Historical Record of the Seventy-Third Regiment: Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment from the period of its being raised as the Second Battalion of the Forty-Second Royal Highlanders in 1780 and of its subsequent services to 1851Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Seventy-Third Regiment: Containing an account of the formation of the Regiment from the period of its being raised as the Second Battalion of the Forty-Second Royal Highlanders in 1780 and of its subsequent services to 1851
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 73rd -- History
1827 Formed into service and depôt companies --
---- Service companies embarked for Gibraltar --
1829 Casualties from fever at Gibraltar --
---- Major-General Sir Frederick Adam, K.C.B. appointed
colonel of the regiment 35
---- Service companies proceeded to Malta, and
complimentary order prior to embarkation from
Gibraltar --
1830 Depôt companies removed from Ireland to Great
Britain 36
---- Address from Major-General Maurice O’Connell on his
promotion from the regiment --
1831 Depôt companies proceeded to Jersey 38
1834 Service companies embarked for the Ionian Islands --
1835 Depôt companies removed to Ireland 38
---- Major-General William George Lord Harris, K.C.H.
appointed colonel of the regiment --
1838 Embarkation of the service companies for Nova Scotia 39
---- Service companies removed to Canada --
1839 Depôt companies proceeded to Great Britain --
1841 Return of the service companies to England --
---- Consolidation of the regiment at Gosport --
1842 Stationed at Woolwich, subsequently at Bradford, and
afterwards at Newport, in Monmouthshire --
1844 Embarked for Ireland --
1845 Major-General Sir Robert Henry Dick, K.C.B., appointed
colonel of the regiment --
---- Formed into service and depôt companies --
---- Embarkation of the former for the Cape of Good Hope --
---- Detained at Monte Video --
1846 Major-General Sir John Grey, K.C.B., appointed colonel
of the regiment --
---- The service companies employed in the protection of
Monte Video 40
---- Re-embarkation of the service companies for the Cape
of Good Hope --
---- Employed against the Kaffirs --
1847 Casualties on this service --
1848 Removed to Cape Town --
1849 Major-General Richard Goddard Hare Clarges appointed
colonel of the regiment --
1850 Removal of the service companies to the frontier 41
1851 Employed against the Kaffirs --
CONTENTS
OF THE
HISTORICAL RECORD
OF
THE SECOND BATTALION
OF
THE SEVENTY-THIRD REGIMENT.
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