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 action became very warm towards the centre of the British line,
and the sixth division, with the Portuguese division immediately on
the left, having turned the redoubts to the right of the enemy’s
position on the heights of Ainhoe, the French in front of the
NINETY-SECOND made little resistance, running out of the redoubts
in the utmost confusion; the enemy giving way at all points, left
the allies a complete victory, and abandoned all his artillery and
stores. The NINETY-SECOND occupied the huts in the French position
for the night, and the next day advanced to Espelette.
On the 12th of November, the division moved in advance to reconnoitre
the enemy at Cambo, and after driving in his outposts and effecting
the object in view, the NINETY-SECOND bivouacked at a short distance
from the town.
The battalion went into quarters in Cambo on the 16th of November;
the enemy having previously blown up the bridge, retired across the
_Nive_, leaving some pieces of heavy artillery behind.
On the 27th of November, a detachment of one hundred men joined from
the second battalion, which still remained in Scotland.
The rivers, which had been greatly swollen by the rains, having
partly subsided, the allied army was put in motion across the
_Nive_ on the 9th of December. The NINETY-SECOND, commanded by
Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, forded that river near Cambo, but did not
meet with much opposition, as the enemy retired to prevent his
retreat to Bayonne from being cut off by the sixth division, which
was crossing lower down the river. The NINETY-SECOND advanced on the
same day to Urcuray: on the 10th and 11th, the French attacked the
troops on the left of the Nive, but on each day were repulsed.
On the 11th of December, the NINETY-SECOND advanced to Petite
Moguerre, a small village near Bayonne, situated between the rivers
Nive and Adour.
The enemy was observed at daylight in the morning of the 13th of
December, formed in very heavy columns between his entrenched camp at
Bayonne, and the village of St. Pierre, on the road leading to St.
Jean-Pied-de-Port.
The NINETY-SECOND, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Cameron, was
ordered to advance to the centre of the position at _St. Pierre_,
against which the enemy appeared to direct his principal attack.
The battalion had scarcely arrived on its ground, when it was led
into action, and by a most opportune and determined charge, drove
the French from the British position (of which they had for a moment
possessed themselves) to the very point from whence they had started.
The NINETY-SECOND was recalled to its proper position, and no sooner
was it formed there, than the enemy again attacked, and was again
repulsed. Besides being exposed during this day to a continued
fire of musketry and artillery, the battalion made _four_ distinct
charges with the bayonet, each time driving the enemy to his original
position in front of his entrenchments.
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