th May, 1840, the officer named in the margin[13] died at this -station, and he was succeeded first by Lieutenant B. H. Browne, and on -his promotion Ensign William Nott was appointed adjutant. Ensign Nott -was promoted from the ranks, and performed the duties of adjutant most -efficiently for eleven years, when he became captain by seniority in -1851, at Kurrachee. - -The regiment remained at Kingston, N. S., until the 20th and 21st May, -1840, when it embarked in steamboats for London and St. Thomas, N. S., -and marched into quarters at these stations on the 29th and 30th of the -same month. - -[Sidenote: 1841.] - -On the 14th May, 1841, Lieutenant Wynniatt was accidentally drowned -while endeavouring to ford the River Thomas on horseback. - -On the 4th October, 1841, Captain Colquhoun died at London (England) -while on leave of absence. - -[Sidenote: 1842.] - -The 1st division of the regiment, under the command of Brevet Major -Swinburne, marched _en route_ to Toronto on the 7th July, -1842; and the 2nd division or head-quarters, under the command of -Lieutenant-Colonel Trydell, on the following day. The former arrived at -Toronto on the 14th, and the latter on the 15th July, 1842. - -On the 2nd August, 1842, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel B. Trydell succeeded -to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the regiment, vice the Hon. H. Dundas, -placed on half-pay. - -[Sidenote: 1843.] - -The 1st division of the regiment proceeded on the 22nd May, 1843, to -Three Rivers, under the command of Major Swinburne. The 2nd division -and head-quarters proceeded to Quebec on the 23rd, and arrived there -on the 27th May. No. 4 company joined head-quarters at Quebec on the -30th May, leaving No. 1 and the Light Company at Three Rivers. Light -Company and No. 1 joined the head-quarters at Quebec on the 11th June, -1843, from Three Rivers.[14] - -The regiment embarked for England at Quebec, Canada, on the 16th -June, 1843. The 1st division and head-quarters, under the command -of Lieutenant-Colonel Trydell, on board the _Countess_, London -freight ship, consisting of 3 captains, 5 subalterns, 3 staff, 28 -sergeants, 8 drummers, and 502 rank and file, 54 women, and 110 -children; and the 2nd division, under the command of Major Swinburne, -on board the _Jamaica_, freight ship, consisting of 1 captain, 4 -subalterns, 1 staff, 10 sergeants, 2 drummers, 184 rank and file, 16 -women, and 20 children, sailed together on the 17th June, 1843, and -both ships anchored at Spithead on the 10th July, 1843. - -The 2nd division, under the command of Major Swinburne, landed at -Gosport on the 11th; and the 1st division and head-quarters, under the -command of Lieutenant-Colonel Trydell, on the 12th July, 1843. - -The regiment was quartered in Forton Barracks, Gosport, until the 17th -July, when the 1st division proceeded by railroad, through London, -to Weedon, and the head-quarters division on the following day, at -which they occupied barracks until the 4th August, 1843, when the -head-quarters with two companies proceeded to Northampton, and the -remainder of the regiment was distributed in detachments at Birmingham, -Wolverhampton, Burslem, Coventry, Hanley, and Newcastle-under-Lyme. - -On the 17th October, 1843, the regiment received the new percussion -muskets. - -[Sidenote: 1844.] - -In April, 1844, the regiment was again collected at Weedon, where -it remained till October, 1844, when the head-quarters and three -companies proceeded to Leeds, and the remainder furnished detachments -to York, Bradford, Sheffield, Keighley, Huddersfield, Halifax, and -Scarborough Castle. - -[Sidenote: 1845.] - -In June, 1845, the regiment was assembled at Manchester, where it -remained till 22nd July, when it proceeded by rail to Liverpool, -and embarked for Dublin, where it arrived the following morning, -and proceeded _en route_ to Limerick, Cahir, and Tipperary. -The head-quarters of the regiment were established at Limerick, and -furnished detachments also to Kilrush, the forts on the Shannon, -Rathkeale, Newcastle, Castleconnell, Croom, Ennis, and Clare Castle. - -[Sidenote: 1846.] - -In September, 1846, the regiment proceeded by divisions to Dublin, and -was assembled there in October. It occupied Richmond Barracks, and -subsequently detached companies to Aldboro’ House and Island Bridge -Barracks. - -During the stay of the regiment at Dublin, Captain T. J. St. Aubyn died -while on leave of absence in Surrey. - -[Sidenote: 1847.] - -In May, 1847, the head-quarters proceeded to Kilkenny, and during -its stay there furnished detachments to Carlow, Castlecomer, -Carrick-on-Suir, Bagenalstown, Thomas Town, Wexford, Enniscarthy, New -Ross, Callan, and Graignenemagh. - -[Sidenote: 1848.] - -Lieutenant T. Lane died at Castlecomer on 26th June, 1848. - -On the 1st September, 1848, Major-General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.B. -and K.C.M.G., succeeded General Frazer in the colonelcy of the regiment. - -In September, 1848, the regiment was removed to Fermoy, whence it -furnished detachments to Fethard, Lismore, and Clogheen. - - - - - PART V - - SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT IN INDIA, 1849–57 - - -On the 1st December, 1848, the regiment was ordered to be augmented -to the establishment as per margin,[15] and received instructions to -prepare for service in the East Indies, and on the 9th January, 1849, -two companies, with head-quarters, proceeded to Cork, and embarked -on the 11th, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Trydell, in the -freight ship _Bombay_, for Bombay, and sailed for its destination -on the 17th of the same month. - -[Sidenote: 1849.] - -The remainder of the regiment followed in the succeeding months of -February and March, as follows, viz.-- - -In the _China_, under Major Townsend. - -In the _Mermaid_, under Brevet Major Ainslie. - -In the _Marion_, under Lieutenant-Colonel Law. - -In the _Ursula_, under Captain Lloyd. - -In the _Zion’s Hope_, under Major Swinburne. - -On the 8th May, 1849, the head-quarters arrived in Bombay, and on the -10th, disembarked and proceeded to Poona, and arrived at that station -on the 18th of the same month. The whole of the regiment, however, was -not assembled at Poona till the 14th July, 1849, where it remained till -November, 1850. - -During the stay of the regiment at Poona, it lost by disease two -officers (Captain the Hon. W. Gage and Surgeon Ledingham), 5 -sergeants, 1 drummer, and 69 rank and file. - -[Sidenote: 1850.] - -In November, 1850, the regiment marched in four divisions on the 2nd, -3rd, 4th, and 11th of the month for Panwell and Bombay, and embarked in -steamers for Kurrachee, where the head-quarters arrived and disembarked -on the 14th of the same month, but the last division did not join the -regiment till the 1st December following. - -[Sidenote: 1851.] - -In January, 1851, Lieutenant-Colonel Trydell was appointed to the -command of the Poona brigade, and Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Law assumed -command of the regiment. - -From November, 1850, to 31st December, 1852, the regiment was -stationed at Kurrachee, and lost through disease during that period 5 -officers--viz., Major Townsend, Lieutenant and Adjutant W. Hall,[16] -Ensign Graham, Quartermaster Colburn (at Poona when on leave), and -Assistant-Surgeon Boyce--and 6 sergeants, 3 drummers, and 135 rank and -file, chiefly cases of cholera, fever, and dysentery. - -On two occasions--viz., in May and June, 1851, and again in September -and October, 1852--the regiment was visited with cholera, fever, and -dysentery, and suffered greatly, and on the last occasion it was -considered necessary to remove the regiment from the barracks and -encamp the men on Ghizree Heights, near the sea.[17] - -[Sidenote: 1852.] - -It, however, soon recovered from these fell diseases, and numbered -upwards of 950 efficient soldiers, men strong and stalwart in form, -perfect in discipline, and influenced in no ordinary degree by an -ardent _esprit de corps_, the prestige of the honourable name and -high reputation won by the 83rd wherever it served. - -[Sidenote: 1853.] - -On the 8th February, the right wing of the regiment (448 strength), -under the command of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Swinburne, proceeded in -river steamers by the Indus River to Hyderabad, there to be stationed. - -On the 15th March, 1853, the establishment of the regiment was altered -by Horse Guards’ letter, dated 24th March, 1853, to 12 captains, 20 -lieutenants, 4 ensigns, and 1 adjutant. - -Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Swinburne, after a long and -distinguished service of forty-four years in the 83rd Regiment, -retired from the service on the full pay of his rank of major. He -served throughout the whole of the Peninsular campaign (the greater -part of the time as adjutant), and received a medal and ten clasps for -Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, -Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse. He was engaged with the regiment -in the Kandyan rebellion and in Canada, and, embarking with the -regiment for India, left it on the 22nd May, 1853, with the esteem and -veneration of every individual in it. - -He was succeeded in the majority by Captain Henry Lloyd. - -The head-quarters, consisting of 5 subalterns, 4 staff, 19 sergeants, -6 drummers, and 353 rank and file, embarked at Kurrachee on board the -Hon. E.I.C. steam frigate _Semiramis_, for Gogo, _en route_ -for Deesa; landed at Gogo on the 22nd December, where they were halted -and encamped awaiting further orders. - -On the departure of head-quarters from Scinde, Major-General Sir Henry -Somerset, K.C.B., issued a very complimentary order to the regiment. -Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Law was then commanding, and Lieutenant E. H. -M. Mainwaring was adjutant. - -[Sidenote: 1854.] - -On the 9th January, 1854, Major Henry Lloyd joined from England, and -assumed command of the head-quarters division at Gogo, Guzerat. - -On the 22nd January, 1854, the head-quarters division, under Major -Lloyd, marched from Gogo, and arrived at Deesa on the 13th February. - -On the 23rd April, Major Henry Lloyd made over command of the -head-quarters division to Captain E. W. Bray, the senior officer, and -left Deesa for Kurrachee, there to assume command of the right wing. - -On the 6th May, Major Henry Lloyd died at Cambay of Asiatic cholera, -while proceeding by that route to Kurrachee, to assume command of the -companies there stationed. - -On the 14th October, the half-yearly inspection of the head-quarters -division of the regiment took place at Camp Deesa, under -Brigadier-General Forster Stalker, C.B., commanding northern -division