NOTES.--The two veteran regiments now known as the 1st and 2nd
Highland Light Infantry possess the longest "honour" record
(twenty-nine in all) of any British regiment whatsoever, save
the King's Royal Rifle Corps, which have thirty-two all told.
The roll commences with "Carnatic," won by the 1st Batt. in the
Hyder Ali campaign, seconded by the laurels of the 2nd Batt.
at the Siege of Seringapatam, in which on several occasions it
particularly distinguished itself. The same battalion contributed
"Assaye" (with "The Elephant"). It is recorded that in this
battle "Every officer present, save one, was killed or wounded,
and the battalion reduced to a mere wreck." "Assaye" is an honour
shared only with The Seaforths and The 19th Hussars. For its
services in India the Honourable East India Company presented it
(1803) with a complimentary Colour. Henceforward honours fell
thick and fast on both battalions--at the Cape, particularly
so throughout the Peninsula campaign, in the Kaffir wars of
1851-53 (a large draft of its men went down in the ill-fated
_Birkenhead_), at the Crimea, in the Indian Mutiny, and more
latterly in the Egyptian campaigns of the eighties.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_Historical Record of The 71st Regiment Highland
Light Infantry._ 1777-1852. Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1852.]
_Historical Record of The 71st Regiment Highland Light Infantry._
1777-1876. By Lieut. Henry J. T. Hildyard, 71st Highland Light
Infantry. [London: Harrison. 1876.]
_Historical Record of The 74th Highlanders._ 1787-1850.
Illustrated. [London: Parker. 1850.]
_Historical Records of The 74th Highlanders (now 2nd Battalion
Highland Light Infantry)._ 1787-1887. Illustrated. [Dumfries:
Macveigh. 1887.]
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's Own
Regiment of Foot).
(3 Batts.)
=1st Batt.= (formerly) The 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)
Regiment of Foot.
=2nd Batt.= ( " ) The 78th (Highlanders--Ross-shire Buffs)
Regiment of Foot; with Militia Battalion.
=3rd Batt.= The Highland Rifle Militia.
[Illustration: THE ELEPHANT WITH "ASSAYE."]
[Illustration: THE CORONET AND CYPHER OF THE DUKE OF ALBANY.]
[Illustration: THE SEAFORTH CREST.]