| STATIONS, | COLONELS, |
Year. | Battles, Sieges, | and | Dates of
| &c. &c. on which | Dates of Appointment. | Removal, &c.
| employed. | |
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| | |
1661 |Raised for service |{Henry Mordaunt, }|
| at Tangier, on the |{ _second_ Earl of }|Resigned in
| northern coast of |{ Peterborough. }| April, 1663.
| Africa. |{ 30th Sept., 1661. }|
| | |
1662--Jan. |Embarked for Tangier | |
| | |
| |{Andrew Rutherford, }|Killed at
1663 |At Tangier |{ Earl of Teviot. }| Tangier, 4th
| |{ 9th April, 1663. }| May, 1664.
| | |
1664 |At Tangier |{Henry Norwood. }|Died at
| |{ 10th June, 1664. }| Tangier, 1668.
to | | |
| |{John, Earl of }|Died at
1668 |At Tangier |{ Middleton. }| Tangier,
| |{ 15th May, 1668. }| 25th Jan.1675.
to | | |
| |{William O'Brien, }|
1675 |At Tangier |{ Earl of Inchiquin. }|Resigned, 1680.
| |{ 5th March, 1675. }|
| | |
to | | {|Died of wounds
| | {| at Tangier,
| |{Sir Palmes {| 27th Oct.
1680 |At Tangier |{ Fairborne, Kt. {| 1680, 14 days
| |{ 10th Nov., 1680. {| before the
| | {| date of his
| | {| appointment.
| | |
1681 } | | |
1682 } |At Tangier | |
1683 } | | |
| | |
1684--April |Evacuated Tangier, |} |
| and arrived in |} |
| England |} |
| |} |
| |} |
1685--July 5|England; in the |} |
| battle of Sedgmoor,|} |
| and assisted in |} |
| suppressing the |} |
| rebellion of the |} |
| Duke of Monmouth |} |
| |} |
| |} |
1686 } |England |} |
1687 } | |} |
| |} |
1688--Dec. |England; was marched |} |
| to Wallingford, |} |
| Berks, on the |} |
| arrival of King |} |
| William III. in |} |
| London; and on the |} |
| abdication of King |} |
| James II. it |} |
| adhered to the |} |
| Protestant |} |
| King William |} |
| |} |
1689 |Embarked for Ireland,|}Piercy Kirke, removed}|
| with 9th & 11th |} from the 2nd }|Died at Breda,
| regiments, and |} Tangier Regiment, }| Oct. 1691.
| assisted at the |} now the 4th Foot. }|
| raising of the |} 19th April, 1682. }|
| siege of London- |} |
| derry |} |
| |} |
| |} |
1690 | Ireland |} |
| |} |
-- July 1 |Battle of the Boyne; |} |
| Siege of Limerick; |} |
| Relief of Birr; |} |
| Skirmish of |} |
| Lanesborough |} |
| |} |
1691--Feb. |At the Action of the |} |
| Moat of Grenogue; |} |
| Capture of Cairn |} |
| Castle; Capture of |} |
| Conway Castle; |} |
| Skirmish at Wyand's|} |
-- May | Town |} |
| |} |
-- June |At the Siege of |} |
| Athlone |} |
| |} |
-- July 12 |At the battle of |} |
| Aghrim |} |
| |} |
-- Aug. |At the siege of |} |
| Limerick |} |
| | |
1692 |Embarked for |} |
| Flanders |} |
| |} |
-- |Returned to England |} |
| |} |
-- Aug. |Re-embarked for |} |
| Flanders |} |
| |} |
1693--July29|Battle of Landen |} |
| |} |
1694 |In Flanders |} |
| |} |
1695--July |Siege of Namur; |}William Selwyn, {|Removed to the
| returned to England|} promoted from the {| 22nd Regiment,
| |} Coldstream Foot {| 29th June,
| |} Guards. {| 1701, in exch-
1696 |In England |} 18th Dec., 1691 {| ange with Sir
| |} {| Hen. Bellasis.
