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
While in camp near Paris, the British army was reviewed by the
Emperors of Austria and Russia, and other Sovereigns in alliance with
Great Britain, who paid very high compliments to the regiment, and
greatly admired its Highland costume.
On the 28th of October, the regiment, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Mitchell, broke up from its encampment, and marched
to St. Germains; on the 30th to Montain Ville; and on the 2nd of
November to Neuf le Vieux.
The regiment marched on the 10th of November to occupy the following
villages—Monfort, Neuf de Vieux, Creçy, Mareile, and Mere.
The Brigade orders of the 29th of November, directed the regiment to
proceed en route to Boulogne, and Major-General Sir Denis Pack, after
alluding to the orderly and soldier-like conduct of the regiment both
in camp and quarters, and expressing his regret at losing it from
under his command, concluded as follows:—
“The services rendered by the NINETY-SECOND regiment in the Duke
of Wellington’s campaigns in the Peninsula, and His Grace’s
late short and triumphant one in Belgium, are so generally and
so highly appreciated, as to make praise from him almost idle;
nevertheless, he cannot help adding his tribute of applause.”
On the 30th of November, the regiment marched to Meulan, and arrived
on the 15th of December at St. Leonard, near Boulogne; on the 17th it
arrived at Calais, and embarked the same day for England.
The effective strength of the regiment consisted of thirty-six
serjeants, sixteen drummers, and four hundred and forty-nine rank and
file.
On the 19th of December, the regiment landed at Margate; on the
20th marched to Deal; on the 21st to Dover; and on the 22nd to
Braebournlees Barracks, from whence it proceeded _en route_ to
Colchester on the 28th of December.
[Sidenote: 1816]
The regiment arrived at Colchester on the 1st of January, 1816,
where an authority was received to reduce its establishment to eight
hundred rank and file.
On the 19th of February, the regiment marched from Colchester _en
route_ to Hull, where it arrived on the 2nd of March. On the 22nd of
August, the regiment proceeded to Berwick-upon-Tweed,—from whence it
marched to Edinburgh on the 7th of September, and on the 12th went
into quarters in Edinburgh Castle, being the second visit to its
native country since the original formation of the regiment.
The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, having expressed a wish to see
the NINETY-SECOND regiment, it was paraded on the 22nd of December
accordingly, and His Imperial Highness expressed his admiration of
the corps.
[Sidenote: 1817]
On the 7th of April, 1817, the regiment commenced its march by
divisions to Port Patrick, there to embark for Ireland. It arrived at
Belfast on the 24th of April, and on the 26th, detachments were sent
to occupy barracks at Carrickfergus, Downpatrick, Crumlin, Ballimony,
Newton Glens, Castle Dawson, Ballycastle, and Randalstown.
[Sidenote: 1818]
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