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
Lieut.-General Sir Rowland Hill, under whose eye the battalion was
this day engaged, bestowed the most flattering encomiums on its
gallantry. On this occasion Major McPherson was wounded, and Captain
James Seaton assumed the command. Captains James Lee and Dugald
Campbell, Lieutenant James Hope, and Ensign Thomas Mitchell, were
also wounded. Ten rank and file were killed, and sixty-nine wounded.
After carrying this post, the NINETY-SECOND moved towards Lanz, and,
on the 1st of August, marched through the pass at Lanz to Ariscun,
and on the 2nd, again occupied the heights of Maya.
The royal authority was subsequently granted for the NINETY-SECOND to
bear the word “PYRENEES” on the regimental colour and appointments,
to commemorate the services of the first battalion in these combats,
which have been designated the “_Battles of the Pyrenees_.” Medals,
bearing the word “PYRENEES,” were conferred on Major John McPherson
and Captain James Seaton; and the former was promoted to the brevet
rank of Lieut.-Colonel.
The effective strength of the NINETY-SECOND was now reduced to
twenty-seven serjeants, fifteen drummers, and three hundred and
twenty rank and file. The battalion marched on the evening of the 2nd
of August to the village of Erassu, and on the 5th reoccupied the
heights of Maya.
On the 8th of August, the NINETY-SECOND marched from Maya to the
valley of Alduides, and the next day to Roncesvalles, between which
place and the heights of Don Carlos, the battalion remained encamped
until the beginning of November.
In the meantime, _St. Sebastian_ and _Pampeluna_ had been captured,
and the British commander, looking down from the lofty Pyrenees on
the well-guarded territory of France, resolved to carry the war into
the heart of that country.
On the 7th of November, the enemy made an attempt to cut off a
piquet of the NINETY-SECOND, but was foiled. On the following day,
the battalion marched from Roncesvalles to Alduides, and on the 9th
proceeded through Maya to Urdax, in which neighbourhood the whole
division was assembled.
The British army was put in motion at an early hour in the morning
of the 10th of November, and advanced to attack the enemy in his
fortified position on the _Nivelle_. The NINETY-SECOND, under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, forded that river a little below
Ainhoe, and was ordered to attack the strong redoubts on the heights
immediately in rear of the village.
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