Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848 — John Shaqi
Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Seventeenth, or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1688, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1848
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Royal Leicestershire Regiment
1804 Embarked from Ireland for the Isle of Wight --
---- Proceeded to the East Indies --
1806 Proceeded to Bundelkund 32
1807 Captured the Fort of Chumar by storm --
---- Attack on the Fort of Comona 33
---- Employed in pursuit of the hostile tribes --
1808 Joined the force under Major-General St. Leger --
---- Proceeded to the Sutlej --
1814 War with Nepaul 34
---- Attack on Jutgurgh --
1816 Flank Companies joined a flank Battalion
forming at Allahabad 35
1817 Battalion Companies ordered to Nagpore --
---- Action at Jubblepore 36
1819 Lieut.-General Sir Josiah Champagné, G.C.H.,
appointed Colonel, _vice_ Garth, deceased --
1823 Embarked for England 37
---- Landed at Gravesend and marched to Chatham --
---- Reviewed at Southsea Common by H. R. H.
the Duke of Clarence 38
1825 Permitted to bear the figure of the Royal Tiger,
with the word Hindoostan superscribed --
---- Proceeded to Scotland --
1826 Returned to England 39
---- Embarked for Ireland --
1829 Returned to England --
1830 Embarked by detachments for New South Wales --
1836 Proceeded to Bombay --
1837 Encamped at Poona --
1838 War with Affghanistan --
---- Proceeded to Tatta in Lower Scinde --
1839 Marched into Scinde 40
---- Captured Hyderabad --
---- Marched into Affghanistan --
---- Fortress of Ghuznee captured by storm 41
---- Expedition against the Khan of Khelat --
---- Khelat captured --
---- Medal presented for storming Ghuznee 42
---- Permitted to bear on its colours and
appointments the words "Affghanistan,"
"Ghuznee," and "Khelat" --
1840 Returned to British India 43
---- General Sir F. A. Wetherall, G.C.H., appointed
Colonel, _vice_ Champagné, deceased --
1841 Proceeded to Aden, in Arabia Felix --
1843 Lieut.-General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B.,
appointed Colonel, _vice_ Wetherall, deceased 44
1845 Returned to Bombay 45
1847 Embarked for England --
---- Arrived at Gravesend and marched to Canterbury --
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