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28 War Services of the General Officers.
pedition, in 1807. Served also with the expedition to Sweden, and in Portugal and Spain
under Sir John Moore, and suhsequently in the Peninsula under the Duke of Wellington.
Medal for the battle of Busaco, where he commanded the 52nd.
86 Sir Robert Arbutljnot served in Ireland during the rebellion, in 1798, including the
battle of Ballynahinch ; qt the captur^e of the Ca])e of Good Hope, in 1806 ; with the expe-
diton to South America, in 1807 (taken prisoner) ; in the Peninsula, from 1808 to the end
of that war in 1814, wilh the exception of the first part of 1813, and has received a cross
and three clasps for Busaco, Albuhera, Badajoz, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. In¬
dependent of the above, he was personally engaged at the battle of Corunna, the siege and
storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, and in a great many operations of less importance. Served
also the campaign of 1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo.
87 Lieut.-General L'Estrange commanded the 31st at the battle of Albuhera, and has
received a medal.
88 Sir Thomas Pearson served at the Helder, in 1799, including the actions of the 27th
Aug., 2nd and 6th October; with the expedition to the Ferrol, in 1800 ; the Kgyptian cam¬
paign of 1801, including the storming of the heights of Aboukir (severely wounded in the
thigh), and actions of the 13th and 21st March. Siege and capture of Copenhagen, in 1807;
capture of Martinique, in 1809; Peninsular campaigns during the latter part of 1810 and
1811, including the first siege of Badajoz, battle of Albuhera, and action at Fuentes Gui-
naldo, at which last he received a severe wound which shattered the thigh-bone. Served
also throughout the American war, including the action at Chrystler's Farm, attack and cap¬
ture of Oswego, actions at Chippewa and Lundy's Lane (wounded in the arm), siege of
Fort Erie, where he was dangerously wounded by a rifle-ball in the head in an attack made
by the Americans on the British position. Medal and a clasp for the battles of Albuhera
and Chrystler's Farm.
89 Sir Dugald Gilmour's services :—Expedition to Quiheron Bay, in 1795 ; taking of the
colonies of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice, inl796 ; campaign of 17 99, in Holland, under
the Duke of York, including the battles of Bergen, and on the 2nd and 6th Oct. at Castri-
cum, where he was severely wounded in the head, and taken prisoner. In May 1805 he was
promoted to a Majority in the 95th (Rifle Brigade), and served wilh it at the investment of
Copenhagen, the battle of Kioge, and the march through Zealand, until the surrender of the
town. \Vent in command of three companies of the 1st battaliou Rifle Brigade under Sir
John Moore, to Sweden ; from whence he joined Sir Arthur Wellesley's army near Vimiera,
shortly after the battle. On the retreat from Salamanca he was on the rear-guard the whole
way, almost constantly engaged with the enemy, and at Calcavellas lost, out of a picquet of
300 men, one officer and one serjeant-major killed, and nearly ninety men taken prisoners or
killed. At the battle of Corunna he commanded the left wing of his regiment on the right
of our line. In June 1809 he returned to Portugal with the 1st battalion of the Rifle Bri¬
gade, and arrived at Talavera early in the morning of the day the enemy retired, and was
engaged with his skirmishers. In 1809 marched to Almeida, and was with the advanced
guard on the Coa and Agueda, during the siege of Ciudad Kodrigo by Massena, from which
period he commanded his regiment. On the rear-guard at the passage of the Coa near
Almeida, on the retreat, when the regiment suffered a severe loss in defending the bridge.
Skirmishes before and battle of Busaco, and from thence to the Lines. In the retreat of
Massena, in 1811, he was engaged in the different actions at Pomhal, Redinha, Sabugal, and
Foz d'Arouce ; battle of Fuentes d'Onor, and action of Guinaldo. Rejoined his regiment
in Aug. 1813 at Lesaca, in the Pyrenees (having been sent to England by a board of health),
and was engaged in the ditt'erenl skirmishes in the mountains ; at the passages of the Bidas-
soa, Nivelle, JVive, and the vicinity of Bayonne ; actions at Vic Bigorre and Tarbes, and
finally at the battle of Toulouse. Sir Dugald has received a cross for the battles of Busaco,
Fuentes d'Onor, Nive, and 1'oulouse.
90 Sir Gregory Way served at the siege of Valetta and capture of Malta, in 1800; em¬
barked with the expedition to Hanover, in 1805 ; was shipwrecked on the Dutch coast and
taken prisoner. Proceeded with the expedition to South America, and commanded the right
wing of the Infantry Brigade at the storming of Buenos Ayres. Served under Sir Brent
Spencer off Cadiz, and from thence joined the army under the Duke of Wellington ; present
at the battle of Roleia, actions of the lOth, 11th and 12th May, at and near Oporto, passage
of the Douro, battles of Talavera and Albuhera, (severely wounded in the left arm by a mus¬
ket-shot), at which last he succeeded to the command of the 29th, and has received a medal.
91 Sir Wm. Macbean served in Ireland during the rebellion, in 1798, including the
action at Vinegar Hill and capture of Wexford. Landed with the army in Portugal in Aug.
1808, and served throughout the Peninsular war, including the battles of Roleia, Vimiera,
Corunna, Busaco, and Salamanca ; siege, assault, and capture of San Sebastian, jiassages of
the Bidassoa, Nivelle, and Nive ; and investment of Bayonne, at which last he was severely
wounded, as also in opposing a French division on its advance to Lamego, in 1810. Sir
William has received a cross for Busaco, Salamanca, San Sebastian, and the Nive.
92 Sir Parker Carrol served in Holland, in 1796 ; and with the expedition to South
America, in 1807, including the storming of Buenos Ayres. Served with the Spanish army
from 1808 to the end of the war in 1814, and was personally engaged with the enemy, lu