Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850Cannon, Richard
History
Historical record of the Ninety-second Regiment, originally termed "The Gordon Highlanders" and numbered the Hundredth Regiment : $b Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1850
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Gordon Highlanders
—— Returned to the Isle of Houat —
—— Embarked for Minorca —
—— Assembled with other corps under the command
of General Sir Ralph Abercromby —
—— Embarked and proceeded to _Cadiz_, but abandoned
the enterprise on account of a disease
prevailing in that city —
—— Proceeded to Gibraltar and Minorca, and thence
to _Malta_, which had surrendered to Great
Britain 22
—— Sailed from Malta to _Egypt_ with the expedition
under General Sir Ralph Abercromby —
—— Arrived in Marmorice Bay —
1801 Proceeded to the Bay of Aboukir —
—— Landing of the British troops on the 8th of
March —
—— Engagement with the French troops on the
heights of _Mandora_, near Alexandria, on
the 13th of March 23
—— Lieut.-Colonel Erskine was killed; two captains,
six lieutenants (three of them mortally), and
two ensigns were wounded; 22 rank and file
were killed, and 77 were wounded 24
—— Received the Royal permission to bear the word
“_Mandora_,” on the regimental colour and
appointments —
—— Received the thanks of General Sir Ralph
Abercromby, for its conduct in the action of
Mandora 25
—— Furnished the guard at the head-quarters of the
Commander-in-Chief —
1801 _Battle of Alexandria_ on the 21st of March 26
—— Death of General Sir Ralph Abercromby on
28th of March —
—— Marched to Aboukir, thence to _Rosetta_, and arrived
before _Grand-Cairo_ —
—— Convention concluded at Cairo by which the
place was surrendered, and the French troops
were to be conveyed to France —
—— The thanks of His Majesty, and of both Houses
of Parliament, communicated to the army for
the bravery evinced at the landing at Aboukir,
and in the actions on the 13th and 21st of
March 27
—— Promotion of Major Alexander Napier to be
lieut.-colonel, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel
Erskine, killed in action on the 13th of
March —
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