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)
"By the Honorable the Governor.--The Head-Quarters of Her Majesty's
TWENTY-SECOND Regiment of Foot having arrived from Scinde, will be
disembarked to-morrow morning at sunrise.
"On this occasion the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the
Garrison, desirous of paying every mark of honor to this
distinguished Corps, will himself receive it at the Apollo Pier.
"On the landing of the first Division, a Royal Salute is to be
fired from the Saluting Battery.
"The Troops composing the Garrison will be drawn up in Review
Order, in a convenient position, and will salute Her Majesty's
TWENTY-SECOND regiment, as it passes on its way to Fort George
Barracks.
"His Excellency directs the attendance of all Military Officers at
the Presidency who may not be sick, or engaged on other duty.
"The Commandant of the Garrison is requested to carry out the above
order.
"BRUCE SETON, _Major_,
_Town Major_."
The General Staff of the Garrison testified their admiration of the
gallant conduct of the regiment, by giving a public banquet to the
Officers of the corps; and the inhabitants of Bombay, including the
Civil Authorities, raised a handsome subscription, to be applied to
the benefit of the sufferers in the regiment, widows and orphans, by
the Campaign in Scinde.
The left wing landed at Panwell on the 16th of May, and proceeded
from thence to Poonah, where it arrived on the 23rd of May. The right
wing and head-quarters arrived at Poonah, from Bombay, on the 1st of
June.
General the Honorable Edward Finch died on the 27th of October, 1843,
and the colonelcy of the regiment was conferred on Major-General Sir
Charles James Napier, K.C.B.
[Sidenote: 1844]
On the 17th and 18th of October, 1844, the regiment marched from
Poonah in wings to Bowree, and on the 19th the whole moved together
for Field Service in the Kolapore districts, where the regiment lost
two officers, and thirty non-commissioned officers and privates, by
cholera.
A portion of the regiment was employed in taking the north pettah
under the walls of the fort of Punalla, on the 27th of November; on
the 28th, 29th, and 30th of November the regiment, under the command
of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Poole, was employed in the investment
of _Punalla_ and _Pownghur_, and on the 1st of December was at
the capture of those forts, the latter of which was taken by the
regiment. During these operations the TWENTY-SECOND formed part of
the third brigade of the force employed under Major-General Delamotte.
On the 26th of December a wing of the regiment marched, and joined
the first brigade on service in the Sawunt-Warree district; the other
wing remained near Kolapore.
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