Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent services to 1849Cannon, Richard
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Historical record of the Twenty-second, or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1689, and of its subsequent services to 1849
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 22nd (Cheshire)
Rajah Sing submitted, and concluded a treaty of peace with the
British: the army withdrew from Bhurtpore, and the surviving officers
and soldiers of the flank companies joined the regiment at Cawnpore,
in June.
Holkar continued his resistance to the British authority, and Scindia
evinced a disposition to renew hostilities. These events occasioned
the regiment to quit Cawnpore, in October, to pursue the army of
Holkar, who was driven from place to place, until the British troops
arrived at the banks of the Hyphasis, or Sutlej, where he submitted,
and a treaty of peace was concluded in December. Scindia also
concluded a second treaty, and the British power and influence in
India were thus augmented and consolidated.
[Sidenote: 1806]
From the banks of the Sutlej, the regiment marched to Delhi, where
it arrived in February, 1806, and in March it was removed to Muttra,
where it received the thanks of General Lord Lake, and of the
Governor-General in Council, for its conduct during the war.
On the 30th of October, General Simcoe, who died in 1806, was
succeeded in the colonelcy of the regiment by Lieut.-General Sir
James Henry Craig, from the Eighty-sixth foot.
[Sidenote: 1807]
Leaving Muttra in July, 1807, the regiment proceeded to Berhampore,
where it arrived on the 7th of August.
[Sidenote: 1809]
Major-General the Honorable Edward Finch was appointed colonel of
the regiment on the 18th of September, 1809, from the Fifty-fourth
foot, in succession to Sir James Henry Craig, K.B., removed to the
Seventy-eighth Highlanders.
[Sidenote: 1810]
The regiment remained at Berhampore until August, 1810, when it
embarked in boats, and proceeded to Fort William, in order to form
part of the expedition against the _Mauritius_, under Major-General
the Honorable J. Abercromby. A landing was effected in the bay of
Mapou, on the 29th of November, without opposition, and on the
following day the troops advanced towards the capital; being exposed
to severe heat, and unable to procure water, the soldiers became
exhausted, and arriving at the powder-mills, five miles from Port
Louis, they halted near the stream. Resuming the march on the 1st of
December, the troops were opposed by the enemy in force, and some
sharp fighting occurred, in which the TWENTY-SECOND took part and had
several men wounded. The French were driven from their ground, and
they fell back upon Port Louis; the British took post in front of the
position occupied by the French. Being unable to withstand the valour
and discipline of the invading army, the governor, General de Caen,
surrendered the island to the British arms.
[Sidenote: 1811]
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