TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Some minor changes are noted at the end of the book.
HISTORICAL RECORDS
OF
THE BRITISH ARMY.
GENERAL ORDERS.
HORSE-GUARDS,
1st January, 1836.
His Majesty has been pleased to command,that, with a view of doing the fullest justice to Regiments,as well as to Individuals who have distinguishedthemselves by their Bravery in Action withthe Enemy, an Account of the Services of everyRegiment in the British Army shall be publishedunder the superintendence and direction of theAdjutant-General; and that this Account shall containthe following particulars, viz.,
—— The Period and Circumstances of the OriginalFormation of the Regiment; The Stations atwhich it has been from time to time employed; TheBattles, Sieges, and other Military Operations, inwhich it has been engaged, particularly specifyingany Achievement it may have performed, and theColours, Trophies, &c., it may have captured fromthe Enemy.
—— The Names of the Officers and the numberof Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, Killedor Wounded by the Enemy, specifying the Place andDate of the Action.
—— The Names of those Officers, who, in considerationof their Gallant Services and MeritoriousConduct in Engagements with the Enemy, have beendistinguished with Titles, Medals, or other Marks ofHis Majesty's gracious favour.
—— The Names of all such Officers, Non-CommissionedOfficers and Privates as may have speciallysignalized themselves in Action.
And,
—— The Badges and Devices which the Regimentmay have been permitted to bear, and the Causeson account of which such Badges or Devices, or anyother Marks of Distinction, have been granted.
By Command of the Right Honourable
GENERAL LORD HILL,
Commanding-in-Chief.
John Macdonald,
Adjutant-General.
PREFACE.
The character and credit of the British Army must chieflydepend upon the zeal and ardour, by which all who enterinto its service are animated, and consequently it is of thehighest importance that any measure calculated to excite thespirit of emulation, by which alone great and gallant actionsare achieved, should be adopted.
Nothing can more fully tend to the accomplishment ofthis desirable object, than a full display of the noble deedswith which the Military History of our country abounds.To hold forth these bright examples to the imitation of theyouthful soldier, and thus to incite him to emulate themeritorious conduct of those who have preceded him in theirhonourable career, are among the motives that have givenrise to the present publication.
The operations of the British Troops are, indeed, announcedin the "London Gazette," from whence they aretransferred into the public prints: the achievements of ourarmies are thus made known at the time of their occurrence,and receive the tribute