1697 |Proceeded to |} |
| Flanders; Arrived in|} |
| England after the |} |
| Peace of Ryswick |} |
1698 } | |} |
1699 } |England |} |
1700 } | |} |
| | |
| | {|Dismissed in
1701 |In England |}Sir Henry Bellasis, {| Feb. 1702, by
| |} exchanged from the {| sentence of a
1702 |Embarked for Cadiz |} 22nd Foot. {| Court-Martial,
| |} 28th June, 1701. {| for embezzle-
-- Oct. |Returned to England |} {| ment of money,
| | {| &c. at Port
| | {| Saint Mary's.
| | |
1703 |Embarked for Holland |} |
| |} |
-- May |Distinguished at the |} |
| defence of Tongres |} |
| |} |
1704 |Embarked from Holland|} |
| for Portugal |} |
| |} |
1705 |Siege of Valentia de |} |
| Alcantara |} |
|------ Albuquerque |}David Colyear, Earl }|Allowed to
|------ Badajoz |} of Portmore. }| sell in 1710.
1706 |------ Alcantara |} 27th Feb., 1703. }|
|------ Ciudad Rodrigo|} |
|Advanced to Madrid |} |
| |} |
1707--Apr.25|At the battle of |} |
| Almanza |} |
1708 } | |} |
1709 } |In England |} |
1710 } | |} |
| | |
1711 |Embarked on an |} |
| expedition for |} |
| Canada |} |
| |} |
|Returned to England |} |
| |}Lieut.-Col. Piercy }|
1712 } | |} Kirke, _promoted by}|Died Jan. 1,
to } |In England |} purchase_. }| 1741.
1729 } | |} 19th Sept., 1710. }|
| |} |
1730--June |Embarked for |} |
| Gibraltar |} |
| |} |
1731 } | |} |
to } |Gibraltar |} |
1740 } | |} |
| | |
1741 } | |} |
to } |At Gibraltar |}Thomas Fowke, from {|Removed to the
1748 } | |} the 43rd (formerly {| 14th Regiment
| |} the 54th) Regiment.{| of Foot, on
1749 |Embarked for Ireland |} 12th August, 1741. {| the 11th Nov.
| |} {| 1755.
1750 } | |} |
to } |Ireland |} |
1755 } | |} |
| | |
| | {|Removed to 2nd
to | |{Hon. John Fitz- {| Irish Horse,
1760 |Ireland |{ William. {| now 5th Drag.
| |{ 12th Nov., 1755. {| Guards, 27th
| | {| Nov. 1760.
| | |
1764 |Ireland |} |
| |} |
1765 } | |} |
to } |Isle of Man |} |
1768 } | |} |
| |} |
1769 |Returned to Ireland, |}Sir Charles Montague,}|
| and embarked |} K.B. from the 59th }|Died 1st
| for Gibraltar |} Regiment. }| August, 1777.
| |} 27th Nov., 1760. }|
1770 } | |} |
to } |Gibraltar |} |
1774 } | |} |
| |} |
1775--Dec. |Returned to England |} |
| |} |
1776 |England |} |
| | |
1777 } | |} |
to } |England |} |
1783 } | |} |
| |} |
-- Oct. |Embarked for |} |
| Gibraltar |} |
| |} |
1784 } | |}Daniel Jones, }|
to } |Gibraltar |} promoted from the }|Died 20th
1791 } | |} 3rd Foot Guards. }| Nov. 1793.
| |} 7th August, 1777. }|
1792--April |Arrived in England |} |
| |} |
1793--Aug. |England; embarked as |} |
| marines in the |} |
| fleet under Admiral|} |
| Earl Howe |} |
| | |
1794--June 1|Engaged as marines in| |
| the victory over |{Alexander Stewart, }|
| the French fleet |{ promoted from the }|Died Dec.
| |{ 3rd Foot. }| 1794.
