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Notes to the General Officers.
of Ischia, June, 1809. Peninsula, from 1812 to the end of the war, including the battle of
Castella, at which he commanded a brigade.
84 Major -General Palmer served in the Peninsula with the 10th Hussars.
85 Major-General Ellice served with the expedition to South America, and was present
at the capture of Buenos Ayres.
86 Sir Maurice O’Connell served at Dominica, and commanded the Light Company of
the 46th regiment at Roseau, 22nd Feb. 1805, and successfully resisted the repeated attacks
of a very superior French force.
87 Major-General Gordon was at the siege of Pondicherry, battle of Argaum, sieges of
Asseerghur, Gawilghur, and various other hill forts. Served also at Walcheren, 1809.
88 Sir James Macdonell served with the expedition to Naples and Calabria in 1805 and 6,
including the battle of Maida, for which he has received a medal. Served afterwards in
Portugal, Spain, France, and Flanders.
89 Sir Andrew Pilkington served on board the Channel Fleet in 1793 and 94 ; com¬
manded a company of the Queen’s Royals on board the Royal George, in Lord Howe’s
action of 1st June, 1794, and received two splinter wounds. Employed in the West Indies
in 1795, 6, and 7, including the capture of Trinidad. Rebellion in Ireland, 1798. Expe¬
ditions to the Helder, 1799, and 1805. In 1814, commanded a brigade at the reduction
of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay. On passage to India in 1800, he was severely
wounded in the defence of the Kent East Indiaman against a large French privateer.
90 Major-General Bethune served in Holland in 1799, and was severely wounded in the
lungs at the battle of Alkmaar. Served on board the Bellona at Copenhagen, under Lord
Nelson, and received a wound from a cannon-shot, which lacerated his lower jaw.
91 Sir John Gardiner served in Lord Moira’s expedition in Flanders and Holland in
1794 and 95. Actively employed in the West Indies, from 1795 to 1802. Accompanied
the expedition to Walcheren in 1809. Served in the Peninsula during 1813 and 14, and
commanded a brigade at the battles of the Nivelle and Orthes, for which he has received a
medal and a clasp. Commanded the Infantry Brigade that took possession of Bourdeaux,
and in the various operations which took place in the neighbourhood of that town, until
the embarkation of the army for America.
92 Major-General Middlemore served in the Peninsula with the 48th regiment, and has
received a medal for the battle of Talavera.
93 Sir Wm. G. Davy commanded the 5th battalion of the 60th regiment at the battles of
Roleia, Yimiera, and Talavera, and has received a medal and a clasp.
94 Sir Charles Wm. Maxwell served on the Western Coast of Africa in 1809, and reduced
the French colony of Senegal.
95 Major-General Mark Napier served on the coast of France in 1794 and 95. Six
years in the Mediterranean ; at Minorca and in Egypt present with his regiment in action.
In the West Indies several years, and commanded the 90th regiment at the capture of
Guadaloupe, for which he has received a medal.
96 Major-General Wardlaw commanded the 76th regiment at the battle of the Nive, for
which he has received a medal.
97 Major-General Yates served in Egypt in 1801, and has received the Egyptian
medal.
98 Sir James Kearney served at Walcheren in 1809.
99 Major-General Owen’s services: — Capture of Martinique, St. Lucia, and Guada¬
loupe in 1794; at the repulse of the enemy’s attack at Berville, in Guadaloupe, he was
severely wounded. Rebellion in Ireland, 1798. Campaign of 1799 in Holland.
100 Sir John F. Fitz Gerald commanded a light battalion and a brigade in the Peninsula,
and lias received a cross for Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, and the Pyrenees.
101 Major-General Shortall served on the Continent under the Duke of York, in
1794 and 95.
102 Major-General Wm. Stewart served in the Peninsula, and has received a medal for
the battle of Albuhera.
103 Sir Wm. C. Eustace commanded the Chasseurs Brittaniques at the battles of Fuentes
d’Onor and Salamanca, and has received a medal and a clasp.
104 Lord Greenock served in the Helder expedition, 1799 ; in Naples and Sicily, 1805
and 6 ; at Walcheren, including the siege of Flushing, 1809 ; in the Peninsula, including
the battles of Barrosa, Salamanca, and Yittoria, for which he has received a medal and two
clasps ; and in the Netherlands and France, in 1815, including the battle of Waterloo.
105 Major-General Effingham Lindsay was actively employed at St. Domingo in 1793
and 94. Served the campaigns of 1803, 4, and 5 in India under Lord Lake ; commanded
the column which captured by assault the fort of Deig, where he was wounded ; and com¬
manded the right column of attack against Bhurtpore, and was severely wounded.
106 Sir Alexander Leith served in Holland in 1799, and was severely wounded and lost
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