E-text prepared by Brian Coe, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 57897-h.htm or 57897-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/57897/57897-h/57897-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/57897/57897-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/storyofhighlandr00wats Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Footnotes have been moved to follow the chapters in which they are referenced. THE STORY OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS * * * * * * BY THE SAME AUTHOR. NOVELS. THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE. SHALLOWS. BOOKS FOR BOYS. MUCKLE JOHN. THE GHOST ROCK. HISTORY. THE BRAES OF BALQUHIDDER. AGENTS AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK AUSTRALASIA THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 FLINDERS LANE, MELBOURNE CANADA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD. ST. MARTIN’S HOUSE, 70 BOND STREET, TORONTO INDIA MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD. MACMILLAN BUILDING, BOMBAY 309 BOW BAZAAR STREET, CALCUTTA * * * * * * [Illustration: THE CAMERONS AT FUENTES DE ONORO.] THE STORY OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS by FREDERICK WATSON East and South my children scatter, North and West the world they wander. Yet they come back to me, Come with their brave hearts beating, Longing to die for me, Me, the grey, old, weary mother, Throned amid the Northern waters. LAUCHLAN MACLEAN WATT. Published by A. & C. Black, Ltd. 4, 5, & 6 Soho Square, London, W. 1915 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER CAPTAIN HENRY TRELSS WATSON 2ND BATT. KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY WHO FELL AT YPRES, MARCH 6, 1915 The profits accruing from the sale of this book for the duration of the War will be devoted to the Officers’ Families Fund. PREFACE