and gallant officer, and highly respected and beloved by the
SIXTY-FIRST, who cherished the memory of his exalted virtues w
peculiar veneration. The regimental record shows the number of
times he led the corps to battle and to victory, and the honorary
distinctions he had acquired. The Duke of Wellington directed his
remains to be removed from the grave in which they had been hastily
laid, on the field of battle, and honored with a public funeral
himself attending to pay the last tribute of respect to departed
valour. A marble slab, placed by his brother officers in the
Protestant churchyard of Toulouse, marks the spot where the remains
of this gallant officer are deposited.
[7] Lieutenant Norbury Furnace had fought with his regiment in
every battle and skirmish in which it had been engaged in the
Peninsula and South of France, and had lost two brothers gallantly
combating in the same cause.
[8] Lieutenant William White was on his way to join the regiment
from Ireland; hearing at Tarbes of the probability of an action
at Toulouse, he travelled by post to arrive in time to take part
in it. He was twice wounded, and, although bleeding profusely, he
refused to quit his post. A general officer saw the state he was
in, and directed him to be taken to the surgeons.
[9] Mussacks are large leathern bags made so as to hold water, and
are placed on the backs of camels like panniers.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
The roman page numbering at the front of the book goes from iii
to viii, then from v to viii again; this has not been changed.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg vi: page number ‘53’ added to the ‘Conclusion’ entry.
Pg 11: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.
Pg 12: ‘Sidenote: 1771’ inserted before ‘Three years ...’
(to be consistent with the Table of Contents entry for 1771).
Pg 15: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.
Pg 22: ‘the troop under’ replaced by ‘the troops under’.
Pg 49: ‘preparatorily to its’ replaced by ‘preparatory to its’.
Pg 56: ‘Guadaloupe’ replaced by ‘Guadeloupe’.