Chapter III: Part 3

At two o'clock on the following morning the march was resumed, and in the evening the troops arrived at the foot of the range of hills in front of _Baltimore_, where fifteen thousand Americans occupied a chain of palisaded redoubts, connected by breastworks, and defended by a numerous artillery. Trusting to the innate valour of his little army, which did not amount to one-third of the numbers of the enemy, Colonel Brooke made preparations for storming the hills after dark; but having received intimation from the fleet, that the entrance of the harbour was closed up by vessels sunk for that purpose, and that a naval co-operation against the town and camp was impracticable, the enterprise was abandoned. The troops retreated three miles on the following day, and then halted to see if the Americans would venture to descend from the hills; but, though so superior in numbers, they had no disposition to quit their works; and the British returned on board the fleet.

The season for active operations having passed, the fleet quitted the American coast, and the TWENTY-FIRST proceeded to Jamaica, where they were joined by a strong detachment from the second battalion, commanded by Major Alexander James Ross.

An attempt on _New Orleans_ was afterwards resolved upon. The fleet again put to sea, and on the 10th of December anchored off the coast of Louisiana, opposite the Chandeleur Islands, from whence the troops were removed in boats to Pine Island, in Lake Borgne, where they were stationed, exposed to heavy rain by day and frosts by night, until the 22nd of December, when the first division proceeded in open boats to a desert spot about eight miles from New Orleans, where the regiments landed, and marched to a field on the banks of the Mississippi. The TWENTY-FIRST followed, and arrived in time to take part in repulsing a night attack of a very superior force of Americans, when the regiment had Captain William Conran and two rank and file killed; one serjeant, two drummers, and eight rank and file wounded; two men missing.

The army afterwards moved forward, but encountered many local difficulties. The Americans assembled a numerous force, in extensive fortified lines and batteries, with armed vessels on the river: the advance was checked, and some loss sustained. The ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS had Lieutenant John Leavock wounded; also several men killed and wounded.

[Sidenote: 1815]

Arrangements were made for attacking the enemy's fortified lines on the 8th of January, 1815, and the TWENTY-FIRST were appointed to take part in this service: several circumstances occurred to delay the attack, which was made under numerous disadvantages. The troops, however, rushed forward with great gallantry, and a detachment of the Fourth, TWENTY-FIRST, and Ninety-fifth (now Rifle-Brigade), captured a battery; but the troops were exposed to a dreadful fire, which brought them down by hundreds. Major-General the Honorable Sir Edward Pakenham was killed; Major-Generals Gibbs and Keane were dangerously wounded; and success being found impracticable, the surviving officers and men withdrew from the unequal contest. Many officers and soldiers, who had been foremost in the attack, were made prisoners.

Major J. A. Whitaker, Captain Robert Renny (Lieut.-Colonel), Lieutenant Donald M^cDonald, two serjeants, and sixty-five rank and file of the TWENTY-FIRST, were killed; Colonel William Paterson, Major Alexander James Ross, Lieutenants John Waters and Alexander Geddes, six serjeants, and one hundred and forty-four rank and file wounded; Lieutenants James Brady, Ralph Carr, and Peter Quin wounded and taken prisoners; Major James M^cHaffie, Captain Archibald Kidd, Lieutenants James Stewart, Alexander Armstrong, John Leavock, and J. S. M. Fonblanque, eight serjeants, two drummers, and two hundred and seventeen rank and file, prisoners: total loss, 451 officers and soldiers.

The capture of New Orleans appearing to be impracticable, the troops returned on board of the fleet. Fort Bowyer was afterwards captured, but hostilities were terminated by a treaty of peace, and the regiment returned to the West Indies, from whence Major Pringle sailed for England, on leave of absence, and the command devolved on Major Quin.

After a short stay at Bermuda, the regiment sailed for Europe; it arrived at Portsmouth in May, and afterwards sailed to Cork, where it landed in June.

In the spring of this year Bonaparte had returned to France and gained temporary possession of that kingdom: but his numerous veteran legions were overpowered by British valour at Waterloo on the 18th of June. The British army had, however, sustained severe loss, and the first battalion was selected to proceed to the Continent. It embarked from Monkstown on the 5th of July, landed at Ostend on the 17th, and proceeding up the country under Lieut.-Colonel Maxwell, joined the army, commanded by Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington, at Paris.

[Sidenote: 1816]

Having been appointed to remain on the Continent, and to form part of the Army of Occupation in France, the regiment marched to Compiègne, and occupied several villages in the neighbourhood of that place, where it was joined, on the 9th of January, 1816, by a detachment from the second battalion.

On the 13th of January, 1816, the second battalion was disbanded at Stirling; transferring the men fit for duty to the first battalion.

Towards the end of January, the regiment was removed to Valenciennes, and in October was reviewed, with the Army of Occupation, by Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington.

On the death of General the Honorable William Gordon, Lieut.-General James Lord Forbes was appointed Colonel of the regiment, from the Fifty-fourth foot, by commission dated the 1st of June, 1816.