of the army. Captain E. W. Bray at that time commanded, and -Lieutenant E. H. M. Mainwaring was adjutant. - -[Sidenote: 1855.] - -On the 4th January, Colonel W. H. Law joined from Kurrachee, and -assumed command of the head-quarters division of the regiment stationed -at Deesa. - -On the 29th March, the half-yearly inspection of the head-quarters -division of the regiment took place at Camp Deesa, under Major-General -F. Stalker, C.B., commanding northern division of the army. - -On the 2nd April, the right wing, consisting of seven companies, under -the command of Captain C. W. Austen, arrived at Bombay, from Kurrachee, -and was quartered in the barracks of Colaba. - -During its service in Scinde the regiment lost through disease, 5 -officers, 6 sergeants, 4 drummers, 142 rank and file. - -On the 9th March, a draft, consisting of 1 sergeant, 2 corporals, -and 35 privates, under the command of Ensign G. Mylne, joined the -head-quarters of the regiment at Deesa from England. - -On the 29th October, the half-yearly inspection of the head-quarters -division of the regiment took place under Major-General F. Stalker, -C.B., commanding northern division of the army. - -On the morning of the 22nd December, the right wing of the regiment, -consisting of seven companies (strength--1 field officer, 2 captains, -4 subalterns, 20 sergeants, 8 drummers, 477 rank and file), under -the command of Major Kelsall, embarked at Bombay on board of the -_Ajdaha_ for Domus, where it disembarked on the following day, -and on the 25th commenced its march upon Deesa, viâ Surat, Baroda, and -Ahmedabad, and finally reached its destination on the 25th January, -1856, after having been separated from head-quarters for a period of -three years. - -[Sidenote: 1856.] - -On the 21st January, an order was received to hold a wing of the -regiment in readiness to proceed on field service. - -On the 30th of the same month, 42 recruits, under the command of -Lieutenant Cooper, joined the regiment from England. - -On the 27th March, the half-yearly inspection of the regiment took -place, under Brigadier N. Wilson, K.H., commanding Deesa Field -Brigade. - -On 16th May, Colonel W. H. Law retired on full pay from the service, -with the rank of major-general; he served in the Peninsular War, and -was present at the battles of Nivelle and Nive, for which he received -the war medal and two clasps. Colonel Trydell being brigadier at Poona, -the command of the regiment devolved on Lieutenant-Colonel Kelsall, the -second lieutenant-colonel. - -On the 1st August, Lieutenant and Adjutant E. H. M. Mainwaring died at -Poona. - -On the 27th October the half-yearly inspection of the regiment took -place, under Brigadier N. Wilson, K.H., commanding Deesa Field -Brigade. - -[Sidenote: 1857.] - -On the 23rd March a detachment, in strength 3 sergeants, 4 drummers, 9 -rank and file, 6 women, and 15 children, proceeded, under the command -of Lieutenant Dickenson (and in medical charge of Assistant-Surgeon -Miles), to Mount Aboo. - -During the month of May, 1857, the regiment was held in readiness for -field service, in consequence of the mutinies of the Bengal native -army; and on the 26th of that month the left wing, composed of Nos. 5, -6, 7, and the Light Company (strength--1 field officer, 2 captains, -6 subalterns, 2 staff, 18 sergeants, 6 drummers, 250 rank and file), -under the command of Major Steele, proceeded on active service and -marched on Nusseerabad, where it arrived on the 12th June, having -performed a march of 237 miles in seventeen days during the hottest -time of the year without a single casualty. - -On the 13th June No. 7 Company was detached from the left wing to -garrison the fort and arsenal of Ajmere. - -The left wing was reinforced by Nos. 1, 2, 3 Companies (strength--1 -captain, 2 subalterns, 7 sergeants, 3 drummers, 200 rank and file), -which left the head-quarters at Deesa on the 17th June, and arrived at -Nusseerabad on the 10th July. - -On the 9th July two companies, under the command of Captain Read, were -detached from Nusseerabad to Neemuch, 143 miles distant, where they -arrived on the 18th of the same month. - -On the 14th July the Grenadier Company, under the command of Captain -Jones, left head-quarters for Ahmedabad, the native troops in garrison -there having displayed symptoms of disaffection. - -On the 10th August the left wing at Nusseerabad disarmed a detachment -of the 12th Regiment N. I., which had exhibited evident symptoms of -a mutinous spirit; and on the night of the 12th of the same month, -the detachment at Neemuch, under Captain S. Read, was called out to -suppress a mutiny of a squadron of the 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry; the -night was exceedingly dark, but the detachment succeeded in making -several prisoners, and sustained a loss of one man killed (Private -Chambers) and two wounded. - -On the 21st August the detachment of the 50 invalids at Mount Aboo -was attacked by about 150 mutineers of the Joudpoor Legion, who -were repulsed with some loss in killed and wounded, without the -detachment having sustained any loss. On receipt of this intelligence -at Nusseerabad, a wing of the Joudpoor Legion, there stationed, was -disarmed by the 83rd Regiment. - -On the 30th August a detachment of 3 officers and 119 rank and file, -under the command of Brevet Major Heatly, proceeded from Nusseerabad -for the purpose of preserving the peace of the city of Ajmere during a -Mohammedan festival. This detachment was joined on the 1st September by -a detail of 1 sergeant and 30 rank and file from the company stationed -in the fort of Ajmere. The detachment then proceeded on active service -to Beawar, where it was reinforced by 1 captain, 2 sergeants, 1 -drummer, and 50 rank and file from Nusseerabad; the detachment then, -with four guns of the Bombay Horse Artillery and some native troops, -proceeded by the mountain pass of Burr, on a reconnaissance to Awah, -which they found to be a strongly entrenched village, garrisoned -by about 3000 armed men, well provided with artillery. On the 18th -September an unsuccessful attack was made on the village, in which -three men, 83rd Regiment, were wounded, two of our four guns were -disabled, and one artilleryman was killed and two wounded, and some -casualties occurred amongst our native troops; the whole force then -returned to Ajmere, where it arrived on the 28th September. - -On the night of the 18th September the detachment stationed at Neemuch, -under the command of Captain Read, together with two guns supported -by a detail of native troops, marched from Neemuch to take the walled -village of Nimbhera, sixteen miles distant, which was occupied by -mutineers and rebels with three guns; during the following day the -force took up a position near the village, and opened fire with the -view of effecting a breach; the fire was kept up till dark, when -further operations were suspended till next day. During the night of -the 19th the enemy, leaving their guns, ammunition, etc., hastily -evacuated the village, which was taken possession of by the force on -the morning of the 20th. - -During the action of the 19th Assistant-Surgeon Miles was wounded in -the leg, and Lance-Corporal Thomas Young was killed. - -On this occasion each man of the detachment received 8 rupees (16s.) -prize-money. On the night of the 20th September the force returned to -Neemuch, leaving 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 30 rank and file, under -Ensign Chamley, to occupy the village, which detachment rejoined the -following day.[18] - -A considerable body of the Mundisore insurgents having occupied the -fort and village of Jeerun, about ten miles from Neemuch, on the -morning of the 23rd October a detachment of 50 of the 83rd, commanded -by Captain Read, together with a company of the 12th Bombay N. I., some -native cavalry, and two guns, moved against them from Neemuch. A very -determined resistance was offered by the enemy, and Captain Read was -killed by one of their first musket shots, while leading on his small -detachment. Captain Tucker commanding the cavalry was killed, and the -officer commanding the native infantry detachment was severely wounded -about the same time. The enemy advancing in great force, the infantry -retired to a fresh position, and the enemy having suffered severely -from their fire, withdrew into the fort of Jeerun, which was occupied -and blown up on the following morning, the enemy having evacuated it in -the night. In addition to the death of Captain Read, two privates were -wounded in this affair. - -On the 9th November the small fortified position at Neemuch, which was -garrisoned by a detachment of the 83rd Regiment, under Ensign Chamley, -and some native troops, the whole under command of Major Simpson, 2nd -Light Cavalry, was attacked by a very large insurgent force, which -invested the fortification for fifteen days; their several attempts at -assault by escalade were repulsed with heavy loss, and on the 23rd of -the month they broke up and retired on the advance of a force from Mhow -to the relief of the garrison, which had sustained a loss of about 20 -in wounded during the siege. - -The head-quarters of the regiment, which had remained at Deesa up to -this time, received orders to advance into Rajpootana, and marched -for Mount Aboo on the 26th October, under command of Colonel Trydell; -thence it proceeded to Nusseerabad, where it arrived on the 28th -November. - -The detachment at Neemuch was now relieved by two companies commanded -by Major Austen. - - - - - PART VI - - SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT, 1858–63 - - -[Sidenote: 1858.] - -An expedition was organized for the reduction of the fortress of Awah, -and two companies of the regiment having joined it, about 1000 men of -all arms, with some siege guns, arrived before Awah on the 19th January. - -Batteries were constructed, and their fire was warmly replied to by the -enemy; an assault was arranged for the morning of the 24th January, -but, favoured by a night of intense darkness and a heavy thunderstorm, -the enemy evacuated the fortress during the night of the 23rd, about 50 -of their number being killed, or taken by the picquets. Thirteen guns -were taken in the place. The defences and fortified palace were mined -and destroyed. The detachment had two men wounded. - -Colonel Trydell and Lieutenant-Colonel Kelsall having proceeded to -England, the command of the regiment devolved on Major Steele on the -24th February, 1858. - -On the 8th March the regiment was joined by a draft of 152 men from -England commanded by Captain Wright. - - -SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF KOTAH - -The strongly fortified city of Kotah on the River Chumbul had been -for many months held by a formidable insurgent force. Major-General -Roberts, of the Honourable East India Company’s Army, commanding in -Rajpootana, now moved against it from Nusseerabad, with two strong -brigades; the 1st marching on the 10th March. With this brigade were -three companies of the regiment, under the command of Captain (Brevet -Lieutenant-Colonel) Heatly. - -The 2nd Brigade, commanded by Colonel Parke, of the 72nd Highlanders, -to which the head-quarters of the regiment (strength 11 officers and -300 men) was attached, moved from Nusseerabad on the 11th March. The -whole force comprised H.M.’s 8th Hussars, a company of Royal Engineers, -the 72nd, 83rd, and 95th Regiments, a numerous force of native -cavalry and infantry, a siege-train of 18 heavy guns and mortars, -also 3 troops and batteries of horse and foot artillery of the Hon. -Company’s service--about 4500 of all arms. The force encamped on the -22nd March before the city, on the opposite bank of the River Chumbul; -the regiment furnished the usual working parties, trench and battery -guards, outlying picquets, etc., until the 25th of the month, when, -the capture by the enemy of the Rajah’s palace, which was held by -our troops, being imminent, 200 men of the detachment of H.M.’s 83rd -Regiment, with the 1st Brigade, were directed to cross the river, with -other troops, for its protection; this detachment sustained a loss of -3 men killed and 5 non-commissioned officers and men wounded in the -following three days, in which some vigorous assaults by the enemy were -repulsed with heavy loss in killed and wounded. On the 30th the city -was taken, having been entered by three columns of assault, the centre -column being led by the head-quarters division of the 83rd Regiment, -under Lieutenant-Colonel Steele; the detachment of the 83rd with the -1st Brigade, commanded by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Heatly, was in -reserve, and entered the city later in the day. The regiment sustained -a loss of 1 man killed and 6 wounded. The enemy abandoned their -defences and retired towards Gwalior, having sustained a considerable -loss in the siege and assault; about 80 guns were taken in the city, -with large magazines of ammunition and supplies. - -Having remained encamped before Kotah till the 18th April, the -besieging force was broken up, and the regiment marched on return to -Nusseerabad, arriving there on the 29th. The usual relief of detachment -of one company in the fort of Ajmere took place on the 3rd May. - -Enfield rifles were issued to the regiment at this time; the -waist-belt, with small pouch in front, had been supplied to the -regiment in supersession of the old cross-belts about one year -previously. - -Lieutenant-Colonel Kelsall having retired on full pay, Major Steele -succeeded to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment on the 13th -April, 1858. - -On the 23rd May, the two companies which had been on detachment at -Neemuch, under command of Major Austen, since December, rejoined the -head-quarters of the regiment. - -About the middle of June, the decisive successes of the division of -the army commanded by Major-General H. Rose having caused the rebel -army to evacuate the Gwalior territory, a very numerous hostile force, -estimated at 10,000 men, crossed the River Chumbul, and entered the -territory of the Rajah of Jeypoor, who had always displayed friendly -feelings towards the British Government. A considerable force, about -2500 strong, of which the head-quarters and 600 of the 83rd composed -a part, was placed under orders for field service in consequence, -and marched from Nusseerabad on the 28th June, under command of -Major-General Roberts. On the 3rd July this force arrived within -one march of the city of Jeypoor, which was in imminent danger from -the advance of the rebel army. On the approach of General Roberts’s -division, the enemy, changing their direction, moved southwards and -attacked the capital of the Rajah of Tonk, which was occupied and -partially plundered by them. The Rajah retired to his fortified palace, -and offered all the resistance in his power to their assaults. A -portion of his troops, however, proved faithless, and joined the enemy, -giving up to them the guns which had been in their charge. - -General Roberts’s advance by forced marches caused the rebels to retire -from before Tonk, and a considerable portion of the British force was -detached in pursuit in a south-easterly direction; about 900 men, -including the 83rd Regiment, remaining under the personal command -of the general. The weather was at this time extremely hot, and the -exposure consequent on the urgent duties in which the force was engaged -proved fatal to many of the soldiers composing it. Six men of the 83rd -died from sunstroke between the 7th and 10th July. - -The enemy, pressed upon by the detached column, changed their line of -march towards the west, and General Roberts, still moving by forced -marches, succeeded in coming up with them late on the evening of the -8th August. They were seen formed in great force near the village of -Sanganeer--the number was estimated at 8000 men, two-thirds of whom -were cavalry. The regiment at once advanced to the attack under a heavy -fire from the artillery of the enemy, which, however, being directed -too high, did no execution, while many of the rebels were killed and -wounded by the rifles of the 83rd. Darkness, however, coming on, -enabled the enemy to retire and withdraw the whole of their guns. The -force had marched this day thirty miles, and bivouacked on the spot, -having far outmarched their tents and baggage. Waiting one day to allow -the column which had been detached from Tonk to join him, General -Roberts’s force moved on the 10th August in pursuit of the enemy. This -brigade had been reinforced by the junction of one troop of Bombay -Horse Artillery, a squadron of the 8th Royal Irish Hussars, a squadron -of Native Light Cavalry, 4 companies 72nd Highlanders, and a Sepoy -Regiment of the Bombay army, as well as by a strong body of Belooch -horsemen. - -A very persevering pursuit now took place on the track of the rebel -army, the outpost picquets of which were surprised and cut to pieces on -more than one occasion. At about 7 a.m. on the 14th August, the enemy -were seen moving in heavy masses, of horse and foot, on the further -bank of the Bunnass River, their line of movement being covered by -their artillery, which was posted in a battery on the crest of a rising -ground close to the village of Kottaria; only waiting to form and load, -the force at once advanced towards the river, the 83rd Regiment leading -in a double column of sub-divisions from its centre. The enemy’s guns -opened with round and grape, and were instantly vigorously engaged by -the British Horse Artillery, and the fire on both sides was for a time -extremely heavy. The 83rd, forming line, crossed the river, meeting but -little resistance, and the enemy, abandoning their guns, retired with -precipitation. The cavalry charged amongst the retreating artillerymen -and infantry, and the pursuit was continued for some miles, very great -numbers of the rebels falling under their sabres, while the fugitives -seeking shelter in the groves and copse-wood were destroyed by our -infantry. In the evening the force returned and encamped near Kottaria, -having sustained only the small loss of 22 killed and wounded, while -fully 1000 of the rebels were left dead on the field, and 4 guns, with -their ammunition, and many elephants and camels laden with stores, -were captured. The enemy’s flight did not cease till they had crossed -the Chumbul and entirely evacuated Rajpootana. The force returned -northwards by easy marches, and the regiment reoccupied its former -quarters in the camp at Nusseerabad on the 29th of August. - -On the 4th October the first half-yearly inspection of the regiment -which had taken place since April, 1857, was made by Major-General -Roberts, commanding Rajpootana Field Force, who was pleased to issue -a highly complimentary order to the regiment on this occasion. -Lieutenant-Colonel Steele was commanding and Lieutenant J. N. Colthurst -was adjutant. - -[Sidenote: 1858.] - -By order of her Majesty, published 18th August, 1858, a medal and -clasp was granted to all the troops engaged in field service in the -repression of the mutinies in India, and lists of those so entitled in -the regiment were forwarded on the 3rd and 4th November, 1858. - -By order of the Governor-General in Council, dated 29th September, -1858, a donation of six months’ full batta was granted to all officers -and men who had served with the Rajpootana Field Force. - -On October 26th, 1858, Colonel Botet Trydell was promoted -to major-general, and Major C. W. Austen succeeded to the -lieutenant-colonelcy in the regiment. - -Major-General Trydell served in the 83rd for a period of fifty-four -years. He was present with the 1st Battalion at the taking of the Cape -of Good Hope in 1806, including the battle of Blueberg; and also in -Ceylon through the Kandyan rebellion. - -Lieutenant-Colonel Steele having proceeded to England early in the -month of December, 1858, the command of the regiment devolved on -Lieutenant-Colonel Austen, the second lieutenant-colonel. On the 17th -of this month, a field force was formed at Nusseerabad under the -personal command of Brigadier Honner, commanding Rajpootana Field -Force, consisting of the head-quarters of the 83rd Regiment, 500 -strong, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel C. Austen, with a troop and -a half-battery of artillery, a considerable force of cavalry of the 8th -Hussars and 1st Lancers, and the 12th Regiment N. I. The force marched -to Sanganeer on the Neemuch road, arriving there on the 21st. On the -23rd the head-quarters of the 83rd, 300 strong, with the 12th Regiment -N. I., and half a battery, were ordered back to Nusseerabad, arriving -there on the 27th. Three companies under Lieutenant-Colonel Heatly, -consisting of 200 men, remained with the brigade under Brigadier Honner. - -[Sidenote: 1859.] - -Early in the month of January, 1859, intelligence having been received -that the rebel force was again moving on Tonk, with the intention of -reaching Jeypoor, the head-quarters of the 83rd, with 300 men, part -of the 12th Regiment N. I., and half a battery of artillery, the -whole under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Holmes, proceeded on -the 8th in an easterly direction to Diggee, to cover the road from -Tonk to Jeypoor. Having received information that Tonk was threatened, -the force marched through Tonk to Bamboor on the 11th; here it was -discovered that the rebels had passed by, and the force accordingly -marched the following day (twenty-two miles) in a north-east route to -Jullai. Finding that the rebels had only left that morning, and were -encamped at Chatsoo, twenty-two miles distant, the force marched again -that night, arriving at Chatsoo before daybreak. The rebels had just -left when the brigade of Brigadier Showers--chiefly cavalry--having -come up, continued the pursuit. Colonel Holmes’s force then marched -on Jeypoor, arriving there on the 17th and leaving on the 18th, and -after four days’ severe marching through deep sand, came up with the -rebel force at “Seekur” at 4 a.m., having during the last thirty hours -accomplished a march of fifty-two miles. The moon was just setting when -our troops surprised the rebel camp, and owing to the darkness and -precipitation with which the rebels fled, together with our deficiency -of cavalry, our troops were unable to inflict any serious loss on them. -About 80 were killed, 50 taken prisoners, and many horses and camels. -The force halted at Seekur for one day, having during the previous -thirteen days marched a distance of 292 miles. After this, the force -proceeded in combination with other columns to harass the rebels, and -marched over a great part of Jeypoor and Joudpoor, arriving finally on -the 18th February at Suget on the road between Nusseerabad and Deesa. -Information having been here received that the rebels had escaped -through a pass in the hills, the force, after a halt of four days, -returned to Nusseerabad, arriving there on the 1st March. - -The field force, under Brigadier Honner, to which were attached 200 men -of the 83rd Regiment, under Lieutenant-Colonel Heatly, also returned on -the 1st March, having been in the field since the 14th December, during -which period they traversed 995 miles of country; and on one occasion, -in attempting to surprise the rebels, they marched forty-four miles -in twenty-four hours. In the pursuit of the rebels, terminating in -the affair of Kosana, Brigadier Honner’s force marched 130 miles, over -tracts of deep, heavy land, in four days. The 83rd detachment in this -last pursuit, consisting of 9 sergeants, 4 corporals, 1 drummer, and -119 privates, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Heatly, with Captain -Marsh, Lieutenants Onslow and Huyshe, were mounted on camels. Their -services during the operations terminating in the defeat of the rebels -at “Koshana” are honourably mentioned in Brigadier Honner’s despatch. - -In the summer of 1859 a letter was addressed by the Earl of Howth, -Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Dublin, to General Sir Frederick -Stovin, G.C.B. and K.C.M.G., the colonel of the regiment, which is -subjoined:-- - - “HOWTH CASTLE, _July 28th, 1859_. - - “SIR,--An application has been made to me by - Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, of the 83rd Regiment, in my capacity - of the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Dublin, to give the - assistance of my sanction and co-operation in forwarding an - application from him as commanding officer of the 83rd Regiment, - that the distinctive appellation of the ‘County of Dublin’ - Regiment may be conferred upon that corps. Lieutenant-Colonel - Steele has suggested that I should communicate with you as - the colonel of the 83rd on the subject of his wishes, and I - accordingly beg to do so. Lieutenant-Colonel Steele accompanied - his application to me by an extract from the records of the 83rd - Regiment, and it most plainly appears that the regiment was - raised in the county of Dublin in the year 1793, under a letter - of service granted to its first lieutenant-colonel commandant, - William Fitch, who was killed at the head of the regiment in the - Maroon war, in the island of Jamaica, three years afterwards. - It further appears from its records that the 83rd Regiment has - seen much active foreign service, and has been distinguished - by its discipline and valour in many parts of the world, and - recently in the suppression of the mutiny in India, where it is - at present serving. - - “Under these circumstances, and having regard to the fact that - the regiment was originally raised exclusively in the county of - Dublin, I have much pleasure in expressing my concurrence in the - application made by Lieutenant-Colonel Steele on the part of his - regiment. I consider that it would be creditable to the county - of Dublin, that a regiment raised in it, and of whose services - it may be very justly proud, should be distinguished by its - name, and I give this letter to Lieutenant-Colonel Steele for - conveyance to you, in the hope that it may aid in inducing his - Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief to recommend to her - Majesty that the title of the ‘County of Dublin’ Regiment may be - conferred on the 83rd. - “I have the honour, etc., - “(Signed) HOWTH. - - “To General Sir F. Stovin, G.C.B. and K.C.M.G., - Colonel 83rd Regiment.” - - -This application was brought to the notice of his Royal Highness the -Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, by Sir F. Stovin, -and the title of the “County of Dublin” Regiment was conferred on the -83rd. - -The following letter from the Adjutant-General reached the regiment at -Nusseerabad on the 19th December, 1859, just sixty-seven years after -the regiment had been raised in the county of Dublin:-- - - “HORSE GUARDS, S.W., _October 29th, 1859_. - - “SIR,--By desire of his Royal Highness the General - Commanding-in-Chief, I have the honour to acquaint you that - her Majesty has been graciously pleased to authorize the 83rd - Regiment, which was raised principally from recruits obtained - in Ireland in 1793, and embodied in Dublin in that year, being - designated the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment. - “I have the honour, etc., - “(Signed) W. F. FORSTER, D.A.-Gen.” - - -[Sidenote: 1860.] - -The regiment remained at Nusseerabad and Ajmere till the end of -February, 1860, when they were ordered to proceed to Belgaum, in the -southern Mahratta country; and the head-quarters division, commanded -by Lieutenant-Colonel Austen, marched on the 17th February, reached -Cambay, distant 390 miles, on the 30th March, and proceeded by sea -to Vingorla, on the Malabar coast, whence they marched to Belgaum, -arriving there on the 16th April. - -The left wing moved on the 30th March, under command of Captain -Baumgartner, and had a trying march in very hot weather, during which -they lost an officer (Lieutenant Colebrook) and several men from -cholera. They proceeded from Cambay by sea to Wagotna, and marched to -Kolapore, where they remained on detachment under command of Captain E. -B. Cooke. - -A highly complimentary farewell order was issued to the regiment on the -occasion of its ceasing to belong to the Rajpootana Field Force, by -Brigadier Honner, C.B., commanding in Malwa and Rajpootana. -Lieutenant-Colonel Austen was then in command of the regiment. - -The half-yearly inspection of the regiment was made by Brigadier Adams, -C.B., commanding the southern Mahratta division, on the 7th -November, 1860, at Belgaum. - -The wing of the regiment which had been on detachment at Kolapore since -May, 1860, joined head-quarters on November 27th, 1860. - -[Sidenote: 1861.] - -The medals awarded by her Majesty to the officers and men who had been -engaged with the enemy during the Indian Mutiny were received from the -Adjutant-General, Horse Guards, on 2nd February, 1861, and on 11th -February they were presented to those entitled to them on a parade -of the garrison of Belgaum by Miss Straith, the step-daughter of the -brigadier commanding. - -The officers of the regiment who were presented with the Indian war -medal were:-- - - Lieut.-Col. Steele, C.B. - Lieut.-Col. Heatly. - Captain Pigott. - Lieut.-Col. C. W. Austen. - Captain Wright. - Captain Wakefield. - Captain Minhear. - Captain Meurant. - Captain Baumgartner. - Captain Gandy. - Captain Gore. - Captain Molony. - Adjutant J. N. Colthurst. - Lieutenant Browne. - Lieutenant Wardell. - Lieutenant Onslow. - Lieutenant Karslake. - Lieutenant Healy. - Lieutenant Coote. - Lieutenant Beazley. - Lieutenant Huyshe. - Lieutenant Pennefather. - Lieutenant Anderson. - Paymaster Swinburne. - Assistant-Surgeon Touch. - Assistant-Surgeon W. Sharp. - Quartermaster Hayes. - Captain Sprot. - -Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, who had commanded the regiment in several -engagements in the early part of the Mutiny, had been decorated by her -Majesty with the insignia of a Companion of the Bath for his services. - -The half-yearly inspection of the regiment was made by Brigadier Adams, -C.B., commanding the southern Mahratta division on April 25th, -1861. - -A frock of scarlet serge, and a wicker helmet covered with grey linen, -with a turban round it, were ordered to be adopted by the regiments in -India, in supersession of the shell jacket and chaco hitherto worn, and -the regiment was provided with them accordingly about this time. - -Intimation was received in August that the regiment was to embark for -England in the approaching cold season. On the 18th November, his -Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir William Mansfield, K.C.B., -Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay presidency, having visited Belgaum -on a tour of inspection, went through the barracks of the regiment, -and afterwards reviewed the 83rd on a brigade field-day, at the -conclusion of which he was pleased to make a speech to the regiment, -in which he expressed his approbation of the state of the corps in the -strongest terms; his Excellency used the words that “he never in the -course of his service had seen a regiment in higher order, and that -he should not fail to report accordingly to his Royal Highness the -Commander-in-Chief.” - -Immediately afterwards the regiment was permitted by general order to -give volunteers for further service in India to every regiment serving -there, and a number of non-commissioned officers and men, as per -margin,[19] having volunteered to other regiments, were struck off the -strength of the 83rd from the 19th December, 1861. - -[Sidenote: 1862.] - -The regiment commenced its march to the coast on the 22nd January, -1862, and reached Vingorla on the 29th of that month, where they were -encamped till the 5th of February, on which day the regiment, under -command of Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, C.B., embarked in the -hired transport _King Lear_; the ship sailed the same evening for -Plymouth. - -During the service of the regiment in India of 12½ years, it lost by -deaths 18 officers, 30 sergeants, 417 rank and file; and 51 sergeants -and 629 rank and file were invalided. - -The _King Lear_ anchored