HH. Remarkable instance of military talent exhibited both in II. Earl of Crawfurd, Colonel of the Highland Regiment lv KK. Dr Adam Ferguson, chaplain lvii TABLES. No. I. Returns of killed and wounded of the 42d regiment, from II. III. List of Names of Officers for the same period lviii IV. Return of killed and wounded during the Duke of Welling- ton's Campaigns in Portugal, Spain, France, and Flanders lxiii V. List of officers of the 78th regiment, from 1793 to 1820 lxviii VI. List of officers of the 79th regiment, from 1793 to 1820 lxx Number of men in the 78th regiment, from 1793 to 1820 lxxxiv MILITARY ANNALS OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS. HAVING Completed the details of the military service of the Forty-second regiment, from its original formation in 1739, down to the great and closing scene at the battle of Waterloo, I now proceed to give some account of the other Highland regiments, following the order of the dates at which they were embodied. The Black Watch may be considered, if I may say so, as the parent of all the succeeding Highland regiments, and the model on which they were formed. The natural consequence was, that the military service of this regiment has been connected with so many expeditions, battles, and campaigns, that, in the general narrative, much of the military service of other corps has necessarily been included. Hence, in the case of Fraser's and Montgomerie's of the Seven Years' War, Fraser's of the American, and Gordon's and Cameron's of the Late War, the duties of these corps were so frequently the same with those of the Forty-second regiment, that the notices under the head of each must necessarily be concise, as a more minute narration would only lead to tedious and unnecessary repetitions.-I now begin with Loudon's, the second Highland regiment raised in Scotland. ment. LOUDON'S HIGHLANDERS. 1745. THE loss of the battle of Fontenoy called for renewed and strenuous exertions on the part of the British GovernThe distinction which Lord John Murray's Highlanders had obtained in that well-contested action, their eminent services, "which were heard over all Britain," and the general good conduct of the soldiers, were now so fully acknowledged, that many national jealousies, formerly entertained with regard to the character of Highlanders, began to be considered as ill-founded and unjust. With a view, therefore, of adding more men of this description to the military force of the country, Government granted authority to the Earl of Loudon to raise a regiment in the Highlands, under the patronage of the noblemen, chiefs, and gentlemen of the country, whose sons and connections were to be appointed officers. By their influence, and by the confidence which the people reposed in their chiefs and landlords, it was expected that the young men would readily enlist in a corps in which all were to be of the same country, to wear the same garb, to speak the same language, and to possess the same habits. These expectations were well founded; for, in as short a time as the recruits could be collected from the more distant districts, 750 men were assembled at Inverness, and 500 at Perth, forming a battalion of twelve companies, with the following officers, whose commissions were dated the 8th of June 1745: Colonel, John Campbell, Earl of Loudon, died in 1782, a General in the army. Lieutenant-Colonel, John Campbell, (late Duke of Argyle,) died a Field-Marshal in 1806. |