Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-ninth, or the Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1702, and of its subsequent services to 1853.
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Dorset Regiment -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 39th (Dorsetshire) -- History
“A triumphal monument commemorative of the campaign of _Gwalior_
will be erected at Calcutta, and inscribed with the names of all
who fell in the two battles.”
Major Thomas Ryan, of Her Majesty’s Fiftieth regiment, was attached
to the THIRTY-NINTH, and distinguished himself by his cool and
gallant conduct at the battle of Maharajpore. Major Ryan and
Lieut.-Colonel Wright had their horses shot under them.
[Sidenote: 1844.]
The “_Army of Gwalior_” was broken up on the 28th of January 1844.
The THIRTY-NINTH remained at Gwalior from the 29th of January
until the 4th of March, when the right brigade, with the regiment,
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Wright, returned to Agra, where it
arrived on the 10th of that month.
In addition to the star manufactured from the ordnance captured
at Maharajpore, a donation of six months’ batta was granted by
the Governor-General in Council to the army employed during the
campaign in Gwalior.
The regiment remained at Agra until the 20th of October, when it
marched for Dinapore, and arrived at that station on the 13th of
December following.
[Sidenote: 1845.]
On the embarkation of the Thirteenth light infantry at Kurrachee
for England, two hundred of the men volunteered to the THIRTY-NINTH
regiment. These formed a portion of Major-General Sir Charles
Napier’s force in his expedition against the mountain desert
robbers of Beloochistan in the spring of 1845.
In storming the nearly inaccessible heights of Truckee a serjeant’s
party of fifteen men pre-eminently distinguished themselves by
their undaunted gallantry, in forcing their way, after a lengthened
and sanguinary struggle, to the summit of a hill, which was
defended by about a hundred and eighty of the enemy.
This exploit called forth the following letters from His Excellency
Sir Charles Napier, and His Grace the Duke of Wellington.
“_Sukkur, 30th March, 1845._
“SIR,
“It will gratify you, and be just to some brave men, who
volunteered from the Thirteenth for your regiment, to send to
you a copy of my letter to the Commander-in-Chief, relative to a
gallant action performed by them on the 8th instant.
“The whole of the volunteers for your regiment have behaved
admirably during the five months they have been serving under
my own immediate observation; they have shown themselves worthy
of the regiment they have left, and of that which is under your
command. I have, &c.,
(Signed) “C. J. NAPIER, _Major-General_,
“_Governor of Scinde_.
“_Officer commanding H. M. 39th regiment._”
“_Camp Sukkur, 25th March 1845._
“SIR,
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