in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the -morning of the 18th March, and having obtained supplies sailed again -for Gravesend, where the regiment disembarked on the 21st May, 1862, -and proceeded to Dover on the same day by rail, and was quartered in -the citadel. - -The regiment was soon afterwards inspected by Brigadier-General -Garvock, commanding at Dover, and by Major-General Hon. A. A. Dalzell, -commanding the division. - -Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Steele, C.B., sold out of the regiment on the -29th July, after a service of twenty-eight years in the 83rd. He died -in London on the 6th August, only eight days after he had been gazetted -out. - -Major A. Barnard Hankey succeeded to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the -regiment. - -In August the regiment was reviewed by Lieutenant-General Viscount -Melville, K.C.B., who commanded it for several years in Canada -and England. - -Several drafts of recruits, both officers and men, joined head-quarters -from the depôt at Chatham, and brought up the strength of the regiment, -which had been reduced to a mere skeleton by the volunteering at -Belgaum, and the discharge of many men on its arrival at Dover. - -In October the regiment was inspected on the Castle Hill parade -ground by H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, who, in a -complimentary speech, expressed his approval of its appearance, and of -the rapid manner in which the regiment had been brought forward since -its arrival in England. - -In October a large number of the men were sent up to see the Great -Exhibition of 1862 by the officers. - -[Sidenote: 1863.] - -The 83rd remained quartered at Dover until the 23rd April, when -it marched to the camp at Shorncliffe, where it relieved the 69th -Regiment, which had been sent to the Cape, and was quartered in C lines. - -In May the regiment was inspected by Brigadier-General Sutton, -Lieutenant-Colonel Hankey commanding. - - - - - PART VII - - SERVICES OF THE REGIMENT, 1864–1907 - - -Lieutenant Colthurst was promoted vice Baumgartner transferred to -Bombay Staff Corps, and Lieutenant Blunt appointed adjutant vice -Colthurst. - -[Sidenote: 1864.] - -In April the regiment under Lieutenant-Colonel Hankey moved to -Aldershot, and was quartered in the North Camp. - -[Sidenote: 1865.] - -The depôt of the regiment joined the regiment from Chatham, making the -strength up to twelve companies. - -In April the head-quarters, seven companies, moved to Sheffield, and -the remaining five companies to Weedon. - -In May two companies were sent to Bradford, in June one company to -York; the latter returned to head-quarters in September, and the former -in October. - -In June and July detachments of the regiment were called upon to aid -the civil power during riots in connection with the elections at -Nottingham, Grantham, Lincoln, and Rotherham. - -In October two companies were detached for duty at Tynemouth. - -[Sidenote: 1866.] - -In January the regiment embarked at Liverpool for Dublin, and was -consequently distributed as under:-- - - Head-quarters Curragh. - Three companies Armagh. - One company Monaghan. - Two companies Sligo. - Two „ Boyle. - -In May the establishment was reduced to ten companies. Various changes -in the stations of the detachments took place during the year, but at -the end of the year the whole regiment moved to Richmond Barracks, -Dublin. - -On 27th December the regiment was armed with breech-loading converted -Enfield rifles, Snider pattern. - -[Sidenote: 1867.] - -The depôt companies moved in March to Colchester, and in April the -regiment embarked at Kingstown, and was conveyed by the troopship -_Himalaya_ to Gibraltar, where it relieved the 86th Regiment in -the Casemate Barracks. - -Lieutenant Tollemache died during April of this year. - -On 9th May the regiment received the new colours, the presentation -being made by the Hon. Lady Airey. - -[Sidenote: 1868.] - -Lieutenant Cooke Collis was appointed adjutant vice Blunt promoted. - -[Sidenote: 1869.] - -Captain Luke O’Connor died at Glasgow. - -[Sidenote: 1870.] - -On 11th March the regiment, under Colonel A. B. Hankey, embarked on the -troopship _Tamar_ and proceeded to Alexandria, marched to Suez, -and embarked on the troopship _Euphrates_ on 25th March. Arriving -at Bombay on the 8th April, the regiment proceeded to Poona and was -quartered in Wanourie Barracks. - -In April, Ensign W. De Hoghton died at St. Remo. - -In June the establishment was altered to eight companies. - -[Sidenote: 1871.] - -Captain R. H. James died at Poona in April. - -In November three companies proceeded on detachment to Bombay, two to -Sattara, and one to Asserghur. - -On the 19th November, Colonel A. B. Hankey retired on half-pay, and was -succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Brown. - -[Sidenote: 1872.] - -On the 11th November the whole regiment was assembled at Bombay, to -provide guards of honour to Lord Northbrooke, the Viceroy, and for -a viceregal durbar to invest the Begum of Bhopal with the “Star of -India,” and proceeded on detachment again on completion of these duties. - -The depôt companies, which had apparently now left Colchester, and were -stationed at Chatham, moved to Newry. - -[Sidenote: 1873.] - -[Sidenote: 1874.] - -The whole regiment was assembled at Chinchivad to take part in -manœuvres, after which it left in December by rail to Ahmedabad, and -leaving one company on detachment there, marched to Deesa, arriving -there on 15th January. Companies were sent for change of air to Mount -Aboo. - -The “Glengarry” cap was taken into wear on 14th December, in place of -one of the “Kilmarnock” pattern. - -[Sidenote: 1875.] - -Lieutenant G. Cleaveland died at Mount Aboo. - -The depôt companies moved to Fermoy, and were attached to the 86th -Regiment. - -Lieutenant G. Beresford shot himself at Deesa. - -Two companies proceeded to Baroda on detachment in October, at which -place the regiment found guards of honour on the 18th and 23rd November -for the arrival and departure of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. - -[Sidenote: 1876.] - -Lieutenant A. H. Oakeley died at Deesa on 10th October. - -In December one company from Deesa and the three composing the -detachments at Ahmedabad and Baroda marched to Porebundur and embarked -on the I.G.S. _Dalhousie_ for Karachi; and then with the 50th -Regiment were sent, on account of smallpox, into camp at Jemadar Ha -Laudi. - -[Sidenote: 1877.] - -The head-quarters of the regiment marched from Deesa to Mandavi, and -arriving at this place (twenty-three marches) on 10th January, 1877, -proceeded on the _Dalhousie_ to Karachi, where they were joined by -the companies from camp. - -In February two companies were sent on detachment to Hyderabad. - -The depôt companies, now at the Curragh, moved to Aldershot. - -[Sidenote: 1878.] - -On 11th November telegraphic instructions were received at Karachi for -the regiment to be in readiness for field-service in Upper Sind. - -[Sidenote: 1879.] - -On 12th December, invalids, women, and children were sent, under -Lieutenant Bell, viâ Bombay to Ahmednagar, and on 21st December the -head-quarters (five companies), under Colonel T. S. Brown, proceeded -on service to Sukkur, where on 5th January, 1879, they were joined by -the three companies from Hyderabad, and on 30th January by a detachment -from home. Of this draft 83 men came from the linked battalion (86th -Foot). - -The strength at Sukkur was then--20 officers, 41 sergeants, 15 -drummers, and 779 men. - -The regiment was encamped about 1½ miles south of Sukkur on the bank of -the Indus. - -The regiment left Sukkur, by detachments, between 20th February and 5th -March, and returned by rail to Karachi, and was encamped on the Maidan. - -On 13th March the regiment, under Colonel Brown, embarked on the -I.G.S.’s _Tenasserim_ and _Czarewitch_, and proceeded to -Vingorla, where the party from Ahmednagar joined it, and marched by -easy marches to Belgaum. One company was quartered in the fort and the -remainder in barracks. - -On 29th September, Colonel Brown was appointed to the Brigade Staff -to command Sind District, and was succeeded in the command by -Lieutenant-Colonel E. Meurant. - -[Sidenote: 1880.] - -In February, two companies were sent on detachment to Sattara. - -In September, as the regiment was about to proceed to England, -volunteers to the number of 82 rank and file were transferred to other -corps. - -The detachment from Sattara returned to head-quarters in December. - -[Sidenote: 1881.] - -Instructions had been received in November that the regiment would -proceed to England in H.M.S. _Jumna_ on 25th January, 1881, but on -3rd January of that year, a telegram was received ordering the regiment -to Natal on field service owing to the outbreak of hostilities with the -Boers. - -The regiment left Belgaum on 7th January, marched to Vingorla, and on -the 15th embarked on H.M.S. _Crocodile_ (on which were also the -Gordon Highlanders) for Durban; 46 invalids with the women and children -proceeded to Bombay _en route_ to England. - -On 30th January the regiment, consisting of 20 officers, 574 rank and -file, landed at Durban, and proceeded by rail to standing camp at -Fillie Fontein; there it only remained for two weeks and then marched -to Pietermaritzburg, thence to the base of operations, Newcastle, where -it arrived on 9th March--a march rendered extremely difficult owing to -heavy rains. - -During March, April, and May the regiment was variously encamped at -Signal Hill, Bennett’s Drift, and elsewhere, and employed wood-cutting, -coal-mining, etc. - -On 1st July, the following changes took effect (General Order No. 41 of -1881):-- - -The regiment (83rd Foot) became the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. - -The regiment (86th Foot) became the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. - -The Royal North Down Militia became the 3rd Battalion Royal Irish -Rifles. - -The Antrim Militia became the 4th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. - -The Royal South Down Militia became the 5th Battalion Royal Irish -Rifles. - -And by General Order No. 70 of 1881:-- - -The Louth Militia became the 6th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. - -The No. 83 was assigned to the Regimental District. - -The uniform was changed to “green with light green facings,” and the -following badges and devices were added:-- - -“The Sphinx,” “The Harp and Crown.” - -Motto--“Quis Separabit.” - -Distinctions--“Egypt,” “India,” “Bourbon.” - -In November, hostilities came to an end, and the force about Newcastle -was broken up. - -The regiment marched from Bennett’s Drift on 7th November, arrived -at Pietermaritzburg on the 19th, and proceeded