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Part 8

Place and Date Officers’ Names. Non-Commissioned of Action. Officers and Privates. Killed. Wounded. Killed. Wounded.

Serjts. Serjts. R.&F. R.&F. Major Ironmonger Capt. M‘Pherson ” Dunn ” Chisholm ” Seton ” Peshall Lieut. Thompson Lieut. Adair BUENOS AYRES ” Hale ” R. Nickle — 100 — 120 5th July, 1807. Ensign M‘Gregor ” Graydon Asst.-Sur. ” Whittle Fergusson ” Stewart ” Buller ” Mackie ” Gregg ” Bury Adjut. Robertson

TALAVERA, Capt. Blake 27th and 28th Lieut. Graydon Capt. Brown 3 22 12 93 July, 1809 ” Whittle Lieut. Whitelaw ” Mc. Carthy

Maj. R. B. M‘Gregor

Capt M‘Dermott BUSACO, Major Silver ” G. H. Dansey 1 29 2 92 27th Sept. Lieut. Johnston(1) ” Bury 1810. Ensign Leonard Lieut. W. Nickle ” Fitzpatrick

FOZ-D’ARRONCE, 15th March, Lieut. Heppenstall .. .. .. .. 0 0 0 0 1811.

Lieut. Stewart FUENTES D’ONOR, Capt. Irwin ” M‘Alpin 1 6 3 50 5th May, 1811. ” Halket Ensign Owgan

Lieut. W. Flack CIUDAD RODRIGO, Lieut. Beresford ” Armstrong — 20 2 54 19th January, ” W. Kingsmill 1812. ” Johnston

Major Thompson Brev.-Major Murphy Capt. Lindsay Capt. Peshall Lieut. North Lieut. Stewart BADAJOZ, ” Johnston(2) ” Faris 24th March, to ” Mansfield Capt. Oates 5 42 10 166 6th April, 1812. ” Cottom Lieut. Armstrong ” Mc. Alpin ” Davern ” Whitelaw Ensign Grattan

Capt. Adair Lieut. Nickle, Wm. SALAMANCA, Brev.-Major Murphy ” Meade 1 18 1 109 22d July, 1812. Capt. Hogan ” Grattan ” Kingsmill

Capt. M‘Dermott VITTORIA, Ensign Saunders Lieut. Flood 21st June, 1813. ” Fitzpatrick — 30 2 195 ” Faris

Colonel Taylor Capt. Oates ” Bunworth Lieut. Fitzpatrick Capt. Mc. Dermott ” Davern ORTHES, Lieut. Moriarty ” Faris 5 36 13 201 27th Feb. 1814. Ensign Reynolds ” Creswell ” Holland ” Stewart Ensign M‘Intosh Lt. & Adjt. Mitchell

TOULOUSE, .. .. .. Capt. Robert Nickle 1 29 1 53 10th April, 1814 Lieut. Poole —— ——— —— ———— 17 332 46 1133

RETURN of OFFICERS of the EIGHTY-EIGHTH, or CONNAUGHT RANGERS, who died of Wounds, Fatigue, &c., from 1807 to 1814.

+-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | Rank and Name. | Place and Date of Decease. | +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | Major Vandeleur | Died at Campo Mayor in 1809. | | | | | Captain Brown | ” Pinhel in 1810. | | | | | Lieut. Shaw } | ” sea when returning from South | | ” Lawson } | America in 1807. | | ” Smith | ” Salamanca in 1812. | | ” Rutledge | ” Lesan in 1813. | | | | | Ensign Jackson | ” sea, proceeding to South America, | | | in 1807. | | ” Hall | ” Madeira in 1808. | | ” Fawcett | ” near Salamanca in 1812. | | | | | Asst.-Surgeon | ” at Lisbon in 1811. | | Cunningham | | | | | | Paymaster Rogers | ” Belem in 1812. | | | | | Captain Adair | After lingering upwards of two years, died | | | in consequence of a severe wound | | | received at Salamanca. | | | | | Lieut. Stewart | Died immediately after his return from South | | | America. | | Ensign M‘Gregor | ” at Portsmouth, after landing from Cadiz. | | ” Hacket | ” Berry-head soon after his return from | | | Portugal. | +-------------------+-----------------------------------------------+ | ABSTRACT. —Killed, 28 —Died Abroad, 11 —Died in England, 4. | | —Total, 43. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+

RETURN of the OFFICERS who, in consideration of their gallant services and meritorious conduct in engagements with the Enemy, have been distinguished with Titles, Medals, or other marks of His Majesty’s gracious favour.

