HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY:

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT In 1777,

AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES To 1852.

COMPILED BY

RICHARD CANNON, Esq.,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS.

Illustrated with Plates.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE.

PUBLISHED BY PARKER, FURNIVALL, AND PARKER, 30, CHARING CROSS.

1852

THE SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR AND APPOINTMENTS

THE WORD “HINDOOSTAN,” IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES WHILE EMPLOYED IN INDIA FROM 1780 to 1797;

THE WORDS “CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,” FOR THE CAPTURE OF THAT COLONY IN JANUARY 1806;

THE WORDS “ROLEIA,” “VIMIERA,” “CORUNNA,” “FUENTES D’ONOR,” “ALMARAZ,” “VITTORIA,” “PYRENEES,” “NIVE,” “ORTHES,” AND “PENINSULA,” IN TESTIMONY OF ITS GALLANTRY IN THE SEVERAL ACTIONS FOUGHT DURING THE WAR IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, AND THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, FROM 1808 TO 1814;

AND THE WORD “WATERLOO,” IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES AT THAT BATTLE ON THE 18TH OF JUNE 1815.

THE

SEVENTY-FIRST REGIMENT,

HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY.