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 troops resumed their march from Truxillo to a bivouac near
Jaraicejo on the 19th of September, and on the day following crossed
a pontoon bridge thrown over the Tagus, where that of the enemy
formerly stood, and bivouacked near Almaraz; on the 21st the division
proceeded to Naval Moral; on the 22nd marched to Calzada de Oropeza;
on the 23rd to La Gartera, and there halted.
On the 26th of September, Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill’s division
marched to Talavera de la Reinha; on the 27th to Cebolla; on the 28th
to Torrijos; on the 29th to Toledo; on the 30th to a bivouac near
Villa Mejor; and on the 1st of October to quarters in Aranjuez.
At this period, the Marquis of Wellington was engaged in the siege
of the Castle of Burgos. Information was also received that Marshal
Soult and King Joseph, with their united armies, were advancing from
Valencia, and that their advanced guard was in the neighbourhood of
Ocanna, and moving on Madrid.
In consequence of the necessity of raising the siege of the Castle
of Burgos, and retreating, the NINETY-SECOND, and other corps under
Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, moved from Aranjuez on the 23rd
of October, crossed the Tagus, and marched to Colominarde Orejo;
on the 25th advanced to the bridge of Fuentes Duenna; on the 27th
of October, the enemy appeared on the opposite bank of the river
and reconnoitred. The troops under Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill
marched on the following day to Villa Conejos, and on the same
evening crossed the Jarama at Puente Larga, and went into position;
on the 29th they marched to a bivouac near Valle de Moro; on the
30th near Abavaca; and on the 31st to El Escurial. The Marquis of
Wellington, with the main body of the army, was at this period
returning from the neighbourhood of Burgos towards Salamanca.
The NINETY-SECOND marched to a bivouac near the village of Guadarama
on the 1st of November; on the 2nd crossed the Guadarama mountains,
and bivouacked at Villa Castine; on the 3rd at Blasco Sancho; on
the 4th at Naveos Duenna; on the 5th at Canaracillo; on the 7th
crossed the river at _Alba de Tormes_, and bivouacked. On the 8th of
November, the battalion was ordered into the town of Alba de Tormes
to defend it, the allied army being at this time concentrated between
that place and Salamanca.
The French, under Joseph Buonaparte, appeared on the 10th of
November in great force on the heights above, and close to _Alba de
Tormes_; after reconnoitring the place, the enemy commenced a very
hot cannonade from a numerous artillery; at the same time pushing
forward his light troops close under the old walls of the town, his
columns ready to advance at the first appearance of the British being
staggered by the effects of his artillery and numerous sharpshooters.
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