[1] Journal of a French officer.
[2] Major in the Seventy-third, Lieut.-Colonel by “local” rank, dated
23rd May, 1781.
[3] The effective return of the regiment at this time was 29
officers, 934 sergeants, rank and file.
[4] On the 23rd of May, 1821, His Majesty King George IV was
graciously pleased to authorise the Seventy-first to bear on the
regimental colours and appointments the word “Hindoostan” in
commemoration of its distinguished services in the several actions in
which it had been engaged, while in India, between the years 1780 and
1797.
[5] The royal authority was subsequently granted for the
Seventy-first to bear the words “Cape of Good Hope” on the regimental
colours and appointments, to commemorate its distinguished gallantry
at the capture of that colony.
[6] The absurdly contradictory name of Glasgow Highland Light
Infantry has not been in use for many years.
[7] The correct number of rank and file wounded is not given.