Chapter VIII

. Ruffane's brigade, however, with the exception of the Welsh, have been denied the honour.

Before leaving the West Indies, I would wish to draw attention to the fact that, whilst the defence of the Island of Dominica in 1805 is inscribed on the colours of the Cornwall Light Infantry, no recognition is made of the capture of that island by the troops under Lord Rollo in 1762, yet surely the one feat is as worthy of remembrance as the other. The appended table may not be without interest to the regiments concerned in the two transactions:

+-----------------------------------------------+ | CAPTURE OF DOMINICA, 1762, | | FOR WHICH NO BATTLE HONOUR | | HAS BEEN GRANTED. | +-----------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiment._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |42nd Royal Highlanders | 2 | 10 | 19 | 74 | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+

+-----------------------------------------------+ | DEFENCE OF DOMINICA, 1805, | | FOR WHICH A BATTLE HONOUR | | HAS BEEN GRANTED. | +-----------------------+-----------+-----------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Regiment._ +-----+-----+-----+-----+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |46th Cornwall L.I. | - | 1 | 11 | 7 | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+

Guadeloupe, 1702, 1794, and 1815, are also battle honours well worthy of remembrance.

Simultaneously with the expedition against Havana, which is alluded to above, and set forth in detail in