The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and AnecdotesDalton, Charles
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The Waterloo Roll Call: With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes
Dalton, Charles
Great Britain. Army -- Registers; Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
The following memoir of Col. Jones’s services appeared in the _United
Service Journal_ for 1837:—“Nov. 12th, on Lake Erie, Upper Canada,
Lt.-Col. Arthur Jones, C.B., late of the 71st Highland L.I. This
officer was appointed Ensign 36th Foot, 1st Jan., 1795; Lt. 71st Foot
5th Oct., 1795; Capt., 24th March, 1803; Maj., 22nd June, 1809; and
Bt. Lt.-Col., 4th June, 1814. He served at Madras from his first
appointment to October, 1797, when his regiment embarked for Europe.
In August, 1805, he sailed, with the expedition under Lt. Gen. Sir D.
Baird, for the Cape of Good Hope; he was present with the regt. at the
action on the 8th Jan., 1806; and also at the surrender of the town
and castle of Cape Town on the 10th. He embarked at the Cape in April
following, with his regt., on the expedition to South America, under
Gen. Beresford. On the 25th June, the landing of this small force was
effected at the point of Quilmes, up the River Plate, without
opposition. He was present in the affairs of the 26th and 27th, which
terminated in the surrender of the city of Buenos Ayres to the
British; and was with the troops employed in dispersing the enemy from
the vicinity of the city, on the 1st August; at the defending of the
city on the 10th, 11th, and 12th, when the British were obliged to
capitulate, and become prisoners of war; and was marched, as such, a
considerable distance into the interior of the country. He next served
with the army in Portugal, and was present at the action of Roleia,
and battle of Vimiero. He served under the late Sir John Moore in
Spain; was present the whole of that campaign, and at the battle of
Corunna. He embarked in July, 1809, on the expedition to the Scheldt,
and was present at the siege of Flushing; he returned with his regt.
to England in December, and in May, 1810, was ordered to join the 2nd
batt. in Scotland; and shortly after the command of the batt. devolved
on him. In Jan., 1814, he proceeded to join the 1st batt. in Spain,
landed at St. Sebastian, and marched in charge of a detachment for the
2nd division of the army, which he joined in Aire on the 10th of
March, and served with it in the different operations that took place
against the enemy from that period until a short time after the battle
of Toulouse, 10th April, 1814. In Feb., 1815, he embarked with the
71st Light Infantry for North America, but was countermanded, and they
proceeded in April to Belgium, and he was present with it at the
battle of Waterloo. He remained with the regt., which formed part of
the Army of Occupation, until October, 1818, when he embarked with it
for England, and for Ireland in May, 1822. The command of the regt.
devolved on him in May, 1824, when he embarked with it for North
America, and was promoted lt.-col., 2nd June, 1825; he remained in
command of the regt. till June, 1831. Lt.-Col. Jones was wounded when
capt.
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