-- Nov. |Relanded from the |{ 20th Nov., 1793. }|
| fleet | |
| | |
-- Dec. 25 |Embarked for the |} |
| West Indies |} |
| |} |
1795 |In the West Indies |} |
| |} |
|Two companies at |} |
| Guernsey |} |
| |} |
1796 |In the West Indies |} |
| |} |
1797--March |Returned to England |} |
| |} |
1798--June |Embarked for Ireland |} |
| |} |
1799--July |Embarked for England |} |
| |} |
-- Aug. |Embarked for Holland,|} |
| and engaged at the |} |
| Helder |} |
| |} |
-- Oct. 2 |Engaged at the battle|} |
| of Egmont-op-Zee |} |
| |} |
-- Oct. 6 |Engaged at Alkmaar |}James Coates. }|[_See next
| |} 20th Dec., 1794. }| page._]
-- Oct. |Returned to England |} |
| |} |
1800--May |Embarked on an |} |
| expedition to the |} |
| coast of France |} |
| |} |
-- June |Proceeded to Minorca,|} |
| Gibraltar, and |} |
| Malta |} |
| |} |
1801--March |Proceeded to Egypt, |} |
| and landed at |} |
| Aboukir Bay |} |
| |} |
-- Mar. 21 |At the battle of |} |
| Alexandria |} |
| |} |
-- Dec. |Embarked for |} |
| Gibraltar |} |
| |} |
1802 } | |} |
1803 } |At Gibraltar |} |
1804 } | |} |
| | |
| | |
1805--Nov. |Embarked for England |} |
| |} |
1806 |In England |} |
| |} |
1807--June |Embarked for Guernsey|} |
| |} |
1808--June |Returned to England |} |
| |} |
-- July |Embarked for Portugal|} |
| |} |
-- Aug. 21 |At the battle of |} |
| Vimiera |} |
| |} |
1809--Jan.16|At the battle of |} |
| Corunna, and |} |
| returned to England|} |
| |} |
| |} |
-- July |Embarked in the |} |
| expedition to |} |
| Walcheren |} |
| |} |
-- Dec. |Returned to England |} |
| |} |
1810 |In England |} |
| |} |
1811--Jan. |Embarked for Portugal|} |
| |} |
1812 |Advanced into Spain |} |
| |}James Coates. }|Died 22nd
| |} [_Continued from }| July, 1822.
-- July 22 |At the battle of |} preceding page._] }|
| Salamanca |} |
| |} |
1813--May 21|At the battle of |} |
| Vittoria |} |
| |} |
-- July |Engaged in the |} |
| Pyrenees |} |
| |} |
-- Nov. 10 |At the battle on the |} |
| Nivelle |} |
| |} |
1814--April |At the battle of |} |
8 | Toulouse |} |
| |} |
-- June |Embarked at Barsac, |} |
| and landed in |} |
| Ireland |} |
| |} |
-- July |Embarked for England |} |
| |} |
1815 |In England |} |
| |} |
1816--April |Embarked for the |} |
| West Indies. |} |
| |} |
1817 } | |} |
to } |West Indies |} |
1820 } | |} |
| |} |
1821--Aug. |Returned to England |} |
| |} |
1822--June |Embarked for Ireland |} |
| | |
1823 |In Ireland |} |
| |} |
1824--May |Embarked for England |}Maj.-Gen. Sir H. }|
| |} Torrens, K.C.B. }|Died 22d Aug.
1825--Feb. |Embarked for Bombay |} _Adjutant-General }| 1828.
| |} to the Forces._ }|
1826 } |Bombay |} 26th July, 1822. }|
1827 } |Poonah |} |
| | |
1828 } | |}Gen. _Right Hon._ Sir}|
to } |Bombay Presidency |} W. Keppel, G.C.B. }|Died 11th Dec.
1834 } | |} from the 67th }| 1834.
| |} Regiment. }|
| |} 25th August, 1828. }|
| | |
| |}Lt.-Gen. _Rt. Hon._ }|
| |} Sir James Kempt, }|
1835 |Bombay ditto |} G.C.B. from the }|
| |} 40th Regiment. }|
| |} 23rd Dec., 1834. }|
| | |
1836 |Bombay ditto | |
| | |
1837 |Bombay do. | |
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B.
GENERAL ORDERS.
Horse-Guards, 16th May, 1801.
The recent events which have occurred in EGYPT have
induced His Majesty to lay his most gracious commands on His Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief, to convey to the troops employed
in that country His Majesty's highest approbation of their conduct;
and at the same time His Majesty has deemed it expedient, that
these his gracious sentiments should be communicated to every part
of His Army, not doubting that all ranks will thereby be inspired
with an honourable spirit of emulation, and an eager desire of
distinguishing themselves in their country's service.
Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes the
successes that have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt,
to that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but his
Majesty desires it may be most solemnly and most forcibly impressed
on the consideration of every part of the army, that it has been a
strict observance of _Order_, _Discipline_, and _Military System_,
which has given its full energy to the native valour of the troops,
and has enabled them proudly to assert the superiority of the
national military character, in situations uncommonly arduous, and
under circumstances of peculiar difficulty.
