Note 13 — HISTORICAL RECORD
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Sir Ralph Abercromby entertained a high opinion of the Fourteenth; in the West Indies he always landed with the flank companies, and the regiment furnished a corporal's guard at his quarters. When he was appointed to the command of the troops in the Mediterranean, with whom he proceeded to Egypt, he wrote to Captain Graves, stating, "I regret extremely that I cannot take you with me, as I intended, having found all my staff appointed when I got to London." He afterwards added, with great pleasantry, "I also greatly regret that the Fourteenth are not on the expedition, as I do not think any service can go on well without them."