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20 War Services of the General Officers.
army until Juno 1811, and was present at the battle of Talavera. Served with the 2nd bat¬
talion 06th, at the surprise of a French division at Arroyo do Molino, and other operations,
until the capture of Badajoz. With tho Queen's at the reduction of the Forts and battle of
Salamanca—slightly wounded early in the day, and very severely at the close of the action, a
ball having entered his breast and lodged near the heart, after tearing along two ribs. Fol-
lowed the army again at the expiration of three weeks, and resumed the command of his
regiment, with which he served in the various operations preceding, during, and subsequent to
tho siege of Burgos. He has received the gold Medal for Salamanca, and the silver War Medal
with one clasp for Talavera.
14 Sir Adolphus Johnf Dalrymple served as Aide-de-Camp to Sir James Craig in the Eastern
District, Malta, Naples, and Sicily, from July 1803 to May 1806, and as Military Secretary
to Sir Hew Dalrymple in Portugal in 1808.
16 Lieut.-Generul Aldred served in the 66th Kegt. during the war at the Cape of Good
Hope and West Indiei.
20 Lieut.-General Wright's services:—Engaged in most of Lord Nelson's attacks on Rota
and Cadiz in 1797; battle of the Nile; campaign of Naples in 1799 ; surrender of Ovo and Novo,
Fort St. Elmo, Capua, and Guata; cutting out of the Guiep at Vigo ; Egypt in 1801; and battle
of Algiers in 1816. Has received the Gold Medal for Egypt and the Silver War Medal with
four Clasps.
24 Sir Duncan M'Gregor was actively employed in Sicily and Italy in 1806, including the
skirmishes at St. Euphemie, battle of Maida, attack on Scylla Castle, and capture of Catrone.
Campaign of 1807 in Egypt, including the attack* in the Desert, and siege of Bosetta. Cam¬
paign in Holland in 1809, including the attacks and captures of Ter Vere and Flushing. Cam¬
paigns in the Peninsula during part of 1813 and 14. Capture of Corsica in May 1814.
Wounded through the right shoulder by a musket-shot at Maida, for which battle he has
received the War Medal with one Clasp.
29 Lord Hotham served in the Peninsula with the Coldstream Guards from April 1812 to
Feb. 1814, with the exception of a short absence in consequence of a wound received at the
battle of Salamanca. Served also the campaign of 1815, and was prpsent atthe battle of Waterloo.
He has received the War Medal with four Clasps for Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle, and Nive.
33 Sir Wm. Robert Clayton accompanied his regiment, the Royal Horse Guards, to the
Peninsula in Oct. 1812, and commanded a squadron at the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, and
at the period when Marshal Soult attempted to relieve Pampeluna. In 1815 again accompanied
his regiment to the Netherlands, and was at the battles of Quatre Bras, Genappe, and Waterloo.
He haa received the War Medal with one Clasp for Vittoria.
36 Major-General John Drummond served in the Peninsula with the Coldstream Guards
from January 1813 to the end of that war in 1814, and was present at the battle of Vittoria,
the crossing of the Bidassoa, capture of St. Jean de Luz, battles of Nivelle and Nive, the
investment of Bayonne and repulse of the sortie, and has received the War Medal with three
Clasps ; served also with the army of occupation in France.
39 Major-General Buckley served in the Peninsula with the Grenadier Guards, from March
1813 to the end of that war in 1814, including the passage of the Bidassoa, battle of the Nivelle,
and investment of Bayonne. Served also the campaign of 1815, and was present at the battles
of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and taking of Peronne. He has received the War Medal with
two Clasps for Nivelle and Nive.
41 Major-General Byam served the campaigns of 1812, 13, 14, and 15, including the battles
of Salamanca, Vittoria, Orthes, and Waterloo, besides minor affairs. Severely wounded by a
grape-shot while carrying the regimental colour of the 38th at Salamanca, and slightly
wounded at Waterloo. He has received the War Medal with three Clasps. IMajor-General
Byam's first commission was an ensigncy in the 38th, with which Regt. he served two cam¬
paigns: all his other commissions and the rest of his service was in the 15th Hussars.
42 Sir John Rowland Eustace served in Upper Canada the campaigns of 1813 and 1814,
in command of a troop of the 19th Light Dragoons attached to the division of the army under
the immediate command of Gtneral Sir Gordon Drummond, and was engaged in the battle
of Landy's Lane near the Falls of Niagara on the 23d of July 1814, and commanded the whole of
the cavalry outposts and piquets during the siege, was present at the storming of Fort Erie,
and had the honour to be personally mentioned in the general orders of 1814 upon three diflFerent
occasions. Accompanied the 1st battalion of the Grenadier Guards to Lower Canada in 1838,
and was present with his regiment in the advance upon Napierville, and in the subsequent pur¬
suit of the insurgents.
43 Major-General Berkeley Drummond served in the 3rd Guards, the campaign of 1814 in
Holland, including the storming of Bergen-op-Zoom. Also the campaign of 1815, including the
battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
44 Sir Edward Cast joined the Duke of Wellington's army prior to the advance from Por¬
tugal in 1811, and continued with it up to the cantonments on the Adour in 1813, having been

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