by train to Durban, -arriving on 21st November. - -On 23rd November it embarked on H.M.S. _Tamar_ for England. - -[Sidenote: 1882.] - -On 3rd January the _Tamar_ arrived at Portsmouth. The regiment -disembarked next day and proceeded by rail to Dover, consisting of 15 -officers and 489 rank and file. - -On 14th March, H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge inspected the regiment. - -On 29th June, rifle uniform was taken into wear. - -In August, owing to war in Egypt, the First Class Reserve was called -up, but demobilized again in October. - -In September permission was received (General Order No. 252 of 1882) -for the regiment to “bear Cape of Good Hope 1806,” instead of “Cape of -Good Hope” on their appointments. - -[Sidenote: 1883.] - -The battalion remained at Dover. - -[Sidenote: 1884.] - -A detachment, under Captain H. H. Jackson, proceeded to Halifax, N.S., -to join the 2nd Battalion. - -On 13th August, the battalion, under Colonel Meurant, proceeded in -H.M.S. _Assistance_ to Guernsey, sending four companies to -Alderney. - -On 5th October, Colonel Meurant was placed on half-pay, and was -succeeded in the command by Lieutenant-Colonel F. Karslake. - -[Sidenote: 1885.] - -A draft, under Lieutenants Welman and O’Leary, proceeded to Halifax, -N.S., to join the 2nd Battalion. - -On 15th December, the battalion moved from Guernsey and Alderney to -Gosport. - -[Sidenote: 1886.] - -The battalion remained at Gosport. - -[Sidenote: 1887.] - -In February, Colonel Karslake was succeeded by Colonel C. J. Burnett -from the East Yorkshire Regiment. - -On 7th July, the battalion proceeded to Aldershot to take part on 9th -July in the Jubilee Review, held on the completion of the fiftieth year -of reign of H.M. Queen Victoria. Strength present--19 officers and 617 -rank and file, and was brigaded with 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade and -2nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifles. - -The battalion returned to Gosport on 12th July. - -On 14th December, the battalion moved to Ireland and was stationed at -Mullingar, with a detachment at Sligo. - -[Sidenote: 1888–9.] - -The battalion remained at Mullingar. - -[Sidenote: 1890.] - -Colonel Burnett having been appointed A.A. General at Aldershot, -Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. Cutbill, from half-pay, succeeded to the -command. - -In July, the battalion moved to the Curragh for drills, and in August -to “New Barracks,” Fermoy, with a detachment of one company at Fort -Carlisle, Queenstown. - -[Sidenote: 1891.] - -A rifle busby was sanctioned and taken into wear on Christmas Day. - -[Sidenote: 1892.] - -Captain Curzon was appointed adjutant vice Wilkinson. - -[Sidenote: 1893.] - -The battalion moved from Fermoy to Newry on 19th June, sending a -detachment in October to Drogheda. - -[Sidenote: 1894.] - -A field-service cap was taken into use in place of the Glengarry, which -had been worn since 1874. - -On 4th June, Major R. J. Knox was promoted lieutenant-colonel, and -succeeded to the command vice Cutbill, whose four years of command had -terminated. - -On 16th October, the battalion moved to Brighton. Strength--20 officers -and 784 rank and file, sending two companies as a detachment to -Chichester. - -[Sidenote: 1895.] - -The regiment was armed with Lee-Enfield rifles, Mark II. - -[Sidenote: 1896.] - -Lieutenant O. C. Baker was appointed adjutant on 1st January, vice -Captain Curzon, whose tenure expired. - -On 27th April, Lieutenant King-Harman with 1 colour-sergeant, 1 -sergeant, and 25 men, proceeded to South Africa as part of an Irish -company of mounted infantry for service in Matabeleland. - -On 21st September, the battalion, numbering 16 officers, 586 rank and -file, moved by rail to Aldershot, and was quartered in Ramillies’ -Barracks. - -On 3rd November, Lieutenant-Colonel C. Haggard succeeded to the -command vice Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Knox. - -[Sidenote: 1897.] - -On 9th January, Lieutenant-General H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught -commanding Aldershot District inspected the battalion. Captain O’Leary -received and was permitted to wear the 4th Class Order of the Osmanieh, -for services in the Dongola expedition. - -On 24th April, the battalion embarked at Southampton on the transport -_Dunera_ for South Africa, and having disembarked at Durban on -24th May--strength 20 officers, 593 rank and file, 37 women, and 51 -children--proceeded by rail to Ladysmith. - -On 25th May the detachment under Lieutenant King-Harman rejoined -head-quarters. This detachment had been employed on service for -thirteen months with head-quarters at Fort Salisbury, and had had 1 -man wounded. It received the thanks of the G.O.C. Natal and Zululand -for “their soldierly qualities and good behaviour,” and subsequently -received a medal for service in Rhodesia. - -On 27th September, the battalion was put into khaki clothing. - -[Sidenote: 1898.] - -On 10th August, a Maxim machine gun was issued to the battalion. - -[Sidenote: 1899.] - -On 24th March, the battalion left Ladysmith for Durban, where it -embarked on R.I.M.S. _Clive_ for Calcutta, and arriving on 15th -April, it proceeded to Dum Dum. - -On 18th September, the head-quarters moved to Fort William, Calcutta. - -War with the Boers in South Africa having broken out, Captain -Fox-Strangways and Lieutenant Eckford were sent there for service on -18th September, and on 20th September, 1 sergeant and 14 men also went -as trained transport drivers. - -[Sidenote: 1900.] - -On 1st January, Lieutenant Macnamara succeeded to the adjutancy vice -Baker, whose tenure expired. - -On 1st February, Captain Noblett and 1 sergeant were attached to -Lumsden’s Horse, a volunteer Mounted Infantry Corps, and proceeded to -South Africa. - -On 28th October, Lieutenant-Colonel A. T. Swaine succeeded to the -command vice Haggard. - -On 18th December, Lieutenant G. Forbes died from enteric fever. - -[Sidenote: 1901.] - -Captain Noblett and 1 sergeant returned to duty from South Africa. This -officer was mentioned in despatches. - -The battalion remained at Calcutta. - -[Sidenote: 1902.] - -On 3rd February, the battalion moved to Fyzabad. - -On 14th February, 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, and 139 privates left from -Bombay to join the 2nd Battalion on service in South Africa. - -On 10th March, Lieutenant Low was killed in action in South Africa. - -On 14th March, Major F. J. Tobin, who had joined as second-in-command, -was decorated on parade with the Distinguished Service Order for -service in South Africa. - -On 18th November, the battalion went to Delhi and took part in the -great Durbar held for the proclamation of H.M. King Edward VII as -Emperor of India, and the following officers, warrant officers, -N.C.O.’s, and riflemen received the coronation medal given for this -occasion:-- - - Lieut.-Col. Swaine. - Major Tobin, D.S.O. - Lieut. Dunn. - Sgt.-Major Foster. - Bd.-Major Williams. - Colour Sergt. Cowden. - Colour Sergt. Elphick. - Corporal Verdon. - Rifleman Heron. - -Subsequently it took part in manœuvres near Delhi, and returned to -Fyzabad on 21st January, 1903. - -[Sidenote: 1903.] - -On 20th August, Sergeant Bingham went on service to Somaliland. - -Sergeant-Major Foster was promoted Quartermaster on 9th November. - -[Sidenote: 1904.] - -On 1st January, Captain H. R. Charley succeeded Captain Macnamara as -adjutant. - -On 20th May, a machine-gun detachment of 1 sergeant and 6 men under -Lieutenant Bowen-Colthurst proceeded to Thibet with the mission under -Brigadier-General (afterwards Sir) R. Macdonald, C.B., and -subsequently received a medal for this service. - -On 28th October, Colonel Swaine completed his tenure of command and was -succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Brown. - -[Sidenote: 1905.] - -On 15th December the battalion left Fyzabad and marched to Meerut, 351 -miles, arriving on 1st January. _En route_ two companies were -detached for duty at Delhi. - -On 30th November the battalion left by train for Rawal Pindi and took -part in manœuvres and review on the occasion of the visit of T.R.H.’s -the Prince and Princess of Wales. - -During 1905–7 the battalion remained at Meerut, having a detachment at -Delhi, and (during the hot seasons) at Chakrata and Landour. - -[Sidenote: 1906.] - -Lieutenant Robinson died at Meerut. - -[Sidenote: 1907.] - -In January the battalion went to Agra and took part in a review held in -honour of a visit to India of H.M. the Ameer of Afghanistan. - -On 6th March, Captain Charley’s tenure of the adjutancy expired and -Lieutenant H. R. Goodman was appointed. - - _The following is a_ LIST _of all_ OFFICERS KILLED _and_ WOUNDED - _in the Regiment since it was raised in 1793_. - - - KILLED. - - Colonel William Fitch Maroon War. - Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Talavera. - „ Collins Salamanca. - Major Widrington Vittoria. - Brevet Major Hon. Powys Talavera. - Captain Lee Maroon War. - „ Fry Badajos. - „ Samuel Read Jeerun, India. - Lieutenant Montgomery Talavera. - „ Dahman Do. - „ Flood Do. - „ Ferris Fuentes d’Onor. - „ Lindsay Vittoria. - „ Bloxham Do. - „ Johnson Canada. - „ Low South Africa. - Ensign Hackett Peninsula. - - - WOUNDED. - - Lieutenant-Colonel Collins Albuera. - „ Carr Orthes. - Major Blaquiere Do. - Captain Venables Vittoria. - „ Brunt Maroon War. - „ Summerfield Talavera. - „ Reynolds Do. - „ Elliott Orthes. - „ Venables Do. - Lieutenant Abel Talavera. - „ Johnstone Do. - „ Nicholson Do. - „ Pine Do. - „ Boggie Do. - „ Baldwin Do. - „ Ferris Do. - „ Colthurst Busaco. - „ Vereker Fuentes d’Onor. - „ Matthews Ciudad Rodrigo. - „ Vereker Do. - „ Broomfield Badajos. - „ O’Neill Do. - „ Bowles Do. - „ Lane Do. - „ Vavasour Do. - „ Baldwin Do. - „ Gascoigne Salamanca. - „ Smith Vittoria. - „ Baldwin Do. - „ Barry Do. - „ Watson Nivelle. - „ Barry Do. - „ Wyatt Do. - „ Baldwin Orthes. - „ Watson Do. - „ Lane Do. - „ Hingstone Vic Bigorre. - „ Lane Do. - Lieut. and Adj. Swinburne Orthes. - Adjutant Brahan Talavera. - Lieut. and Adj. J. Swinburne Do. - Ensign Nugent Orthes. - „ Burgess Nivelle. - „ A. Tulloch Talavera. - „ Barry Do. - „ Carey Do. - „ Irwin Do. - Assistant-Surgeon Miles Nimbharia. - - - TOTAL. - - Killed. Wounded. - Lieutenant-Colonels 3 2 - Majors 2 1 - Captains 3 6 - Lieutenants 7 31 - Ensigns 1 7 - Surgeons 0 1 - -- -- - 16 48 - - - GRAND TOTAL. - - Killed. Wounded. - Officers 16 48 - Sergeants and rank and file 279 810 - --- --- - 295 858 - === === - - LIST OF OFFICERS _who have served in the 83rd Regiment, compiled - from the “Officers Records,” preserved in the Regimental Orderly - Room_. - - COLONELS COMMANDING. REMARKS. - William Fitch 1793: Colonel Commandant. - James Balfour 1795: