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
On the 30th of August, the British troops marched to Osted, and
went into cantonments. On this day, after expressing in orders his
satisfaction at the conduct of the troops in the action of the 29th,
Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, in particularizing those who had
an opportunity of distinguishing themselves, alluded to the conduct
of the NINETY-SECOND regiment, and of _Lieut.-Colonel Napier_, in
the attack of the enemy in his camp, and to the regular and orderly
manner in which the troops marched through Kioge, and formed beyond
the town.
The conduct of the troops employed in the action before _Kioge_ was
thus alluded to in General Orders by Lieut.-General Lord Cathcart:—
“_Head Quarters, Hellerup_,
_“1st September, 1807._
“The Commander of the Forces desires to express, in the strongest
manner, his thanks to Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, and to
the officers and men of the division under his command, for the
judgment, valour, and discipline exhibited in the two attacks
made upon the enemy in the general action of the 29th of August
at Kioge.
“The details of this affair, as reported by the Major-General,
will be laid before His Majesty by the earliest opportunity.”
The bombardment of Copenhagen induced the Crown Prince to listen to
terms; and on the 7th of September the Danish fleet and stores were
surrendered to the British government on condition of being restored,
when a general pacification should take place.
The following General Order was issued to the troops on the same day:—
“_7th September, 1807._
“The Commander of the Forces congratulates the army on the
capitulation of Copenhagen, which includes the surrender of the
Danish fleet.”
A detachment of grenadiers took possession of the citadel, and
hostilities ceased.
The object of the expedition having been accomplished, Copenhagen
was evacuated, and the NINETY-SECOND regiment marched from Osted to
Roeskelde Kroe on the 23rd of September, and on the next day joined
the army before Copenhagen, and went into cantonments.
The approbation of His Majesty, King George III., for the services
performed during the expedition, was expressed in the following
extract from a despatch, dated 16th September, 1807, addressed to
Lieut.-General Lord Cathcart by Viscount Castlereagh, Principal
Secretary of State for the War Department:—
“His Majesty has received, with great satisfaction, the account
of the particular services rendered in their detached commands by
Major-General the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Wellesley, Major-General
Von Linsingen, and Brigadier-General Von Decken.
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