[Sidenote: 1817]

A considerable reduction being made in the British contingent of the Army of Occupation, the regiment proceeded to Calais, where it embarked for England, and landed at Harwich on the 2nd of April, 1817.

[Sidenote: 1818]

In May, 1818, the regiment marched to Portsmouth.

In June, the officers were authorised to wear a long coat, of a pattern approved of by His Royal Highness the Duke of York.

[Sidenote: 1819]

The regiment embarked from Portsmouth, in March, 1819, for the West Indies, when Lieut.-Colonel Nooth, C.B., received the following communication from Major-General Lord Howard of Effingham, then commanding at Portsmouth, and Lieutenant-Governor of that fortress: "I am not in the habit of giving out orders of thanks to regiments on quitting my district, because these things are apt to degenerate so much into words of course, that they lose any value they might otherwise possess; my orders likewise to corps on their half-yearly inspections enable me to convey to them my opinion on their state of discipline, &c.; but I cannot, however, allow the TWENTY-FIRST regiment, under your command, to embark without expressing the sense I have of the good conduct of the regiment since it has been under my orders, and that its interior discipline, mode of doing duty, and external appearance, have been such as to merit my perfect approbation, and amply testify the strict attention paid by you to those under your command,--that you are properly supported by the officers and non-commissioned officers, in their respective stations, in carrying into effect the regulations of the service." His Lordship was also pleased to express his admiration of the conduct of the corps on the day of embarkation, adding,--"The regiment is more like one parading for inspection or review, than for embarkation for the West Indies."

The regiment landed at Barbadoes in April, without a single casualty, and was inspected by Lieut.-General Lord Combermere, who requested Major Meyrick to return the officers his lordship's thanks, for the very great attention they must have paid to those under their orders, to have brought them to the very high state of discipline in which his lordship found them.

[Sidenote: 1820]

[Sidenote: 1821]

In September, 1820, a detachment of one hundred rank and file proceeded to Tobago, where it remained until January, 1821, during which period it lost four officers and thirty-seven men by an epidemic disease.

The regiment left Barbadoes in March, 1821, when seven companies proceeded to Demerara, under Major Leahy, and three to Berbice, under Major Champion. Previous to its quitting Barbadoes, Major-General Mainwaring expressed in orders, "the high sense he entertained of the zeal and ability of Major Leahy, of the steady conduct of the officers and non-commissioned officers, and of the good and orderly behaviour of the men."

In August, the regiment sustained a severe loss in the death of Lieut.-Colonel John M. Nooth, C.B.: he was succeeded in the command by Lieut.-Colonel John Thomas Leahy.

[Sidenote: 1823]

Insurrectionary movements having been made by the negroes in the district of Mahaica, in the island of Demerara, in August, 1823, the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS, under Lieut.-Colonel Leahy, were employed in reducing the revolted slaves to obedience, in which they succeeded. For their excellent conduct on this occasion, the TWENTY-FIRST received the thanks of Lieut.-General Sir Henry Ward, K.C.B., commanding in the Windward and Leeward Islands; of the Court of Policy of the Colony; of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the Commander-in-chief; and of His Majesty King George IV.

[Sidenote: 1824]

From Demerara the head-quarters were removed to St. Vincent, in January, 1824, and received the thanks of Major-General Murray, previous to embarking. At the same time the Court of Policy voted, as a special and permanent mark of the high estimation in which the inhabitants of the Colony held the services of Lieut.-Colonel Leahy, the officers and soldiers, "FIVE HUNDRED GUINEAS TO BE LAID OUT IN THE PURCHASE OF PLATE FOR THE REGIMENTAL MESS," and TWO HUNDRED GUINEAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SWORD FOR LIEUT.-COLONEL LEAHY; also FIFTY GUINEAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A SWORD FOR LIEUTENANT BRADY, who commanded a detachment at Mahaica, and whose cool, steady, and intrepid conduct, aided by the courage and discipline of his men, gave an early and effectual check to the progress of revolt in that quarter.

In May, two companies were removed to Grenada.

[Sidenote: 1827]

In December, 1826, and January, 1827, the regiment embarked from St. Vincent and Grenada, for England, after eight years' service in the West Indies, during which period it had lost, by disease, fourteen officers and four hundred men. Previous to quitting those colonies, it received the expression of the approbation and thanks of Admiral Sir Charles Brisbane, G.C.B., Governor of St. Vincent; of the Council of that island; and of the Commander of the forces in the Windward and Leeward Islands. It landed at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, in January, February, and March, and was removed to Windsor, where it had the honor of doing duty during His Majesty's residence at that place.

[Sidenote: 1828]

From Windsor the regiment was removed to Winchester, in the spring of 1828, and afterwards to Portsmouth; it was subsequently stationed at Bath, and in October embarked from Bristol for Ireland: it landed at Waterford, from whence it proceeded to Fermoy.