The illustrious example of their Commander cannot fail to have
made an indelible impression on the gallant troops, at whose head,
crowned with victory and glory, he terminated his honourable
career; and His Majesty trusts that a due contemplation of the
talents and virtues, which he uniformly displayed in the course of
his valuable life, will for ever endear the memory of Sir RALPH
ABERCROMBIE to the British Army.
His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief having thus obeyed
His Majesty's commands, cannot forbear to avail himself of this
opportunity of recapitulating the leading features of a series of
operations so honourable to the British Arms.
The boldness of the approach to the coast of Aboukir, in defiance
of a powerful and well-directed artillery,--the orderly formation
upon the beach, under the heaviest fire of grape and musketry,--the
reception and repulse of the enemy's cavalry and infantry,--the
subsequent charge of our troops, which decided the victory, and
established a footing on the shores of Egypt, are circumstances of
glory never surpassed in the military annals of the world!
The advance of the army, on the 13th of March, towards Alexandria,
presents the spectacle of a movement of infantry through an open
country, who, being attacked upon their march, _formed_, and
_repulsed_ the enemy; then advanced in line for three miles,
engaged along their whole front, until they drove the enemy to seek
his safety under the protection of his entrenched position. Such
had been the order and regularity of the advance!
Upon the 21st of March, the united force of the French in Egypt
attacked the position of the British Army.
An attack, begun an hour before daylight, could derive no advantage
over the vigilance of an army ever ready to receive it. The enemy's
most vigorous and repeated efforts were directed against the right
and centre. Our infantry fought in the plain, greatly inferior in
the number of their artillery, and unaided by cavalry.
They relied upon their discipline and their courage. The desperate
attacks of a veteran cavalry, joined to those of a numerous
infantry, which had vainly styled itself _Invincible_, were
everywhere repulsed: and a conflict the most severe terminated in
one of the most signal victories which ever adorned the annals of
the British nation!
In bringing forward these details, the Commander-in-Chief does
not call upon the Army merely _to admire_ but _to emulate_ such
conduct. Every soldier who feels for the honour of his country,
while he exults in events so splendid and important in themselves,
will henceforth have fresh motives for cherishing and enforcing the
practice of discipline, and by uniting, in the greatest perfection,
order and precision with activity and courage, will seek to uphold,
and transmit undiminished to posterity, the _Glory_ and _Honour_ of
the _British Arms_.
Nor is a less useful example to be derived from the conduct of the
distinguished Commander who fell in the field.
His steady observance of discipline,--his ever watchful attention
to the health and wants of his troops,--the persevering and
unconquerable spirit which marked his military career,--the
splendour of his actions in the field, and the heroism of his
death,--are worthy the imitation of all who desire, like him, a
life of honour and a death of glory.
By Order of His Royal Highness
The Commander-in-Chief,
HARRY CALVERT,
Colonel and Adjutant-General.
* * * * *
The following regiments were employed in Egypt, in 1801, and
were permitted by His Majesty King George the Third to bear on
their Colours the _Sphynx_, with the word "EGYPT," as
a distinguished mark of His Majesty's Royal approbation, and as
a lasting memorial of the glory acquired to His Majesty's Arms
by the zeal, discipline, and intrepidity of his troops in that
arduous and important campaign, _viz._:--
11th Light Dragoons, 1 Troop, Captain Money.
12th Light Dragoons, Col. Archdall.
26th, afterwards 23rd Light Dragoons, Lieut.-Col. R. Gordon.
Hompesch's Hussars, Major Sir Robert T. Wilson.
Coldstream Guards, 1st battalion.
3rd Guards, 1st battalion.
Royals, 2nd battalion, Lieut.-Col. D. Campbell.
2nd, or Queen's Royal, Colonel Lord Dalhousie.
8th Foot, or King's, Col. Drummond.
*10th, Lieut.-Col. Quarrell.
13th, Lieut.-Col. Hon. C. Colville.
18th, or Royal Irish, Lieut.-Col. H. T. Montresor.
20th, Lieut.-Col. G. Smith.
23rd, or Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Lieut.-Col. J. Hall.
24th Foot, Lieut.-Col. J. R. Forster.
25th, Colonel W. Dyott.
26th, Col. Lord Elphinstone.
27th, or Inniskilling, Lieut.-Col. S. Graham.
28th, Colonel Hon. E. Paget.
