Total ---- 5382 [15] The Siege of Gibraltar, by Captain Drinkwater, of the late seventy-second regiment, who was in garrison at the time. [16] It is a remarkable circumstance that the TWELFTH foot, and the Hanoverian regiment of Hardenberg, fought alongside each other at the battle of Minden, and they were the only two entire regiments employed in the sortie from Gibraltar. [17] _Vide_ the Record of the Third Foot, or the Buffs, from page 69 to 74. [18] CALPÉ, in the south of Spain, and ABYLA, on the opposite Coast of Africa, (about eighteen miles distant) were celebrated as the _Pillars of Hercules_; and according to heathen mythology, these two mountains were united, until that hero separated them, and made a communication between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic seas. CALPÉ received the present designation of Gibraltar from the Arabic "_Gib-el-Tarif_," or "_Mountain of Tarif_," being the spot where that Moorish Chieftain landed on his invasion of Spain in the Year 711. The device of the "_Castle and Key_," the present arms of Gibraltar, was given by Henry IV., King of Castile, upon his capturing the place from the King of Granada in 1462, in allusion to its being the Key to the Mediterranean. [19] The proper name of that city is _Siri Runga Patan_. [20] The following regiments received the Royal permission to bear on their standards, colours, and appointments, the word "_Seringapatam_," in commemoration of their gallantry in the storming and capture of that city and fortress on the 4th May, 1799; viz.--the 19th and 22nd (late 25th), Light Dragoons; the 12th, 33rd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 77th regiments, and the Scots Brigade, afterwards the 94th regiment. [21] Bishop Burnet. [22] On the decease of General Picton, a manuscript account of this interview with King George III. was found among his papers. LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES & SONS, STAMFORD STREET, FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. * * * * * * 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. The first page of the book ("HISTORICAL RECORD ..."), and the page after the Introduction, are virtually identical--there are some slight variations in font sizes--and both have been retained in the etext. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, daylight, day-light; Field Marshal, Field-Marshal; situate; negociations; rencounters. Pg xxiii, 'SERINGAPTAM' replaced by 'SERINGAPATAM'. Pg 36, 'on this ocasion' replaced by 'on this occasion'. Pg 50, 'additional orces' replaced by 'additional forces'. Pg 53, 'TWELTFH foot continued' replaced by 'TWELFTH foot continued'. Pg 60, '[Sidenote: 1799]' moved up 3 paragraphs.