[Sidenote: 1829]

[Sidenote: 1830]

The regiment was removed to Mullingar, in June, 1829; and in May, 1830, the head-quarters proceeded to Kilkenny, with parties at Carlow, Athy, Maryborough, and Wexford.

[Sidenote: 1831]

[Sidenote: 1832]

In September, 1831, the regiment marched for Dublin, where it embarked for England in October, and landing at Liverpool, afterwards proceeded to Weedon. In 1832 it was removed to Chatham.

[Sidenote: 1833]

During the years 1832 and 1833, the regiment embarked, by detachments, in charge of convicts, for New South Wales, and it was stationed in Australia and Van Diemen's Land until the year 1839.

[Sidenote: 1839]

Five companies and head-quarters embarked from Hobart Town, in February, 1839, for the East Indies, and arriving at Calcutta in May, afterwards proceeded to Chinsurah. They were followed by two companies from Hobart Town in March, 1840; and two from the Swan River settlement in July.

[Sidenote: 1840]

In April, 1840, the head-quarters were removed to Calcutta; and in August, the regiment embarked for Dinapore, where it arrived in September.

[Sidenote: 1841]

The regiment was stationed at Dinapore during the year 1841.

[Sidenote: 1842]

[Sidenote: 1843]

Leaving Dinapore in November, 1842, the regiment commenced its march for Agra: but on arriving at Mirzapoor, its destination was changed to Kamptee, at which place it arrived on the 6th of February, 1843.

[Sidenote: 1844]

During the year 1844, the regiment remained at Kamptee.

[Sidenote: 1845]

The regiment commenced its march from Kamptee _en route_ to the north-western provinces of Bengal on the 6th of December, 1845, and arrived at Jubbulpore on the 30th of that month.

[Sidenote: 1846]

The regiment resumed its march on the 1st of January, 1846, and arrived at Agra on the 7th of February, where it was stationed during the remainder of the year.

[Sidenote: 1847]

Leaving Agra on the 15th of January, 1847, the regiment arrived at Cawnpore on the 1st of February. From Cawnpore the regiment proceeded, in November, to Calcutta, at which place it arrived on the 30th of December.

Orders were at this period given for the return to England of the TWENTY-FIRST, ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS, and three hundred and ninety-three soldiers transferred their services to other regiments remaining in India.

In January, 1848, the regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel John Thomas Hill, embarked at Calcutta, and arrived at Gravesend on the 11th of May.

The regiment was, in the first instance, stationed at Canterbury, from which city it proceeded to Edinburgh in July, 1848.

On the 1st of June, 1849, the period to which this Record has been continued, the regiment continued to be stationed at Edinburgh Castle, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gore Browne.

1849.

CONCLUSION.

The foregoing pages contain numerous instances of the valuable qualities of the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. The campaigns of King William III., and the victories obtained by the Duke of Marlborough, afforded many opportunities for the TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT to evince its bravery. In subsequent years the battles of _Dettingen_, _Fontenoy_, _Culloden_, and _Val_, enhanced its former renown;--at the capture of _Belle-Isle_ in 1761 the regiment sustained its previous character;--and the several actions during the American war increased its fame. Its services in Naples and Sicily in 1809 and 1810;--and the arduous duties on which it was employed in America in 1814, gave additional proofs of its capabilities.

The Regimental Record contains also many instances of the expression of commendation by the General Officers, under whose command the Regiment has served, for its activity, discipline, and good conduct, when employed on home or colonial duties, and when occasions have occurred where military force has been required in aid of the Civil Power, and where judgment, temper, and firmness have been the means of subduing the most violent commotions.

These qualities, which have been evinced for the long period of one hundred and seventy years, have rendered the TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT, or THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS, an ornament in the British Army, and have acquired the Approbation of the Sovereign and the Confidence of the Country.

THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS.

_Madeley lith 3 Wellington S^t. Strand._

_For Cannon's Military Records._]

SUCCESSION OF COLONELS

OF

THE TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT OF FOOT,

OR

THE ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS.

CHARLES, (FIFTH) EARL OF MAR.

_Appointed 23rd September, 1678._

CHARLES, LORD ERSKINE, succeeded to the title of EARL OF MAR, in 1668, on the decease of his father, John, fourth Earl of Mar; and in September, 1678, he raised a regiment of foot, now the TWENTY-FIRST, or the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. He was a member of the Privy Council of Scotland, in the reign of King Charles II., and also of King James II. In 1686, he was succeeded in the command of his regiment by Colonel Buchan.

The Earl of Mar disapproved of the measures of King James II., and was about to embark for the Continent, in November, 1688, when the Prince of Orange landed in England. He appeared at the Convention of the Estates assembled by the Prince of Orange; but joining the disaffected party, he was arrested. He died on the 23rd of April, 1689, and was succeeded in the title by his son John, sixth Earl of Mar, whose estates were forfeited in consequence of his having erected the Standard of Rebellion in Scotland, in 1715, in favor of the Pretender, as narrated at page 18 of the Historical Record of the TWENTY-FIRST, ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS.

THOMAS BUCHAN.

