Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Thirty-sixth, or the Herefordshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1701, and of its subsequent services to 1852
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army. Herefordshire Light Infantry -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 36th -- History
The THIRTY-SIXTH had Captains William Tulloh and Alexander
Middleton, Lieutenants Arthur Parker and Richard Barton, one
serjeant, and fifteen rank and file killed. Brevet-Major John Fox,
Lieutenants Walter Ewart, and David Price, Ensigns Richard James
Bourchier, William Wainwright, with four serjeants and seventy rank
and file, were wounded. Lieutenant Ewart subsequently died of his
wounds.
Lieut.-Colonel Davies obtained the medal issued for the victory
gained at Salamanca; and the THIRTY-SIXTH subsequently received
the Royal Authority to bear the word “SALAMANCA” on the regimental
colour and appointments, in commemoration of the gallantry
displayed in that battle.
On the 23d of July the battalion was employed in pursuit of
the enemy by the route of Alba de Tormes, and in August went
into cantonments at Cuellar; towards the end of that month it
marched again, and encamped before _Burgos_, which the Marquis of
Wellington (that title having been conferred upon him after the
victory at Salamanca) ordered should be forthwith invested.
Major Molyneux Smith, of the THIRTY-SIXTH, died on the 21st of
August 1812, and Brevet-Major John Fox was appointed his successor
on the 1st of October following. The battalion took an active share
in all the operations against Burgos, from which the British army
retired on the 21st of October. The THIRTY-SIXTH, during the siege,
had seven rank and file killed and eleven wounded.
After this most harassing retreat, rendered so by the severity
of the weather and the dreadful state of the roads, as well as
by a numerous and active-pursuing enemy, the battalion, early in
December, reached Falgosa de Medelina, in Portugal, where it halted
for some weeks.
[Sidenote: 1813.]
In February 1813 the battalion marched from Falgosa de Medelina to
Toraish, where it remained until May. There Lieut.-Colonel Davies,
in consequence of ill-health, left the corps for England, when the
command devolved on Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Ward.
On the 14th of May the allied army again advanced, crossed the
Douro on the 19th, and halted on the 20th at Toro de Monte Corva;
on the 24th reached Malhadus, and halted until the 27th, and on
the 29th entered Spain by crossing the Corsa, near Murga, where the
troops, of which the THIRTY-SIXTH formed part, halted until the
31st. On the 1st of June they crossed the Esla by a pontoon bridge,
and continued the march until the 19th, when they halted at Madina
to observe General Clausel’s corps, and cover the British stores
and ammunition.
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