Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-fourth, or the Cumberland Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702 and of its subsequent services to 1844
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Infantry. 34th Regiment (Cumberland)
After reposing in quarters a short time at the city of Toulouse,
the second battalion marched to Bordeaux, where it embarked for
Ireland, on the 17th of July, and landing at Cork, was stationed
at Middleton, Fermoy, &c., until November, when it proceeded to
Dublin, under the command of Major Barlow.
[Sidenote: 1815]
The climate of the garrison of Seringapatam not proving favourable
to the health of the soldiers of the first battalion, they were
moved out of that fortress a short time, and in August, 1815,
commenced their march for Vellore, where they arrived on the 9th of
October.
The second battalion remained in garrison at Dublin, until
September of this year, when it was suddenly ordered to march into
Tipperary, in consequence of the insurrectionary proceedings of the
inhabitants of that part of Ireland.
[Sidenote: 1816]
In February, 1816, thirteen officers, and three hundred and thirty
non-commissioned officers and soldiers, of the first battalion,
proceeded from Vellore to the sea-coast, and were stationed at
Cuddalore six months, for the benefit of their health.
General Sir Eyre Coote was succeeded in the colonelcy of the
regiment by Lieutenant-General the Honorable Sir Galbraith Lowry
Cole, G.C.B., from the Seventieth Foot, by commission, dated the
21st of May, 1816.
[Sidenote: 1817]
The incursions of the barbarous people called _Pindarees_, who
infested the British territory in India at this period, and
committed dreadful ravages wherever they appeared, occasioned the
first battalion to take the field early in 1817, when it left a
detachment at Vellore, under Lieutenant-Colonel Worsley, and joined
the division commanded by Major-General Browne, assembled to guard
the passes near Naggerry. In February the battalion returned to
Vellore.
In the mean time, the peace of Europe appearing to be established
upon sound and durable principles, the second battalion was ordered
to be reduced, which took place in April, 1817, when the following
brigade order was issued:--
“Major-General Doyle having received the warrant for the
disbandment of the second battalion of the THIRTY-FOURTH Regiment,
and carried the orders of the commander of the forces into effect,
it now only remains for the major-general to express, in the most
unqualified manner, his perfect approbation of the sober, orderly,
and soldier-like conduct of the corps in quarters, for a period of
upwards of one year and a half, during which it has been under his
immediate command.
“Major-General Doyle feels it his duty as well as inclination to
mark particularly the zeal and attention with which Major Barlow
has conducted the discipline of the corps, and in which he has
been ably supported by the officers under his command, and in case
the service should be deprived of so valuable an officer, the
major-general trusts it may be only for a short time.
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