_Appointed 29th July, 1686._

THOMAS BUCHAN was an officer in the Scots army, in the time of King Charles II., and rose to the rank of lieut.-colonel in the Royal Regiment of Scots Horse, which was disbanded in 1689. King James II. promoted him to the colonelcy of the TWENTY-FIRST regiment; and he adhered to the interests of the Stuart family at the Revolution in 1688. He served in Ireland under King James, and was detached with a few men to Scotland, to support the Highland clans in their resistance to the government of King William III. The clans were, however, not successful in their enterprises, and they submitted to the authority of King William; when he retired to France.

FRANCIS FERGUS O'FARRELL.

_Appointed 1st March, 1689._

This officer was a decided advocate for the principles of the Revolution of 1688, and King William nominated him to the colonelcy of the SCOTS FUSILIERS, which corps he commanded in the Netherlands, under Prince Waldeck, and afterwards under the British monarch, who promoted him to the rank of brigadier-general. He served at the head of a brigade of infantry during the campaign of 1694; and was appointed governor of Deinse. He commanded the garrison of Deinse when that place was besieged, in July, 1695; and was dismissed the service, by sentence of a general court-martial, for surrendering without firing a shot.

ROBERT MACKAY.

_Appointed 13th November, 1695._

ROBERT MACKAY, third son of John, Lord Reay, was an officer in the Scots Brigade in the Dutch service, and accompanied the Prince of Orange to England in 1688. He was promoted captain of the grenadier company in Major-General Hugh Mackay's regiment, and served in Scotland in 1689. He distinguished himself at the battle of Killicrankie, where he received several wounds, and was left for dead on the field of battle. He, however, showed some signs of life and was removed to a cottage by the enemy, and eventually recovered. He was soon afterwards promoted to the rank of lieut.-colonel, and King William gave him the colonelcy of a newly raised Scots regiment (afterwards disbanded), from which he was removed, in 1695, to the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS. His constitution had become debilitated by severe service and numerous wounds, and he died at Tongue, the seat of his family, in December, 1696.

ARCHIBALD ROW.

_Appointed 1st January, 1697._

This officer entered the army in the reign of King James II., and at the Revolution in 1688 he joined the Prince of Orange, who promoted him to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Sixteenth regiment, with which corps he served in the Netherlands, and acquired the reputation of a brave and skilful officer. He served at the battles of Steenkirk and Landen, and at the siege of Namur; and was rewarded, in 1697, with the colonelcy of the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS. He served under the great Duke of Marlborough in 1703, and in 1704 he commanded a brigade at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim; on the last-mentioned occasion his brigade led the attack on the village of Blenheim, and he headed his own regiment with distinguished gallantry, advancing up to the enemy's palisades before he gave the word "fire." In a moment afterwards he was shot, and thus closed a life of honor with a death of glory. His valour has rendered his name immortal in the history of his country.

JOHN, VISCOUNT MORDAUNT.

_Appointed 25th August, 1704._

JOHN, VISCOUNT MORDAUNT, son of Charles, Earl of Peterborough, was an officer in the first regiment of Foot Guards, in which corps he rose to the rank of captain and lieut.-colonel. He evinced great gallantry at the battle of Schellenberg, where he headed fifty grenadiers, at the storm of the enemy's works, and of that number, only himself and ten grenadiers escaped. At the memorable battle of Blenheim, he lost his left arm. His services were rewarded with the colonelcy of the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS, from which he exchanged to the Twenty-eighth regiment; but on the death of Major-General de Lalo, who was killed at the battle of Malplaquet, in 1709, Viscount Mordaunt was re-appointed to the TWENTY-FIRST regiment. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general on the 1st of January, 1710; and died of the small-pox in April following.

SAMPSON DE LALO.

_Appointed 26th June, 1706._

SAMPSON DE LALO was a French gentleman of the Protestant religion, whom the Edict of Nantes forced to quit his native country. He found an asylum from persecution in England, and entering the British army, proved an efficient and meritorious officer. After a distinguished career of service in the subordinate commissions, he was appointed lieut.-colonel of the Twenty-eighth regiment, and was promoted to the colonelcy of the same corps, in February, 1704; in June, 1706, he exchanged to the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS. He commanded a brigade under the great Duke of Marlborough, served at several battles and sieges, and was promoted to the rank of major-general in January, 1709. During the siege of the castle of Tournay, he was nominated by the Duke of Marlborough to negotiate the terms of capitulation with the governor. He evinced great gallantry at the battle of Malplaquet, where he was mortally wounded. In the Annals of Queen Anne it is stated, that "he was in great favor and esteem in the British army."

JOHN, VISCOUNT MORDAUNT.

_Re-appointed 4th September, 1709._

Died in 1710.

THOMAS MEREDITH.

