Historical record of the 71st Regiment Highland Light Infantry: $b from its formation in 1777, under the title of the 73rd, or McLeod's Highlanders, up to the year 1876Hildyard, Henry John Thoroton
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Historical record of the 71st Regiment Highland Light Infantry: $b from its formation in 1777, under the title of the 73rd, or McLeod's Highlanders, up to the year 1876
Hildyard, Henry John Thoroton
Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 71st (Highland Light Infantry)
The Seventy-first had Brevet Major Edmund L’Estrange (Aide-de-Camp to
Major-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B.), and Ensign John Todd, killed.
The following officers were wounded: the Lieut.-Colonel commanding
the battalion, Colonel Thomas Reynell; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Arthur
Jones; Captains Samuel Reed, Donald Campbell, William Alexander
Grant, James Henderson, and Brevet Major Charles Johnstone;
Lieutenants Joseph Barrallier, Robert Lind, John Roberts, James
Coates, Robert Law, Carique Lewin, and Lieutenant and Adjutant
William Anderson.
The number of serjeants, buglers, and rank and file killed amounted
to 29; 166 were wounded, of whom 36 died of their wounds.
The following were present with the regiment at this battle:—
_Colonel_, Lieut.-Colonel J. Reynell.
_Lieut.-Colonel_, Major A. Jones.
_Major_, L. Walker.
_Captains._
S. Reed.
J. T. Pidgeon.
A. Armstrong.
D. Campbell.
William A. Grant.
J. Henderson.
A. T. M. McIntyre.
C. Johnstone.
Alex. Grant.
_Lieutenants._
J. Barrallier.
L. Richards.
J. R. Elwes.
C. Stewart.
R. Baldwin.
W. C. Hanson.
Robert Lind.
J. Roberts.
James Coates.
James Fraser.
E. Gilborne.
J. Whitney.
William Long.
Robert Law.
C. J. Cox.
Carique Lewin.
William Woolcombe.
William Torriano.
G. W. Horton.
J. Coote.
C. Moorhead.
D. Soutar.
N. Campbell.
_Ensigns._
A. Moffatt.
W. P. Smith.
H. W. Thompors.
J. Barnett.
A. M. Henderson.
J. Spalding.
J. Impitt.
R. L’Estrange.
_Paymaster_, H. McKenzie.
_Adjutant_, William Anderson.
_Surgeon_, A. Stewart.
_Assistant Surgeons._
J. Winterscale.
Samuel Hill.
Both Houses of Parliament, with the greatest enthusiasm, voted their
thanks to the army for its “distinguished valour at Waterloo.”
For the share which the battalion had in this glorious victory, the
Seventy-first were permitted to bear, in common with the rest of
the army engaged upon the 18th of June, the word “Waterloo” on the
regimental colour and appointments. Colonel Thomas Reynell and Major
L. Walker were appointed Companions of the Bath. The officers and
men engaged were presented with silver medals by His Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, and were allowed to reckon two years additional
service.
The battalion, with the rest of the army, afterwards marched towards
Paris, and entered that city on the 7th of July. The brigade encamped
that day on the Champs Elysées, near the Place Louis Quinze,
being the only British troops quartered within the barriers, and
continued there until the beginning of November, when it proceeded to
Versailles, and to Viarmes in December.
Meanwhile Louis XVIII had entered Paris and was again reinstated on
the throne of his ancestors. Napoleon Bonaparte had surrendered to
Captain Maitland, commanding the “Bellerophon,” British ship of war,
and the island of St. Helena having been fixed for his residence, he
was conveyed thither with a few of his devoted followers.
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