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
Suffolks.
West Riding.
Royal Highlanders.
Middlesex.
Highland Light Infantry.
Gordon Highlanders.
Connaught Rangers.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
26th Light Cavalry.
27th Light Cavalry.
28th Light Cavalry.
2nd Queen's Own Sappers and Miners.
61st Pioneers.
66th Punjabis.
73rd Carnatic Infantry.
76th Punjabis.
79th Carnatic Infantry.
80th Carnatic Infantry.
81st Pioneers.
82nd Punjabis.
83rd Light Infantry.
84th Punjabis.
103rd Light Infantry.
104th Wellesley's Rifles.
105th Light Infantry.
107th Pioneers.
109th Infantry.
The troops destined for the final capture of Seringapatam were
placed under the command of General Harris, the Commander-in-Chief
at Madras. All three Presidencies were represented.
The cavalry division was under Major-General Floyd (an officer well
versed in Indian warfare), who had commanded the 19th Hussars in
the previous capture of the fortress in 1792. It consisted of the
19th and 25th Light Dragoons and four regiments of Madras cavalry,
organized in two brigades, each consisting of one British and two
native regiments.
The Madras Column was distributed in three brigades, one composed
entirely of British regiments--the 12th (Suffolks), 74th (Highland
Light Infantry), and the Scots Brigade (now 2nd Connaught Rangers).
Major-General David Baird was in command of this brigade. The six
regiments of Madras sepoys were formed in two brigades, under
Colonels Gowdie and Roberts, of the Company's service, the Madras
Division being under Major-General Bridges, an officer of the
Company's service.
The Bengal Column was commanded by Major-General Popham, a
Company's officer, and consisted of three brigades. The First,
under Colonel Sherbrooke, comprised the 73rd (Royal Highlanders)
and a regiment of Swiss mercenaries (de Meurons); the Second
Brigade was made up of three battalions of Bengal sepoys, under
Colonel Gardiner; and the Third Brigade was composed of three
battalions of Madras sepoys, under Colonel Scott, of the Scots
Brigade.
The Bombay Column was commanded by General J. Stuart, and consisted
of the 75th (Gordon Highlanders), the 77th (Middlesex), and the 1st
Bombay Europeans (now the Royal Dublin Fusiliers), under Colonel
Dunlop, with six battalions of Bombay sepoys in two brigades, under
Colonels Montresor and Wiseman. A fourth column was under the
command of Colonel Arthur Wellesley, and comprised two regiments of
Bengal and four of Madras infantry, with his own regiment, the 33rd
Foot (West Riding Regiment), to stiffen the whole. Wellesley also
was given the supervision of the Nizam's troops, numbering some
6,000 irregular cavalry and 3,000 infantry, trained and organized
by French officers. In round numbers, the force at General Harris's
disposal numbered 7,000 British and 27,000 native troops, with a
well-equipped siege-train of forty-seven pieces of heavy ordnance.
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