_Appointed 1st May, 1710._

This officer served in the wars of King William III., who promoted him to the commission of captain in the Third Horse, now Second Dragoon Guards. On the augmentation of the army in 1702, he was nominated colonel of the Thirty-seventh regiment, then newly raised, and he accompanied that corps to Holland in 1703. In 1704, he served at the battles of Schellenberg and Blenheim, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general on the 25th of August, 1704. In 1705 he commanded a brigade at the forcing of the French lines at Helixem and Neer-Hespen. He was advanced to the rank of major-general in 1706, and to that of lieut.-general in 1707; in 1710 he was removed to the TWENTY-FIRST regiment, and in 1714 to the Twentieth. He died in 1719.

CHARLES, EARL OF ORRERY, K.T.

_Appointed 8th December, 1710._

THE EARL OF ORRERY took an active part in raising a regiment of foot (afterwards disbanded), of which he was appointed colonel, on the 1st of May, 1703; in 1705 he was nominated Knight of the Thistle, and in 1706 he was removed to another regiment, afterwards disbanded. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in 1709, and served at the battle of Malplaquet, at the head of a brigade of infantry, and evinced great gallantry. In 1710 he was advanced to the rank of major-general,--nominated Envoy extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the States of Brabant and Flanders,--and removed to the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS; in 1711 he was created a peer of Great Britain, by the title of Baron Boyle, of Marston, in Somersetshire; and in 1712 he served under the Duke of Ormond. He was sworn a member of the Privy Council in 1713. On the arrival of King George I. in England, in the autumn of 1714, the EARL OF ORRERY was appointed one of the Lords of the Bedchamber; he was afterwards sworn a member of the Privy Council. In 1722, he was committed a prisoner to the Tower of London, on a charge of high treason; but no crime was proved against him. He died on the 28th of August, 1731.

GEORGE MACARTNEY.

_Appointed 12th July, 1716._

This officer entered the army in the reign of King William III., and was promoted, in April, 1703, to the colonelcy of a newly raised regiment of foot (afterwards disbanded), with which he served three campaigns on the Continent, under the great Duke of Marlborough. He afterwards proceeded to Spain, and commanded a brigade of infantry at the battle of Almanza, where he distinguished himself, and was taken prisoner. In 1709 he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and in 1710 to that of lieut.-general. His regiment having been disbanded at the peace of Utrecht, he was appointed to the colonelcy of the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS in 1716, and removed in 1727 to the Seventh Horse, now Sixth Dragoon Guards. He died in July, 1730.

SIR JAMES WOOD.

_Appointed 9th March, 1727._

SIR JAMES WOOD served many years in the army of the States-General of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. His first commission was dated the 31st of December, 1688, and he rose to the rank of brigadier-general in 1704, in which rank he was admitted into the British service, in consequence of his reputation; and in 1727, he was appointed colonel of the TWENTY-FIRST regiment. In 1735 he was promoted to the rank of major-general. His decease occurred on the 18th of May, 1738.

JOHN CAMPBELL.

_Appointed 1st November, 1738._

JOHN CAMPBELL, of Mamore, was an officer in the army in the reign of Queen Anne, and attained the rank of lieut.-colonel. During the rebellion in 1715 and 1716, he was aide-de-camp to the Duke of Argyle: and in June, 1737, he obtained the colonelcy of the Thirty-ninth regiment, from which he was removed in the following year to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. He commanded a brigade at the battle of Dettingen, in 1743;--was appointed major-general in the following year; and during the rebellion in 1745 and 1746, he held a command in Scotland. He was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general in 1747; removed from the Fusiliers to the Scots Greys in 1752; and in 1761 he was appointed governor of Limerick; and also succeeded to the title of Duke of Argyle. The Order of the Thistle was conferred upon his Grace in 1765. He died in 1770.

WILLIAM, EARL OF PANMURE.

_Appointed 29th April, 1752._

WILLIAM MAULE, who had been several years an officer in the Scots Foot Guards, and a Member of Parliament, was created a peer of Ireland on the 6th of April, 1743, by the title of Earl of Panmure. He served at the battle of Dettingen in the same year; also at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745; and on the 1st of December, 1747, was promoted to the colonelcy of the Twenty-fifth foot; from which he was removed, in 1752, to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. The rank of major-general was conferred upon his Lordship in 1755. In the following year he was second in command at Gibraltar; and in 1758 he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. He was further advanced to the rank of general in 1770; and obtained the colonelcy of the Scots Greys in November of the same year. He died on the 4th of January, 1782.

THE HONORABLE ALEXANDER MACKAY.

_Appointed 10th May, 1770._

THE HONORABLE ALEXANDER MACKAY, son of George, third Lord Reay, was appointed ensign in the Twenty-fifth regiment, in 1737, and in 1745 he obtained the commission of captain, in the Earl of Loudoun's newly raised regiment of Highlanders, afterwards disbanded. He served against the rebels in the same year, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Preston-pans. In 1750 he was nominated major in the Third foot, and on the 21st of December, 1755, he was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the Fifty-second regiment, then newly raised, from which he exchanged, in March, 1760, to the Thirty-ninth: in 1761, he was elected a Member of Parliament for Sunderland. In August, 1762, he was promoted to the colonelcy of the 122nd regiment, which was disbanded at the peace of Fontainebleau; and in March, 1764, he obtained the colonelcy of the sixty-fifth. He served in America, in which country he obtained the local rank of major-general in 1768; in 1770 he received the same rank in the army, and was removed to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS in the same year. In 1772 he received the appointment of Governor of Tynemouth, and Clifford's Fort; in 1777 he was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general, and in the following year appointed Governor of Landguard Fort,--from which he was afterwards removed to the government of Stirling Castle. In 1780 he was nominated Commander-in-chief in Scotland. He died in May, 1789.