30th, Lieut.-Col. W. Wilkinson.
40th, (Flank Companies) Col. B. Spencer.
42nd, or Royal Highlanders, Lieut.-Col. W. Dickson.
44th Foot, Lieut.-Col. C. Tilson.
50th, Col. P. Wauchope.
54th, Lieut.-Col. J. T. Layard.
58th, Lieut.-Col. W. Houstoun.
61st, Lieut.-Col. F. Carruthers.
79th, Col. Alan Cameron.
*80th, Lieut.-Col. J. Montresor.
*86th, Lieut.-Col. Y. P. Lloyd.
*88th, Lieut.-Col. A. Duff.
89th, Col. W. Stewart.
90th, Col. Rowland Hill.
92nd, Lieut.-Col. C. Erskine.
Ancient Irish Fencibles.
Queen's German Regiment.
De Roll's Regiment.
Dillon's Regiment.
Corsican Rangers, Major H. Lowe.
NOTE.--The 10th, 80th, 86th, and 88th Regiments proceeded
from the East Indies, overland, under the orders of Major-General
David Baird, to join the Army in Egypt.
C.
GENERAL ORDERS.
His Majesty's Ship Audacious,
18th January, 1809.
The irreparable loss that has been sustained by the fall of
the Commander of the Forces, _Lieutenant-General_ SIR
JOHN MOORE, and the severe wound which has removed
_Lieutenant-General_ SIR DAVID BAIRD from his station,
render it the duty of _Lieutenant-General Hope_ to congratulate the
Army upon the successful result of the action of the 16th instant.
On no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been
more manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march,
rendered necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired,
and which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops,
many disadvantages were to be encountered.
These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the troops
themselves; and the enemy has been taught, that whatever advantages
of position or of numbers he may employ, there is inherent in the
British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows not how to
yield,--that no circumstances can appal,--and that will ensure
victory when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human
means.
The Lieutenant-General has the greatest satisfaction in
distinguishing such meritorious services as came within his
observation, or have been brought to his knowledge.
His acknowledgments are in a peculiar manner due to
_Lieutenant-General Lord William Bentinck_, and the brigade under
his command, consisting of the 4th, 42nd, and 50th regiments, which
sustained the weight of the attack.
_Major-General Manningham_, with his brigade, consisting of the
Royals, the 26th and 81st regiments, and _Major-General Warde_,
with the brigade of Guards, will also be pleased to accept his best
thanks for their steady and gallant conduct during the action.
To _Major-General Paget_, who, by a judicious movement of the
reserve, effectually contributed to check the progress of the
enemy on the right, and to the 1st battalion of the 52nd and 95th
regiments, which were thereby engaged, the greatest praise is
justly due.
That part of _Major-General Leith's_ brigade which was engaged,
consisting of the 59th regiment under the conduct of the
Major-General, also claims marked approbation.
The enemy not having rendered the attack on the left a serious
one, did not afford to the troops stationed in that quarter an
opportunity of displaying that gallantry which must have made him
repent the attempt.
The piquets and advanced posts, however, of the brigades under the
command of _Major-Generals Hill_ and _Leith_, and _Colonel Catlin
Craufurd_, conducted themselves with determined resolution, and
were ably supported by the officers commanding these brigades, and
by the troops of which they were composed.
It is peculiarly incumbent upon the Lieutenant-General to notice
the vigorous attack made by the 2nd battalion of the 14th regiment
under _Lieutenant-Colonel Nicolls_, which drove the enemy out of
the village, of the left of which he had possessed himself.
The exertions of _Lieutenant-Colonel Murray_, Quarter-Master
General, and of the other officers of the General Staff, during the
action, were unremitted, and deserve every degree of approbation.
The illness of _Brigadier-General Clinton_, Adjutant-General,
unfortunately deprived the army of the benefit of his services.
The Lieutenant-General hopes the loss in point of numbers is not
so considerable as might have been expected: he laments, however,
the fall of the gallant soldiers and valuable officers who have
suffered.
The Lieutenant-General knows that it is impossible in any language
he can use to enhance the esteem, or diminish the regret, that the
Army feels with him for its late Commander. His career has been
unfortunately too limited for his country, but has been sufficient
for his own fame. Beloved by the Army, honoured by his Sovereign,
and respected by his country, he has terminated a life devoted to
her service by a glorious death, leaving his name as a memorial,
an example, and an excitement to those who shall follow him in the
path of honour, and it is from his country alone that his memory
can receive the tribute which is its due.
