Historical Record of the Seventy-first Regiment, Highland Light Infantry: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1777, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1852Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Seventy-first Regiment, Highland Light Infantry: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1777, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1852
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 71st (Highland Light Infantry)
Field Battalion, Calenberg. | ----
” Lanenberg. | Lieut.-Col. Benort.
Militia Battalion, Hoya. | ” Grote.
” Nieuberg. | ----
” Bentheim. | Major Croupp.
FIFTH DIVISION.--Lieut.-General Sir THOMAS PICTON, K.C.B.
_5th Brigade._--Major-General Sir JAMES KEMPT, K.C.B.
28th Foot, 1st Battalion. | Major R. Nixon (Lieut.-Col.).
32d ” ” | ” J. Hicks (Lieut.-Col.).
79th ” ” | Lieut.-Col. Neil Douglas.
95th Rifles ” | ” Sir A. F. Barnard,
| K.C.B. (Colonel).
_9th Brigade._--Major-General Sir DENIS PACK, K.C.B.
1st Foot, 3d Battalion. | Major C. Campbell.
42d ” 1st ” | Lieut.-Col. Sir Robert Macara,
| K.C.B.
44th ” 2d ” | ” J. M. Hamerton.
92d ” 1st ” | Major Donald M^cDonald.
_5th Hanoverian Brigade._--Colonel VINCKE.
Militia Battalion, Hameln. | Lieut.-Colonel Kleucke.
” Hildesheim. | Major Rheden.
” Peina. | Major Westphalen.
” Giffhorn. | Major Hammerstein.
SIXTH DIVISION.--_10th Brigade._--Major-General J. LAMBERT.
4th Foot, 1st Battalion. | Lieut.-Colonel F. Brooke.
27th ” ” | Captain Sir J. Reade (Major).
40th ” ” | Major F. Browne.
81st ” 2d ” | ” P. Waterhouse.
_4th Hanoverian Brigade._--Colonel BEST.
Militia Battalion, Luneburg. | Lieut.-Colonel De Ramdohr.
” Verden. | Major Decken.
” Osterode. | ” Baron Reden.
” Minden. | ” De Schmidt.
_7th Brigade._--Major-General M‘KENZIE.
25th Foot, 2d Battalion. | Lieut.-Colonel A. W. Light.
37th ” ” | ” S. Hart.
78th ” ” | ” M. Lindsay.
Cavalry 8,883
Infantry 29,622
Artillery 5,434
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Total 43,939
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FOOTNOTE:
[34] Lieut.-Colonel Pack’s narrative of his escape is highly
interesting, and is inserted at page 158.
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
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