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The nature of the gallant The Titles, Medals, or | |Rank and Names. services or meritorious other marks of His | | conduct of the Officers. Majesty’s gracious | | favour. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Lt.-Col. Beresford } } | | ” Duff } } | |Major Houghton } } | |Captain Vandeleur } } | | ” Silver } } | | ” Beresford } } | | ” Trotter } } | | ” M‘Gregor }For their services in the } | |Lieut. Blake } Indian army which crossed }A Medal from the Grand | | ” Murphy } the Desert to Egypt in } Seignor. | | ” Browne } 1801. } | | ” Canilac } } | | ” Oates } } | | ” Atkinson } } | | ” Irwin } } | | ” Adair } } | | ” M‘Dougall } } | |Ensign Rogers } } | |Adjt. Thompson } } | |Surgeon M‘Gregor } } | |Asst.-Surg. Taunry } } | | | | | | {A Cross and Seven Clasps,| | {For his distinguished { and appointed G.C.B, | | { conduct at Corunna, { K.G., Cross of the Royal| |Lieut.-Gen. { Busaco, Albuera, Badajoz, { Hanoverian Guelphic | | Viscount { Salamanca, Vittoria, { Order, Grand Cross, | | Beresford { Pyrenees, Nivelle, { Tower & Sword, St. | | { Nive, Orthes, and { Ferdinand, and of Merit,| | { Toulouse. { and of St. Hernunegeld | | { and St. Fernando. | | | | {In command of the regiment } | |Lt.-Gn. J. A. { at the actions of Busaco, }A Medal and two Clasps, | | Wallace { Fuentes d’Onor, and } and appointed C.B. | | { Salamanca. } | | | | {In command of the regiment }A Medal and two Clasps, | |Lieut.-Gen. Sir { at the actions of Nivelle,} and appointed C.B. | | John Taylor { Orthes, and Toulouse. } | | | | {In command of the advance } | |Col. James { of the light division at }A Medal. | | Fergusson { Badajoz, when Captain in } | | { the 43rd regiment. } | | | | {For services as a } | | { Subaltern in the 13th }A Medal from the Grand | | { regiment with the army } Seignor. | |Col. Geo. O’Malley { in Egypt in 1801. } | | {For commanding Second } | | { Battalion 44th regiment }A Medal, and appointed | | { in the battle of } C.B. | | { Waterloo in 1815. } | | | | {A Medal and one Clasp, | |Lt.-Col. Rt. }In command of the regiment { and appointed C.B. | | Barclay Macpherson} at Vittoria and Orthes. { and K.H. | | | |Major W. C. Seton {In command of the regiment }A Medal and one Clasp, | | { at Badajoz and Salamanca } and appointed C.B. | | | | {Assistant-Adjutant-General } | |Lt.-Col. C. Tryon { with the army in the }A Medal. | | { Pyrenees. | | | | {For his distinguished } | |Major B. Murphy { services at Buenos Ayres }Received the Brevet rank | | { in 1807, on the staff of } of Major in the army. | | { the army. } | | | | {For his conduct in the } | | ” G. H. Dansey { action at Busaco, 27th }Ditto. | | { Sept., 1810. } | | | | {In command of the light }The Brevet rank of | | ” R. N. Nickle { battalion of the third } Major, a Medal, and | | { division at Nivelle. } appointed K.H. | | | | {For his distinguished } | | ” John Stewart { services at Fuentes }Received the Brevet rank | | { d’Onor, on the 3rd and } of Major in the Army. | | { 5th May, 1811. } | | | | {Received the Brevet rank | | { of Major in the army, | | ” Oates For services in the Field. { and appointed to the | | { third class of the | | { Royal Hanoverian Order. | | | | {Appointed to the third | | ” Mackie For services in the Field. { class of the Royal | | { Hanoverian Order. | | | |Lt. & Adj. D. {As Lieutenant in the 71st } | | Souter { Light Infantry at }A Medal. | | { Waterloo. } | | | |Paym. P. V. {As Paymaster in the Second } | | Robinson { Battalion 69th regiment }A Medal. | | { at Waterloo. } | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

RETURN of the Non-Commissioned Officers, Drummers, and Privates of the EIGHTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, or CONNAUGHT RANGERS, who received Medals under the sanction of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, per Adjutant-General’s Letter, dated the 20th day of June, 1818, for their Services during the Peninsular War from the year 1809 to the year 1814.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Consisting of the first battalions of the Fifth, Thirty-Sixth, Forty-Fifth, and EIGHTY-EIGHTH Foot; five companies of the Rifle Corps, two squadrons of the Sixth Dragoon Guards, and two companies of artillery.

[2] It may not be improper, in this place, to notice and correct an erroneous report which became prevalent in England, that the troops engaged in the assault of Buenos Ayres were ordered, not only to advance unloaded, but actually to take the flints out of their muskets. The fact is, that two companies of the EIGHTY-EIGHTH only were thus deprived of every means of offence or defence except their bayonets; they had been on a piquet the night before at “White’s House,” and, consequently, joined their corps in the morning with loaded arms; the order to draw their charges occasioning some delay, General Gower, who was present, became impatient, and directed those who had not drawn to take their flints out. The consequence was, that several of these men were killed in the streets while in the act of screwing in new flints.

[3] General Reid was head of an ancient Scotch family, and served as a Lieutenant in Loudon’s Highlanders in 1745. In 1759 he was appointed Major of the Forty-Second, in which regiment he continued until 1771. In 1780 he was appointed Colonel of the Ninety-Fifth Foot, a newly-raised regiment, and continued to command it until it was disbanded in 1783. In 1794, as stated in the text, he became Colonel of the Connaught Rangers. His commissions as a General Officer were, Major-General 19th October, 1781; Lieutenant-General 12th October, 1793; and General 1st January, 1798.

[4] Colonel Napier.

[5] Ibid.

[6] 17th October.—He was succeeded by Captain Robert B. M‘Gregor.

[7] The French army had recently been reinforced by their victorious troops from Germany.

[8] Lieutenant-General Sir John A. Wallace, Bart., and K.C.B.

[9] Robert Cahill was transferred as Serjeant to the Thirty-First regiment, for the purpose of being Pay-Serjeant to Captain Bray, who exchanged from the EIGHTY-EIGHTH, with Captain Hutton. Cahill was on board the Kent East Indiaman, when she took fire in the Bay of Biscay, and from the account given by Captain Bray, his conduct and extraordinary exertions on that trying occasion were most exemplary and conspicuous. Having lost his Medal (which was of the First Class) and all his necessaries, the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the Light Company (in which Company Cahill served during the whole of the Peninsular war) made a subscription amongst them of Five Pounds to purchase him a kit, which sum was sent to him by Lieutenant and Adjutant Souter, who at the same time made him the present of a Medal, which he forwarded through the Horse Guards.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added, when a predominant preference was found in the original book.

Some wide tables in the Appendix have had { and } bracketing removed, some have had the column divider | removed, to reduce the width.