(Signed) JOHN HOPE,
Lieutenant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS.
Horse-Guards, 1st February, 1809.
The benefits derived to an army from the example of a distinguished
commander do not terminate at his death: his virtues live in the
recollection of his associates, and his fame remains the strongest
incentive to great and glorious actions.
In this view, the Commander-in-Chief, amidst the deep and universal
regret which the death of _Lieutenant-General_ SIR JOHN
MOORE has occasioned, recalls to the troops the military
career of that illustrious officer for their instruction and
imitation.
SIR JOHN MOORE from his youth embraced the profession
with the feelings and sentiments of a soldier;--he felt that a
perfect knowledge and an exact performance of the humble but
important duties of a subaltern officer are the best foundations
for subsequent military fame; and his ardent mind, while it looked
forward to those brilliant achievements for which it was formed,
applied itself, with energy and exemplary assiduity, to the duties
of that station.
In the school of regimental duty he obtained that correct knowledge
of his profession so essential to the proper direction of the
gallant spirit of the soldier; and he was enabled to establish a
characteristic order and regularity of conduct, because the troops
found in their leader a striking example of the discipline which he
enforced on others.
Having risen to command, he signalised his name in the West Indies,
in Holland, and in Egypt. The unremitting attention with which he
devoted himself to the duties of every branch of his profession
obtained him the confidence of _Sir Ralph Abercrombie_, and he
became the companion in arms of that illustrious officer, who fell
at the head of his victorious troops in an action which maintained
our national superiority over the arms of France.
Thus SIR JOHN MOORE at an early period obtained, with
general approbation, that conspicuous station in which he
gloriously terminated his useful and honourable life.
In a military character obtained amidst the dangers of climate,
the privations incident to service, and the sufferings of
repeated wounds, it is difficult to select any one point as a
preferable subject for praise: it exhibits, however, one feature
so particularly characteristic of the man, and so important to
the best interests of the service, that the Commander-in-Chief is
pleased to mark it with his peculiar approbation--
THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE WAS SPENT AMONG THE TROOPS.
During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care
and instruction of the officer and soldier; in war he courted
service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal
considerations, he esteemed that to which his country called him,
_the post of honour_, and by his undaunted spirit and unconquerable
perseverance, he pointed the way to victory.
His country, the object of his latest solicitude, will rear a
monument to his lamented memory, and the Commander-in-Chief feels
he is paying the best tribute to his fame by thus holding him forth
as an EXAMPLE to the ARMY.
By Order of His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief.
HARRY CALVERT,
Adjutant-General.
* * * * *
The following Regiments composed the Army under
Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, at Corunna, on the 16th
January, 1809.
_Corps._ _Commanding Officers._
7th Light Dragoons Lieut.-Col. Vivian
10th ---- ---- Lieut.-Col. Leigh
15th ---- ---- Lieut.-Col. Grant
18th ---- ---- Lieut.-Col. Jones
3rd ---- ----, K. G. L. Major Burgwesel
Artillery Col. Harding
Engineers Major Fletcher
Waggon Train Detachment Lieut.-Colonel Langley
1st Foot Guards, 1st battalion Lieut.-Col. Cocks
---- ---- ---- 3rd " Lieut.-Col. Wheatley
1st Foot, 3rd battalion Major Muller
2nd ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Iremonger
4th ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Wynch
5th ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Mackenzie
6th ---- 1st ditto Major Gordon
9th ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Cameron
14th ---- 2nd ditto Lieut.-Col. Nicolls
20th ---- Lieut.-Col. Ross
23rd ---- 2nd battalion Lieut.-Col. Wyatt
26th ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Maxwell
28th ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Belson
32nd ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Hinde
36th ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Burn
38th ---- 1st ditto { Lieut.-Col. Hon. Charles
{ Greville
42nd ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Stirling
43rd ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Gifford
2nd ditto Lieut.-Col. Hull
50th ---- 1st ditto Major Napier
51st ---- Lieut.-Col. Darling
52nd ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Barclay
---- 2nd ditto Lieut.-Col. John Ross
59th ---- 2nd ditto Lieut.-Col. Fane
60th ---- 2nd ditto Lieut.-Col. Codd
5th ditto Major Davy
71st ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Pack
76th ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Symes
79th ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Cameron
81st ---- 2nd ditto Major Williams
82nd ---- Major M'Donald
91st ---- 1st ditto Major Douglas
92nd ---- 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Napier
95th Rifle Regt., 1st ditto Lieut.-Col. Beckwith
2nd ditto Lieut.-Col. Wade
Staff Corps Detachments Lieut.-Col. Nicolay
1st Light Battalion, K. G. L. Lieut.-Col. Leonhard
2nd ---- ditto ditto Lieut.-Col. Halkett
D.