THE HONORABLE JAMES MURRAY.

_Appointed 5th June, 1789._

THE HONORABLE JAMES MURRAY served in the Fifteenth regiment, in which corps he attained the rank of major, and was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy on the 5th of January, 1751. He commanded the Fifteenth in the expedition against Rochefort, under Lieut.-General Sir John Mordaunt, in 1757, and at the capture of Louisbourg, in 1758; in 1759 he commanded a brigade at the battle and capture of Quebec, under the renowned Major-General James Wolfe; in 1760 he led a division up the river St. Lawrence, and contributed to the reduction of Montreal, which completed the conquest of Canada from the French. He was promoted to colonel-commandant of a battalion of the Sixtieth regiment in 1759, and to the local rank of major-general in America in 1760. In 1762 he was advanced to the rank of major-general; and in 1767 he was removed to the colonelcy of the Thirteenth regiment. He was promoted to the rank of lieut.-general in 1772, and to that of general in 1783; in 1789 he was removed to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS. He died in 1794.

JAMES HAMILTON.

_Appointed 20th June, 1794._

After a progressive service in the subordinate commissions, this officer was promoted to the lieut.-colonelcy of the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS, on the 11th of March, 1774. He served in North America during two campaigns of the war of independence,--was promoted to the rank of major-general in 1787, and was appointed colonel of the Fifteenth foot in 1792, from which he was removed to the TWENTY-FIRST FUSILIERS in 1794. He obtained the rank of lieut.-general in 1797, and that of general in 1802. His decease occurred in 1803.

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM GORDON.

_Appointed 6th August, 1803._

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM GORDON was appointed captain in the Sixteenth Light Dragoons, when that corps was raised in the year 1759; in October, 1762, he was appointed lieut.-colonel of the 105th regiment, and in 1777 he was promoted to the colonelcy of the Eighty-first regiment, which was afterwards disbanded. In 1781 he was promoted to the rank of major-general, and in 1789 was nominated colonel of the Seventy-first Highlanders. He was advanced to the rank of lieut.-general in 1793, to that of general in 1798, and was removed to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS in 1803. He died in 1816.

JAMES, LORD FORBES.

_Appointed 1st June, 1816._

JAMES, LORD FORBES, was appointed ensign in the Second Foot Guards, in 1781. In 1793 he served in Flanders, under His Royal Highness the Duke of York, and commanded a company at the battle of Famars. He served at the siege of Valenciennes, and led a portion of his regiment at the storm of the outworks. He was engaged at the re-capture of the post of Lincelles, where the Foot Guards distinguished themselves; also served at the siege of Dunkirk. In 1794 he served at the actions of Vaux, Cateau, Tournay, and Mouvaux,--at the defence of Nimeguen and Fort St. André, and in the retreat through Holland to Germany. After the action of Lincelles, in 1793, he was promoted to the rank of captain and lieut.-colonel, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel Bosville, who was killed on that occasion. In 1796, he obtained the rank of colonel; and in 1799 he served in the expedition to the Helder, and was present at every action of that short campaign in Holland, excepting one. In 1802 Lord Forbes was promoted to the rank of major-general, and nominated to the command of the troops stationed at Ashford, in Kent, and subsequently of the garrison at Dover, and he occasionally commanded the Kent District in the absence of Lieut.-General Sir David Dundas and of Lord Ludlow. He was appointed second in command of the troops stationed on the island of Sicily, in 1808, and promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. On his return to England in 1811, he was placed on the Staff of Ireland.

Lord Forbes was elected one of the representative peers of Scotland, in 1806, and held that distinguished situation many years. The colonelcy of the Third Garrison Battalion was conferred upon his Lordship in 1806; he was removed to the Ninety-fourth regiment in 1808, to the Fifty-fourth in 1809, and to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS in 1816: in 1819 he was promoted to the rank of general. He died in 1843.

THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR FREDERICK ADAM, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.

_Appointed 31st May, 1843._

APPENDIX.