Major-General. - John Hodgson 1823: Major-General. - Hastings Fraser, C.B. 1835: Major-General. - Sir Fred. Stovin, O.C.B, - K.C.M.G. 1848: Lieutenant-General - E. P. Buckley 1865: General. Died 29th May, 1873. - W. G. Brown 1873: General. Died 27th Nov., 1883. - W. H. Bradford Lieutenant-General. - - COLONELS OR LIEUTENANT-COLONELS - COMMANDING. - William Fitch Killed in the Maroon War. - William Sleigh - Thomas Gibson - Sir Edward Baynes - William Godley - John Byne Skerritt - Joseph Baird - William Hutchinson - Alexander Gordon Killed at Talavera. - Richard Collins Killed at Salamanca. - Jacob Blunt - John Potter Hamilton - Sir Henry William Carr - Charles Cother Retired, 1829. - ---- Bunbury - Hon. H. Dundas, C.B. Retired on half-pay, 1842. - B. Trydell Brevet Colonel, promoted to - Major-General, 1856. - W. H. Law Retired on full pay, as - Major-General, 1856. - J. Kelsall Retired on full pay, as Colonel, - 1858. - Edward Steele, C.B. Retired July, 1862. Died in London, - 6th August, 1862. - Charles W. Austen Exchanged to 14th Regiment. - A. Barnard Hankey Retired 2nd August, 1871. - T. S. Brown To Brigade Staff 28th February, - 1880. - E. Meurant Retired 5th October, 1884. - F. Karslake Retired 12th February, 1887. - C. J. Burnett To Staff 4th June, 1890. - H. D. Cutbill Retired 4th June, 1894. - R. J. Knox Retired 28th October, 1896. - C. Haggard Retired 28th October, 1900. - A. T. Swaine Retired 28th October, 1904. - J. S. Brown Now commanding. - - LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. - S. Flower Retired 5th October, 1888. - C. G. Gore Retired 10th January, 1883. - R. O. De Montmorency To 2 R.I.R. 10th January, 1883. - - MAJORS. - T. Summerfield Died at Limerick, 1834. - Peter Crofton Retired. - Joseph Swinburne Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, retired - as Colonel, 1853. Died, 1860. - Edward Townsend Died of cholera at Kurrachee, 1851. - Henry F. Ainslie Retired as Lieut.-Col. on full pay, - 1855. - Henry Lloyd Died of cholera at Cambay, 1854. - John Heatley Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel; exchanged - to 69th Regiment. - James F. Murray Exchanged to 97th Regiment, 1862. - Edward B. Cooke Retired, 1862. - Henry De R. Pigott Exchanged to 19th Regiment, 1863. - Thomas Venables - Robert Bates - J. S. Wakefield Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel; retired - 7th August, 1878. - F. A. Wright Retired 18th January, 1882. - E. A. Butler Retired 18th April, 1885. - J. P. B. Forster Retired 16th September, 1868. - G. G. Beazley Retired 12th March, 1881. - C. J. Wyndham Transferred to 2 R.I.R. 18th Sept., - 1888. - B. H. Metcalfe Retired 31st December, 1887. - H. H. Stuart To 2 R.I.R., 1889. - W. Cooke Collis Promoted half-pay Lieutenant-Colonel, - and retired 4th May, 1892. - F. S. F. Stokes Transferred to 2 R.I.R., 1st August, - 1890. - J. J. Meynell Retired 2nd March, 1893. - H. A. Eager Transferred to 2 R.I.R., December, - 1895. - W. Ayde To Staff, 25th March, 1898. - E. Allen Exchanged to 2 R.I.R, 29th April, - 1899. - F. J. Tobin Promoted into 2 R.I.R., 28th July, - 1904. - W. J. McWhinnie Retired 21st September, 1906. - F. E. P. Curzon Appointed second-in-command 2 R.I.R., - 13th July, 1905. - W. E. O’Leary - H. M. Cliff Retired 17th October, 1902. - K. Beresford - F. J. H. Bell - C. E. R. Harvey - G. B. Laurie Exchanged to 2 R.I.R. - A. V. Weir - O. C. Baker - - CAPTAINS. - Henry Caulfield Removed to 58th Foot, 1833. - Francis Johnston Retired, 1834. - Aretas S. Young Exchanged to 63rd Regiment, 1835. - John Richardson Retired, 1840. - Robert Colquohoun Died in London, 1841. - John Harrison Half-pay, 1839. - Robert Kelly Sold out, 1839. - J. H. Anstruther Sold out, 1839. - George Grey Sold out, 1840. - John Rayson Sold out, 1841. - Denis McC. Stubbeman Sold out, 1845. - John Emslie Sold out, 1844. - Edward D’Alton Half-pay. - Thomas St. Aubyn Died at Putney, 1846. - Benjamin H. Brown Retired, 1847. - Duncan Campbell Exchanged to 90th Regiment, 1848. - William Garston Half-pay, 1849. - D. R. De Rinzy Half-pay, 1849; died of cholera same - year. - Hon. William Gage Died at Poona, 1849. - D. W. P. Labalmondiere Half-pay, 1850. - S. H. F. Cary Exchanged to 31st Regiment, 1850. - David Anderson Exchanged to 22nd Regiment. - Frederick Woodgate Retired, 1848. - Thomas Spring Exchanged to 35th Regiment, 1851. - Samuel B. Lamb Exchanged to 10th Regiment, 1851. - Thomas Adams Exchanged to 78th Regiment, 1854. - Frederick George Moore Half-pay, 1855. - Thomas M. Keogh Retired, 1856. - William Mills Molony Exchanged to 22nd Regiment. - Samuel Read Killed in action at Jeerun, 1857. - Robert Colville Jones Died at Ahmedabad, 1857. - William Nott Died near Birmingham, 1858. - Herbert Stanley Cooper Died at Nusseerabad, 1858. - Hon. E. G. W. Forester Half-pay, 1858. - Robert H. P. Crawford Exchanged to 90th Regiment; died in - Crimea. - John Sharman Molony Removed to Staff--Falkland Islands. - Richard R. Wyvill Retired, 1860. - Thomas Parker Wright Staff officer of pensioners. - F. H. D. Marsh Exchanged to 89th Regiment. - Henry Gandy Retired, 1860. - Retired J. Sweeney Half-pay. - T. Mowbray Baumgartner Transferred to Bombay Staff Corps, - 1861. - James Verling Ellis Exchanged to Ceylon Rifles, 1862. - William Minhear Retired, 1863. - F. Pemberton Campbell Exchanged to 14th Hussars, 1863. - Frederick Dickenson Retired, 1863. - Edward William Bray Brevet major. - John Sprot - Edward Meurant - Julian Wakefield - Chas. C. Gore - James F. Sweeney - Geo. G. Beazley - Geo. L. Huyshe - William H. Ivimy - Lawrence Mackenzie - G. F. Stehelin Retired 6th November, 1868. - J. K. S. Henderson Retired 9th April, 1890. - L. E. O’Connor Died 10th January, 1869. - G. P. Fawkes Retired 29th June, 1870. - P. C. Browne Exchanged to 23rd Foot 2nd May, 1869. - J. F. Wyse - W. C. Strickland Retired 28th October, 1871. - C. L. Smith Retired 30th April, 1873. - G. E. E. Blunt Retired 5th January, 1870. - F. H. A. D. Roebuck Exchanged to 46th Foot 20th July, - 1870. - E. G. Johnson Retired 28th May, 1870. - R. H. James Died at Poona 4th April, 1871. - G. N. Stevenson Exchanged to 91st Foot 31st Oct., - 1871. - G. W. Cockburn Retired 30th September, 1870. - G. E. S. Cartwright Retired 10th February, 1877. - C. J. Shorburn Retired 5th November, 1884. - W. Stewart Retired 9th June, 1877. - T. F. Gibbs Retired 19th October, 1878. - H. C. Bond Died 27th March, 1882. - C. T. Davenport To Army Pay Dept. 26th August, 1881. - J. A. R. Bell To Army Pay Dept. 12th April, 1881. - J. W. H. Anson Superseded 19th July, 1882. - W. B. Marling Resigned 16th January, 1884. - E. C. L. Walter Died at Alderney 4th May, 1885. - R. Taylor Retired 11th July, 1884. - R. S. Graves To Army Pay Dept. 9th December, 1885. - Hon. F. L. Colborne Brevet Major to Staff, April, 1885. - M. E. Mulchinock Resigned 17th August, 1887. - C. G. Harris Retired 10th August, 1888. - L. T. V. Wilkinson Retired 20th February, 1895. - A. W. Raymond To 2 R.I.R. 1st February, 1888. - W. H. Dunlop To 2 R.I.R. 20th May, 1892. - H. L. Welman To Militia, Adjutant 20th Nov., 1893. - G. O. Callaghan Westrapp Retired 20th February, 1889. - J. E. Hodges To Army Pay Department 1st July, - 1893. - W. G. Lillingston To half-pay 12th July, 1896. - R. A. D. Rowley Died 19th November, 1898. - G. W. W. D’Arcy Evans To 20th Hussars 10th June, 1895. - P. M. H. Carew Retired 3rd July, 1897. - T. S. Fox-Strangways To Staff 22nd October, 1899 - (retired). - A. F. Ryan Resigned 24th August, 1898. - H. F. R. Despard Retired 15th August, 1902. - W. E. O. C. Blunt To Army Pay Department 29th April, - 1908. - T. Carson To Adjutant 5 R.I.R. 22nd February, - 1900 (retired). - A. J. B. Addison To Adjutant, Artists’ Vols. - (retired). - B. H. M. Fox To A.S.C. 15th October, 1900. - P. G. W. Eckford Adjutant, Vols. 14th November, 1905. - H. G. Breman To half-pay 8th May, 1902 (retired). - D. W. Silwell Brevet Major. Exchanged to 2 R.I.R. - 10th October, 1903. - L. H. Noblett Brevet Major. Promoted to 2 R.I.R., - 1907. - H. R. Charley To 2 R.I.R. 6th March, 1907. - L. C. Sprague To 2 R.I.R. - C. C. Macnamara - J. H. Alston - B. Allgood - E. G. Dunn - E. H. Saunders, D.S.O. To Sr. T. Corps 24th November, 1905. - R. H. S. Dashwood Retired 21st December, 1907. - C. H. Dixon To 2 R.I.R. - L. G. B. Rodney - E. C. Monro - J. C. Bowen-Colthurst - - - LIEUTENANTS. - Edward De Visme Retired, 1831. - Henry S. G. Bowles Died at Ballinrobe, 1832. - George Blakeney Retired, 1835. - John J. E. Hamilton Retired, 1837. - W. S. Johnson Killed in action at Prescott, 1838. - Hanway Howard Retired, 1837. - W. S. Ducie Retired, 1838. - C. T. Egerton Retired, 1839. - Roger Coghlan Died in Dublin, 1834. - William J. Nunn Half-pay. - James Goodrich Retired, 1839. - Hon. R. H. Clifford Killed from his horse at Limerick, - 1833. - T. Taubman James Retired. - Francis W. Bowles Exchanged to 94th, 1837. - Wenman Wynniatt Drowned at London, Canada, 1841. - James Clerk Exchanged to 9th Light Dragoons. - James Foster Exchanged to 1st Dragoon Guards. - William Blackburne To 91st Regiment. - Thomas Stewart Lane Died at Castlecomer, 1848. - Walter Hamilton Retired, 1845. - Francis J. Hext Retired, 1845. - John W. Crowe Retired 1849. - John William Wellington Exchanged to 4th Light Dragoons, - 1847. - Sir Richard Gethin, Bart. Retired, 1846. - James Sadler Naylor Exchanged to 8th Hussars, 1846. - John T. Downman Retired, 1849. - W. Sandford Wills Exchanged to 5th Dragoon Guards. - Lord Alfred S. Churchill Retired, 1848. - H. P. Villiers Villiers Retired, 1855. - W. C. Sheills Retired, 1852. - Chas. Peregrine Teesdale Promoted to 55th Regiment, 1855. - S. W. F. M. Wilson Do. - John Meade Promoted to 30th Regiment, 1856. - John Norris McKelvey Died at Deesa, 1856. - Braithwaite Chamley Exchanged to 17th Lancers, 1858. - Thomas Rowland Exchanged to 1st Regiment, 1853. - Usher W. Alcock Retired, 1855. - Marmaduke N. Richardson Retired, 1853. - William Fitzroy Promoted into 63rd Regiment, 1855. - John W. Huskisson Transferred to 56th Regiment, 1855. - Stephen W. Metge Died at sea, 1856. - J. R. A. Colebrook Died at Mysana, 1860. - G. W. H. Wardell Retired, 1861. - Guildford M. Onslow Retired, 1861. - John Healey Exchanged to 66th Regiment, 1862. - Edwin Thomas Retired, 1862. - R. Kenneth Gibb Exchanged to 1st West India Regiment, - 1863. - H. G. Davies Exchanged to 96th Regiment, 1863. - James E. Brymer Drowned at Hythe, 1863. - William K. Bookey Retired, 1863. - George Dunlevie Half-pay, 1857. - Alfred Holt Promoted into 81st Regiment, 1855. - Thomas G. Coote - Peter C. Browne - Nicholas Pennefather - Frederick Karslake - W. Forbes Anderson Died at Sandgate, 1863. - Hubert C. Whitlock - Michael Murphy - Littleton A. Powys - James Geo. Scott - Henry Albert Fuller - Walter C. Strickland - Frederick Augustus