| | | | | | Mark Kerr Atherley | 9 Nov. 1846 | 22 Nov. 1849 | Promoted Lt.-Col. of| | | | | the NINETY-SECOND | | | | | regiment. | | | | | | |Arch. Inglis Lockhart| 23 Nov. 1849 | | | +---------------------+--------------+--------------+---------------------+ FOOTNOTES: [20] Inserted in Appendix, pages 142 and 143. APPENDIX. “_Horse Guards_, “_16th May, 1801._ “GENERAL ORDERS. “The recent events which have occurred in Egypt have induced His Majesty to lay his most gracious commands on His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, to convey to the troops employed in that country His Majesty’s highest approbation of their conduct; and at the same time His Majesty has deemed it expedient that these his gracious sentiments should be communicated to every part of his army, not doubting that all ranks will thereby be inspired with an honorable spirit of emulation, and an eager desire of distinguishing themselves in their country’s service. “Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes the successes that have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but His Majesty desires it may be most solemnly and most forcibly impressed on the consideration of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of _order_, _discipline_, and _military_ system, which has given its full energy to the native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to assert the superiority of the national military character, in situations uncommonly arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty. “The illustrious example of their Commander cannot fail to have made an indelible impression on the gallant troops, at whose head, crowned with victory and glory, he terminated his honorable career; and His Majesty trusts that a due contemplation of the talents and virtues which he uniformly displayed in the course of his valuable life, will for ever endear the memory of SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY to the British army. “His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief having thus obeyed His Majesty’s commands, cannot forbear to avail himself of this opportunity of recapitulating the leading features of a series of operations so honorable to the British arms.