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
—— The victory at Waterloo thus was achieved, and
a lasting peace has ensued 97
—— Numbers of officers and men killed and
wounded at _Waterloo_ —
1815 Honors and rewards conferred on the officers
and men engaged in the battle of Waterloo 97
—— Received the Royal authority to bear the word
“_Waterloo_” on the regimental colour and
appointments —
—— The thanks of the Houses of Parliament communicated 98
—— Received also the thanks of the Highland
Society of Scotland —
—— The Allied army continued the pursuit of the
French to Paris —
—— General order issued by Field Marshal the
Duke of Wellington, announcing that, in concert
with Field Marshal the Prince Blucher,
he had concluded a military convention
with the Commander-in-Chief of the French
army near Paris, by which the French were
to evacuate St. Denis, St. Ouen, Clichy,
Neuilly, the heights of Monte Martre, and
Paris, at specific and immediate periods; and
congratulating the army upon the results of
their glorious victory —
—— Louis XVIII. returned to Paris, and was reinstated
on the throne of France 99
—— Napoleon Bonaparte fled to the South of France,
and surrendered himself to the Captain of the
British ship of war, the “Bellerophon.” He
was subsequently removed to the Island of
St. Helena, which was agreed upon to be
fixed as his future residence —
—— The British army was reviewed in camp near
Paris by the Emperors of Austria and Russia,
and other Sovereigns in alliance with Great
Britain —
1815 Regiment marched to St. Germains, and thence
to Boulogne 99
—— Complimentary orders issued by Major-General
Sir Denis Pack on the regiment quitting his
command —
—— Marched to Calais, and embarked for England 100
1816 Landed at Margate, and thence proceeded to
Colchester, and subsequently to Edinburgh —
—— The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, while on a
visit at Edinburgh, was present at an inspection
of the regiment —
1817 Embarked for Ireland —
1819 Embarked for Jamaica 101
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