James Murray.
Thus had the army which landed so proudly two days before been
disastrously repulsed, with a loss in killed and wounded and
missing of nineteen hundred and forty-four officers and men. In his
report of July 12, 1758, Abercrombie gives the casualty of the 42nd
as follows:
“Killed--Capt. Lt. John Campbell; Lts. George Farquharson, Hugh
McPherson, William Bailey, John Sutherland; Ensigns Peter Stewart
and George Rattray.
Wounded--Major Duncan Campbell; Captains Gordon Graham, Thomas
Graeme, John Campbell, James Stewart, James Murray; Lieutenants
William Grant, Robert Gray, John Campbell, James Grant, John
Graham, Alexander Campbell, Alexander McIntosh, Archibald
Campbell, David Mill,[25] Patrick Balnevis; Ensigns John Smith
and Peter Grant.
Summary--1 major wounded, captains 1 killed, 4 wounded;
lieutenants 4 killed, 11 wounded; ensigns 2 killed, 2 wounded;
adjutants 1 wounded; quarter master 1 wounded; sergeants 6
killed, 13 wounded, rank and file 190 killed, 265 wounded.”
Stewart of Garth writes as follows:
“Of these the 42nd regiment had 8 officers, 9 serjeants, and
297 men killed, and 17 officers, 10 serjeants, and 306 soldiers
wounded. The officers were, Major Duncan Campbell of Inverawe,
Captain John Campbell, Lieutenants George Farquharson, Hugh
McPherson, William Baillie, and John Sutherland; Ensigns Patrick
Stewart of Bonskied and George Rattray killed; Captains Gordon
Graham, Thomas Graham of Duchray, John Campbell of Strachur,
James Stewart of Urrad, James Murray (afterward General);
Lieutenants James Grant, Robert Gray, John Campbell, William
Grant, John Graham, brother of Duchray, Alexander Campbell,
Alexander Mackintosh, Archibald Campbell, David Miller, Patrick
Balneaves; and Ensigns John Smith and Peter Grant, wounded.”