_List of Battles, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands, during the reign of KING WILLIAM III., from 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick in 1697._

Battle of Walcourt 25 August, 1689
---- ---- Fleurus 1 July, 1690
Mons surrendered to the French 10 April, 1691
Namur ditto ditto 20 June, 1692
Battle of Steenkirk 3 August, ----
Furnes and Dixmude captured -- Sept., ----
The French lines at D'Otignies forced 10 July, 1693
Battle of Landen 29 July, ----
Surrender of Huy 17 Sept., 1694
Attack on Fort Kenoque 9 June, 1695
Dixmude surrendered to the French 16 July, ----
Deinse surrendered to the French 21 July, 1695
Namur retaken by King William III. 25 July, ----
Citadel of Namur surrendered 5 Sept., ----
Treaty of Ryswick signed 11 Sept., 1697

_List of Sieges, Battles, &c., in the Netherlands and Germany, during the Campaigns under the DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, from 1702 to 1711._

Invested. Surrendered.

Siege of Kayserswerth 16 April, 17 June, 1702
Skirmish near Nimeguen 11 June, ----
Siege of Venloo 29 Aug., 25 Sept., ----
Capture of Fort St. Michael 18 Sept., ----
Siege of Stevenswaert 3 Oct., ----
---- Ruremonde 6 Oct., ----
Capture of Liege Citadel 23 Oct., ----
Siege of Bonn 24 April, 15 May, 1703
---- Huy 16 Aug., 25 Aug., ----
---- Limburg 10 Sept., 28 Sept., ----
Battle of Schellenberg 2 July, 1704
---- Blenheim 13 Aug., ----
Siege of Landau 12 Sept., 24 Nov., ----
Huy captured by the French May, 1705
Re-capture of Huy 11 July, ----
Forcing the French Lines at Helixem, near Tirlemont 18 July, ----
Skirmish near the Dyle 21 July, ----
Siege of Sandvliet 26 Oct., 29 Oct., ----
Battle of Ramilies 23 May, 1706
Siege of Ostend 28 June, 8 July, ----
---- Menin 25 July, 25 Aug., ----
---- Dendermond 29 Aug., 5 Sept., ----
---- Aeth 16 Sept., 3 Oct., ----
Battle of Oudenarde 11 July, 1708
Siege of Lisle 13 Aug., 23 Oct., ----
Capture of the Citadel 9 Dec., ----
Battle of Wynendale 28 Sept., ----
Passage of the Scheldt 27 Nov., ----
Siege of Ghent 18 Dec., 30 Dec., ----
---- Tournay 27 June, 29 July, 1709
Capture of the Citadel 3 Sept., ----
Battle of Malplaquet 11 Sept., ----
Siege of Mons 21 Sept., 20 Oct., ----
Passage of the French lines at Pont à Vendin 21 April, 1710
Siege of Douay 25 April, 27 June, ----
---- Bethune 15 July, 29 Aug., ----
---- Aire 6 Sept., 9 Nov., ----
---- St. Venant 6 Sept., 30 Sept., ----
Passage of the French lines at Arleux 5 Aug., 1711
Siege of Bouchain 10 Aug., 13 Sept., ----
Treaty of Utrecht signed 30 March, 1713

_Battles, Sieges, &c., which occurred in Germany and in the Netherlands from 1743 to 1748, during the "War of the Austrian Succession."_

Battle of Dettingen (Germany) 27 June, 1743
Menin invested by the French 18 May, and captured 5 June, 1744
Ypres ditto 7 June, and captured 14 June, ----
Fort Knocque surrendered to the French June, ----
Furnes, ditto 5 July, ----
Friburg (Germany) invested by the French 21 Sept. ----
Citadel of Friburg captured by ditto 28 Nov. ----
Tournay invested by ditto 23 April, 1745
Battle of Fontenoy 11 May, ----
Citadel of Tournay surrendered to the French 21 June, ----
Skirmish near Ghent 9 July, ----
Ghent captured by the French 30 June, ----
Bruges, ditto July, ----
Oudenarde, ditto 21 July, ----
Dendermond, ditto Aug. ----
Ostend invested by the French on 14 July, and captured 23 Aug. ----
Nieuport captured by the French 26 Aug. ----
Aeth, ditto 28 Sept. ----
Brussels invested by the French 24 Jan., and captured 20 Feb. 1746
Mechlin captured by ditto May, ----
Antwerp, ditto 20 May, ----
Citadel of Antwerp, ditto 31 May, ----
Mons invested by the French on 7 June, and captured 11 July, ----
Fort St. Ghislain captured by the French 21 July, ----
Charleroi invested by the French on 25 July, and
captured 2 Aug. ----
Huy captured by ditto Aug. ----
Namur invested by ditto 26 August, and citadel
captured 19 Sept. ----
Battle of Roucoux, near Liege 11 Oct. ----
Sluys surrendered to the French 11 April, 1747
Fort Sandberg in Hulst and Axel, surrendered to the
French 28 April, ----
Sandvliet captured by the French June, ----
Battle of Val, or Laffeld, near Maestricht 2 July, ----
Bergen-op-Zoom invested by the French 13 July, and
captured 16 Sept. ----
Forts Lillo, Frederick Henry, and Croix 2 Oct. ----
Limburg captured by the French March, 1748
Maestricht invested by the French 3 April, ----
Maestricht surrendered to ditto 3 May, ----
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 7 Oct. ----

List of the BRITISH REGIMENTS which served in FLANDERS and GERMANY between 1742 and 1748, during the "_War of the Austrian Succession_."