GENERAL ORDERS.
Horse Guards, 18th August, 1809.
The Commander-in-Chief has received the King's commands to notify
to the Army the splendid victory obtained by His Troops in Spain,
under the command of _Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable_
SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY, on the 27th and 28th of last month,
at the _Battle_ of TALAVERA DE LA REYNA.
His Majesty is confident that His Army will learn with becoming
exultation that the enemy, after escaping by a precipitate
retreat from the well-concerted attack with which SIR ARTHUR
WELLESLEY, in conjunction with the Spanish Army, had
threatened him on the 24th of July, concentrated his force, by
calling to his aid the corps under the French General Sebastiani
and the garrison of Madrid, and thus reinforced, again approached
the Allied Army on the 27th of July; and on this occasion, owing
to the local circumstances of its position, and to the deliberate
purpose of the enemy to direct his whole efforts against the
Troops of His Majesty, the British Army sustained nearly the whole
weight of this great contest, and has acquired the glory of having
vanquished a French army double their numbers, not in a short and
partial struggle, but in a battle obstinately contested on two
successive days, (not wholly discontinued even throughout the
intervening night,) and fought under circumstances which brought
both armies into close and repeated combat.
The King, in contemplating so glorious a display of the valour and
prowess of His Troops, has been graciously pleased to command that
his Royal approbation of the conduct of the Army serving under the
command of _Lieutenant-General_ SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY shall
be thus publicly declared in General Orders.
The Commander-in-Chief has received the King's commands to signify
in the most marked and special manner the sense His Majesty
entertains of _Lieutenant-General_ SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY'S
personal services on this memorable occasion, not less displayed
in the result of the battle itself than in the consummate ability,
valour, and military resource with which the many difficulties of
this arduous and protracted contest were met and provided for by
his experience and judgment.
The conduct of _Lieutenant-General Sherbrooke_, second in command,
has entitled him to the King's marked approbation. His Majesty has
observed with satisfaction the manner in which he led on the Troops
to the charge with the bayonet--a species of combat which, on all
occasions, so well accords with the dauntless character of British
soldiers.
His Majesty has noticed with the same gracious approbation the
conduct of the several General and other Officers--all have
done their duty; most of them have had occasions of eminently
distinguishing themselves, the instances of which have not escaped
His Majesty's attention.
It is His Majesty's command that His Royal approbation and thanks
shall be given in the most distinct and most particular manner
to the Non-Commissioned Officers and Private Men. In no instance
have they displayed with greater lustre their native valour and
characteristic energy; nor have they on any former occasion more
decidedly proved their superiority over the inveterate enemy of
their country.
Brilliant, however, as is the victory obtained at Talavera, it
is not solely on that occasion that _Lieutenant-General_ SIR
ARTHUR WELLESLEY and the Troops under his command, are
entitled to His Majesty's applause. The important service effected
in an early part of the campaign by the same Army, under the
command of the same distinguished General, by the rapid march on
the Douro, the passage of that river, the total discomfiture of the
enemy, and his expulsion from the territory of one of His Majesty's
ancient and most faithful Allies, are circumstances which have
made a lasting impression on His Majesty's mind; and have induced
His Majesty to direct, that the operations of this arduous and
eventful campaign shall be thus recorded, as furnishing splendid
examples of military skill, fortitude, perseverance, and of a
spirit of enterprise calculated to produce emulation in every part
of His Army, and largely to add to the renown and to the military
character of the British nation.
By Order of the Right Honourable GENERAL SIR DAVID DUNDAS,
Commander-in-Chief.
HARRY CALVERT,
Adjutant-General.
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The following Regiments were engaged at the Battle of
TALAVERA DE LA REYNA, on the 27th and 28th July, 1809:
viz.