Wright - Charles Lucius Smith - Charles Hay Tollemache - John Olphert Gage - Thos. E. B. Townsend - C. Horrocks Retired 7th November, 1868. - H. L. Parry Retired 1st February, 1873. - T. P. Powell Retired 26th July, 1873. - H. W. Walker Transferred to 2nd 19th Foot. - H. V. H. Brooke Exchanged to 33rd Foot 1st December, - 1869. - M. O. Kirkward Retired 16th March, 1861. - W. F. Marriott Exchanged to 41st Foot, 1875. - A. Fawcett Retired 8th July, 1868. - J. W. Anderson To Bombay Staff Corps, 11th July, - 1874. - F. Bruce Transferred to 39th Foot. - A. Chichester Exchanged to 95th Foot, 31st August, - 1870. - W. De Hogton Died at S. Remo, 29th April, 1870. - R. W. S. Burnett Retired 10th July, 1872. - Hon. E. F. Gifford Exchanged to 2nd 24th Foot, 25th - February, 1873. - C. W. Hinde To Bombay Staff Corps, 7th February, - 1873. - J. H. Hardtman Berckley Transferred to 107th Regiment, 15th - January, 1876. - L. F. Heath To Indian Staff Corps, 1871. - C. G. B. Hervey To Indian Staff Corps, 1878. - G. Cleaveland Died at Mount Aboo, 19th March, 1895. - G. A. Beresford Died at Deesa, 8th June, 1875. - P. A. Buckland To Bengal Staff Corps, 24th April, - 1875. - H. F. Cadell To Madras Staff Corps, 36th November, - 1876. - C. St. L. Wilkinson Retired 25th November, 1874. - A. C. G. Mayne To I.S.C., 1st September, 1877. - J. W. Hogge To I.S.C., 23rd May, 1876. - C. H. W. Alexander Resigned 30th October, 1878. - H. E. W. Beville To I.S.C., 14th December, 1875. - A. W. Ancketill Resigned 7th June, 1875. - H. Read To Bengal Staff Corps. - H. B. Warden To Bombay Staff Corps, 1876. - J. M. Johnstone Retired 26th November, 1879. - A. D. Enriquerz To I.S.C., 29th November, 1881. - H. Mansfield To I.S.C., 5th August, 1878. - G. F. N. Ginley To Bombay Staff Corps. - D. Cole To I.S.C., 19th July, 1878. - L. B. H. Baker To I.S.C. - W. D. Thomson To I.S.C., 29th August, 1882. - G. R. D. Westrapp To I.S.C., 26th April, 1880. - J. F. Trant Exchanged to 2nd West India Regiment, - 2nd August, 1882. - G. V. Burrows To I.S.C. - R. W. F. Monteith To A.S.C., 18th April, 1885. - A. P. S. Barnett To I.S.C., 16th March, 1882. - E. A. Kettlewell To I.S.C., 18th December, 1880. - W. G. Alban To I.S.R., 9th November, 1880. - W. Browne - M. A. Tighe - H. F. Battersby Retired 29th October, 1883. - J. Fisher To 2nd Norfolk Regt., 7th Nov., 1883. - C. H. Orpen Resigned 29th June, 1887. - J. R. Gray To K.R. Rifles, 18th January, 1886. - H. R. Homfray Transferred to 1st Life Guards, 7th - November, 1888. - J. F. Stewart Transferred to S. Rifles, 14th April, - 1883. - G. W. Paliu Transferred to North Stafford - Regiment, 12th June, 1883. - A. W. Hasted Transferred to 2nd Wilts Regiment, - 25th August, 1885. - J. H. Lowry To I.S.C., 5th May, 1887. - F. F. Bradshaw To I.S.C., 2nd March, 1887. - G. W. Massey Promoted into 2nd Battalion, 2nd - March, 1893. - A. P. M. Burke Resigned 2nd March, 1903. - E. W. H. Somerset To Rifle Brigade, 3rd August, 1887. - A. H. Festing To Royal Niger Coy., 29th July, 1885. - G. S. Carey Transferred to 2nd R.I. Rifles, 23rd - July, 1895. Died at Poona. - M. S. D. Westrapp Resigned 8th June, 1898. - H. L. Low Killed on service with 2nd R.I. - Rifles in South Africa, 10th May, - 1902. - W. A. King Harmen - H. Wilding Resigned 14th September, 1898. - R. L. Hughes Hallett To Indian Army, 3rd October, 1900. - A. G. Forbes Died at Dum Dum, 18th December, 1900. - C. S. Dixon Promoted into 2nd R.I. Rifles. - C. L. W. Wallace Resigned 13th June, 1905. - A. S. Kirkwood To S. and T. Corps, 1st November, - 1906. - W. M. Lanyon - A. J. Biscoe - H. R. Goodman - W. M. Culloch Resigned, 1907. - F. Robinson Died at Meerut, 11th April, 1906. - Hon. B. A. Forbes - E. M. A. J. Hogan - G. A. Chatterton - P. F. J. Smith - J. F. Martyr - C. C. Tee - Geo. H. Cazalet Promoted to 18th Regiment. - Robert Portal Promoted to 41st Regiment. - T. G. L. Carew Gwyn Exchanged to 6th Dragoon Guards, - 1847. - W. T. Riley To 52nd Regiment. - William A. Riddell Retired. - H. M. Scott Died at Manchester, 1832. - Frederick Ford Retired, 1858. - James Pringle Promoted. - Thomas Graham Died at Kurrachee, 1852. - Graham Mylne Promoted to 82nd Regiment. - William Blathway Killed accidentally at Ilfracombe, - 1859. - Geo. E. E. Blunt - Henry Geo. Wilson - A. Goring Bridger - Henry Church - James M. Lyall - Sir Keith G. Jackson, Bart. - R. O. De Montmorency - John Blurton - Anthony McClymont Died at Deesa, 1856. - A. Crowley Transferred to 48th Foot 1st May, - 1878. - H. B. Brown Transferred to 2 R.I.R. 27th May, - 1888. - C. Gosling Transferred to K.R.R. 28th Nov., - 1888. - H. M. Biddulph Transferred to Rifle Brigade, 6th - February, 1889. - J. Murray Died 25th October, 1898. - C. B. L. Clery To I.S.C. - R. G. Baker To I.C.S. 15th January, 1900. - R. C. Wilson Resigned 1st October, 1901. - H. A. Gaussen Resigned 7th April, 1906. - L. Pilkington Resigned 1st November, 1901. - T. H. Barton To Indian Army 16th November, 1903. - H. N. Jones Exchanged to 2 R.I.R. 8th August, - 1903. - A. H. Parsons To Indian Army. - G. S. Scott - E. C. Kenny To Indian Army, 1903. - E. R. Ludlow Hewitt - N. Hutcheson - R. O. Mansergh - E. De W. Waller - A. W. Galway - - PAYMASTERS. - Richard Brough Retired, 1849. - John Denis Swinburne - F. Fereday Exchanged to 95th Foot, 31st Oct., - 1871. - F. Scrivener Transferred to A.P.D. 1st April, - 1878. - - ADJUTANTS. - John Stubbs Died at Kingston, 1840. - B. H. Browne Promoted. - William Nott Do. - William Hall Died at Kurrachee, 1851. - Edward H. M. Mainwaring Died at Poona, 1856. - James Nicholas Colthurst - G. E. E. Blunt - W. Coake Collis 27th June, 1871. - H. H. Berkeley To 21st November, 1875. - F. S. F. Stokes To 19th October, 1878. - W. B. Marling To 16th December, 1882. - J. S. Brown To 26th April, 1886. - F. J. H. Bell To 25th May, 1890. - L. T. V. Wilkinson To 1st January, 1892. - F. E. P. Curzon To 31st December, 1895. - O. C. Baker To 31st December, 1899. - C. C. Macnamara To 31st December, 1903. - H. R. Charley To 31st December, 1906. - H. R. Goodman - - - QUARTERMASTERS. - John Rusher Retired, 1838. - Robert Imray Retired, 1844. - Joseph Cartmail Exchanged to 3rd Regiment, 1847. - William Colburn Died at Poona, 1852. - Patrick Hayes Retired as Captain, 1863. - T. Copeland - H. McQuade Transferred to 6 R.I.R., 7th January, - 1882. - H. Jones Transferred to 3 R.I.R., 10th June, - 1882. - J. McGarty Retired 23rd August, 1883. - L. Duffy Superseded 24th October, 1884. - P. J. Thorpe Cashiered 3rd November, 1893. - J. Cunningham Died in South Africa, 1st March, - 1898. - Q. T. Drage To Depôt, 21st October, 1903. - H. W. Foster - - SURGEONS. - Samuel A. Piper, M.D. Removed to 30th Regiment, 1830. - James Cross Half-pay, 1837. - John Maitland Exchanged to R.C. Regiment, 1843. - William Gardiner Exchanged to 8th Regiment, 1842. - R. J. O’Flaherty Promoted, 1845. - George Ledingham Died at Poona, 1850. - Frederick Hobson Clark Died at sea, 1855. - Charles F. Stephenson Died at Deesa, 1856. - Robert Browne Exchanged to 25th Regiment, 1863. - Chas. R. Robinson - J. H. Macfadin Exchanged to 47th Foot, 8th Dec., - 1869. - - SURGEON-MAJOR. - A. R. Hudson Transferred to Staff 28th March, - 1879. - - ASSISTANT-SURGEONS. - George R. Watson Died at Ballinrobe, 1882. - David Pitcairn Exchanged to 15th Hussars, 1854. - James Flyter Exchanged to 4th Dragoon Guards, - 1847. - James Macbeth Removed to Staff, 1843. - John H. Ker Innes To Staff, 1851. - W. S. S. H. Monro Retired, 1855. - John Hamilton Bews To Staff (promoted), 1855. - W. N. Boyce Died at Kurrachee, 1862. - Edward Touch Promoted to Staff, 1857. - H. C. Miles Promoted. - William Sharp Half-pay. - Thomas Mould Transferred to Royal Artillery, 1862. - C. S. Wills - J. Bourke Exchanged to 2nd 15th Regiment, 10th - February, 1869. - E. Coffey Transferred to Staff 6th March, 1870. - W. Geoghan - T. G. Adye Curran Transferred, 1874. - - - - - THE END - - -FOOTNOTES: - -[1] On clearing the harbour, one of the transports with a company on -board was so much damaged by another vessel running foul of her as to -be unable to proceed, which company was relanded on the Isle of Wight, -and rejoined the head-quarters at Saint Domingo in 1798. - -[2] - - Dr. Weir, 6th August, 1795. - Col. Fitch, 12th September, 1795. - Lt. Rawes, 2nd September, 1795. - Capt. Lee, 18th September, 1795. - Ens. Horridge, 24th October, 1795. - Lt. Armstrong, 27th October, 1795. - Lt. Morton, 28th October, 1795. - Lt. Cove, 30th October, 1795. - Capt. Hansald, 9th November, 1795. - Capt. Hay, 14th November, 1795. - Lt. Wilton, 14th November, 1795. - S. Mat. Clancy, 14th November, 1795. - Ens. Byrne, 17th August, 1796. - Ens. Morris, 20th August, 1796. - Capt. Stone, 20th August, 1796. - Lt. Trumane, 20th April, 1797. - Ens. Lawton. - Lt. Batt, 20th August, 1800. - F. Smith, 8th August, 1800. - Ens. Hill, 30th September, 1800. - Major White, 27th November, 1800. - Lt. Gibson, 4th October, 1800. - Capt. Wilson, 7th June, 1801. - Lt. Williams, 1st December, 1800. - Lt. Wright, 12th December, 1801. - Lt. Farrell, 26th January, 1802. - -[3] _Vide_ Memoir of 2nd Battalion, commencing in the year 1817. - -[4] The regiment, and especially the Light Company, were warmly thanked -by General Picton for their conduct. - -[5] Name not in records. - -[6] During the Kandyan War, Captain Trydell, in command of the Light -Company of the 83rd, attacked a formidable body of rebels posted within -the lofty walls of a temple, five miles from Ballengadde, drove them -out, and defeated them with considerable loss. - -[7] Lieutenant Cautwell, Lieutenant Smith, Ensign Macnac. - -[8] Lieutenant Cox. - -[9] Under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Cother. - -[10] Died: Assistant-Surgeon G. R. Watson, Lieut. H. S. G. Bowles. - -[11] Major T. Summerfield, Lieutenant Hon. R. Clifford. - -[12] Lieutenant R. Coghlan. - -[13] Lieutenant and Adjutant J. Stubbs. - -[14] The regiment, on its route from Toronto to Quebec, passed down -the Lachine Rapids, in the River St. Lawrence; the 1st division on the -23rd, and the 2nd division on the 24th May, 1843. - -[15] Officers, 52; non-commissioned and rank and file, 1079; total 1131. - -[16] Lieutenant W. Hall became adjutant in April, but died very soon -afterwards. He had been promoted from the ranks. He was succeeded as -adjutant by Lieutenant E. H. M. Mainwaring. - -[17] The 64th Regiment were quartered with the 83rd during the time -they were in Kurrachee, and the two regiments were on the most friendly -terms from being so much together. - -[18] On the 4th October, 1857, Captain R. C. Jones died at Ahmedabad. - -[19] Sergeants, 8; corporals, 10; drummers, 7; privates, 463. - - - - -Transcriber's Note: - -1. Obvious printer errors have been corrected. - -2. 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