Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VIINorman, Charles Boswell
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Battle Honours of the British Army: From Tangier, 1662, to the Commencement of the Reign of King Edward VII
Norman, Charles Boswell
Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History
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| |_Officers._| _Men._ |
| _Regiments._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+
| | K. | W. | K. | W. |
+--------------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|19th Hussars | - | - | - | - |
|Royal Artillery | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
|36th Worcesters | 2 | 3 | 6 | 33 |
|52nd Oxfd. L.I. | 1 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
|71st Highl. L.I. | 2 | 1 | 25 | 54 |
|72nd Seaforth Highlanders | 1 | 4 | 15 | 43 |
|73rd R. Highlanders | - | - | - | 3 |
|74th Highl. L.I. | - | 2 | 2 | 18 |
|75th Gordon Highlanders | - | - | 3 | 12 |
|76th W. Riding Regiment | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
|Royal Dublin Fusiliers | - | 1 | 2 | 32 |
|61st P.W.O. Pioneers | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
|62nd Punjabis | - | - | 1 | 3 |
|66th Punjabis | - | 1 | 9 | 14 |
|76th Punjabis | - | - | 3 | 12 |
|79th Carnatic I. | - | 2 | 5 | 9 |
|80th Carnatic I. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 25 |
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ROHILCUND, 1794.
This distinction is borne only by the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
The campaign was necessitated owing to a serious rising in
the independent State of Rampur, and Lord Cornwallis, the
Governor-General, deemed the occasion so grave that he took the
field in person. The troops employed were the 2nd Regiment of
Bengal Europeans (now the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers),
with ten regiments of sepoys, none of which are now borne on the
Army List. The force was divided into three brigades of infantry,
commanded respectively by Colonel Ware, who afterwards lost his
life at the Battle of Laswarree, Colonel MacGowan, and Colonel
Burrington. One brigade of two regiments of native light cavalry
and four batteries of artillery made up the army. The only action
of importance was that of Betourah, which took place some nine
miles north of Bareilly. The enemy fought with great gallantry,
and charged home on our native cavalry, who do not appear to have
been well led--indeed, they fell back in disorder, breaking through
the ranks of the 13th Bengal Infantry. This regiment suffered very
heavily, all its officers being either killed or wounded, and
the Brigadier of the Third Brigade, Colonel Burrington, was cut
down in endeavouring to rally the cavalry. The officer commanding
that arm disappeared in the course of the action, and so escaped
court-martial. It was reported that he entered the service of the
French, and was given a commission by Napoleon.
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