+------------------------------+--------+--------------+-----------+
| |Year in |Returned to |Rejoined |
| |which |Great Britain |the Army in|
| |embarked|in consequence|Flanders, |
| CAVALRY. |for |of the |after the |
| |Flanders|Rebellion in |suppression|
| | |favor of the |of the |
| | |Pretender. |Rebellion. |
+-----------------+------------+--------+--------------+-----------+
| REGIMENTS. | COLONELS. | | | |
| | | | | |
| 3rd Troop | Earl of | 1742 | 1746 | |
| Horse Guards | Albemarle | | | |
| | | | | |
| 4th ditto | Earl of | | | |
| ditto | Effingham | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 2nd ditto | | | | |
| Horse Grenadier | Earl of | | | |
| Guards | Craufurd | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| Royal Regiment | Earl of | | | |
| Horse Guards | Hertford | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 1st Horse (1st | Earl of | | | |
| Dragoon Guards) | Pembroke | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 4th Irish Horse | | | | |
| (7th Dragoon | Sir John | | | |
| Guards) | Ligonier | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 1st Dragoons | Hawley | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 2nd ditto | Campbell | 1742 | Remd. in | |
| | | | Flanders | |
| | | | | |
| 3rd ditto | Honeywood | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 4th ditto | Rich | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 6th ditto | | | | |
| (Inniskilling) |Lord Cadogan| 1742 |} Remained | |
| | | |} in | |
| 7th ditto | Cope | 1742 |} Flanders. | |
| | | | | |
| FOOT GUARDS. | | | | |
| | | | | |
| 1st Foot Guards | Duke of | | | |
| 1st Battalion | Cumberland | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 2nd ditto ditto | Duke of | | | |
| | Marlborough| 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 3rd ditto ditto | Earl of | | | |
| | Dunmore | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| INFANTRY. | | | | |
| | | | | |
| 1st Foot | | | | |
| 1st Batt. | St. Clair | 1744 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 3rd ditto | | | | |
| (Buffs) | Howard | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 4th ditto | Barrel | 1744 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 8th ditto | Onslow | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 11th ditto | Cornwallis | 1742 | Remd. in | |
| | | | Flanders | |
| | | | | |
| 12th ditto | Duroure | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 13th ditto | Pulteney | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 18th ditto | Mordaunt | 1743 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 19th ditto | | | Remd. in | |
| (Green) | Howard | 1744 | Flanders | |
| | | | | |
| 20th ditto | Bligh | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 21st ditto, | | | | |
| Royal Nth. | | | | |
| British | | | | |
| Fusiliers | Campbell | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 23rd ditto, | | | | |
| Royal Welsh | | | | |
| Fusiliers | Peers | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 25th ditto | Earl of | | | |
| | Rothes | 1744 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 28th ditto | Bragg | 1744 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 31st ditto | Handasyd | 1742 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 32nd ditto | Skelton | 1742 |} Remained | |
| | | |} in | |
| 33rd ditto | Johnson | 1742 |} Flanders. | |
| | | | | |
| 34th ditto |Cholmondeley| 1744 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 36th ditto | Fleming | 1744 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 37th ditto | Ponsonby | 1742 | 1746 | 1747 |
| | | | | |
| 42nd ditto | Lord | | | |
| | Semphill | 1744 | 1746 | |
| | | | | |
| 48th ditto | Lord Harry | | | |
| | Beauclerk | 1744 | 1746 | 1747 |
+-----------------+------------+--------+--------------+-----------+

LONDON:--Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street,
For Her Majesty's Stationery Office.

FOOTNOTES:

[6] This nobleman was John (sixth) Earl of Mar, the son of Charles (fifth) Earl of Mar, who raised the TWENTY-FIRST regiment, and was the first colonel of that regiment. On his decease, on the 23rd of April, 1689, his son John became Earl of Mar, and was honored with several appointments by Queen Anne. Upon the arrival of King George I., he was informed that his services were no longer required as Third Secretary of State, and he retired to his estates in Scotland where he raised a rebellion, and proclaimed the Pretender at Kirk-Michael, in Perthshire, on the 11th of September, 1715. After the defeat of the rebels at Sheriff-muir, he escaped from Scotland, and in 1716, was attainted of high treason. He followed the Pretender to Rome, and remained in his service until 1721, when he removed to Paris where he remained until 1729. From Paris he retired to Aix-la-Chapelle, where he died, in May, 1732. His son, Thomas, Lord Erskine, enjoyed his father's forfeited estates, which were conveyed to him in 1739 by his uncle, Mr. Erskine of Grange, who bought them of the Commissioners for the benefit of his nephew.

[7] A List of the British regiments which served in Flanders and Germany, between 1742 and 1748, during the "_War of the Austrian Succession_," is given in page 64.

[8] See Memoir of Major-General Robert Ross at page 75 of the Historical Record of the _Twentieth_ Regiment.

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