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 — John Shaqi
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
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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
—— Received the Royal authority to bear the word
“_Pyrenees_” on the regimental colour and
appointments 75
—— Marched from Maya, and encamped near
Roncesvalles —
—— St. Sebastian and Pampeluna being taken, the
British commander resolved to carry the
war into France —
—— Attack of the position on the _Nivelle_ 76
—— Went into quarters at Cambo —
—— Crossed the river _Nive_ 77
—— Engaged in action at _St. Pierre_ —
—— Received the Royal authority to bear the word
“_Nive_” on the regimental colour and appointments 78
—— Marched to St. Jean de Luz, and returned to
Urt 79
—— Attacked and defeated the enemy at _Hellette_ —
—— Also at _Garris_ —
—— Affair at _Arriverete_ 80
—— The Royal authority granted to Lieut.-Colonel
Cameron, to bear on his crest the figure of a
Highlander of the 92nd regiment, up to the
middle in water, &c., &c., with the word
_Arriverete_ —
—— Crossed the Gave d’Oleron, and moved on the
road to _Orthes_ 83
—— Engaged at the _battle of Orthes_ —
—— Received the Royal authority to bear the word
“_Orthes_” on the regimental colour and
appointments —
—— Attack and defeat of the enemy at _Aire_ 84
—— Orders issued to the troops engaged in the action
at _Aire_ 85
1814 Address from the mayor and inhabitants of Aire 86
—— Regiment moved to Vic Bigorre, in pursuit;
thence to Tarbes and to Muret, on the road
to Toulouse 87
—— The French evacuated _Toulouse_, the white flag
was hoisted; and the British army entered
the city 88
—— Abdication of Napoleon announced —
—— The intelligence disbelieved at _Bayonne_, from
whence a desperate sortie was made by the
French garrison —
—— Regiment marched into Villa Franche, to Beziege,
and thence to Toulouse 89
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