The regiment has one of the most brilliant records in the whole army,
a reputation it splendidly maintained against the Germans in France
and Belgium. The 1st Battalion (71st Foot) dates from 1777 as Fraser's
Highlanders, which afterwards became Macleod's Highlanders, fighting
with distinguished bravery in India, South Africa, the Peninsula,
Waterloo and elsewhere. The 2nd Battalion (74th Foot) has an equally
brilliant record of Indian and foreign service, winning great glory
at the battle of Assaye, where every officer was killed or wounded
and the remainder of the regiment was brought out of action by the
Sergeant-Major.
The 1st Battalion was so full of Glasgow men during the Peninsular War,
that it was generally known as "The Glesca Keelies."
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(_Depot_, Fort George.)
(_Record Office_, Perth.)