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Notes to the General Officers.
134 Sir Henry King was at the siege of Porto Rico, and capture of Trinidad in 1797.
Whilst quartered at Marin, to windward of Martinique, he was ordered to proceed in a
small vessel to St.'Pierre, with a detachment of twenty-six men, to form a guard for the
governor, Sir Wm. Keppel; encountered a French privateer off the Diamond Rock, mount¬
ing four long nines, with seventy men on board, which after a sharp action of twenty
minutes, was beaten off with a loss of ten men killed and fifteen wounded, Sir Henry having
only one man killed, and himself wounded in the shoulder. Served the Egyptian campaign
of 1801, including the action at the landing at Aboukir Bay, siege of the castle, and actions
of the 21st March, and 9th May at Rahmanie, at which latter he commanded a squadron
of the 26th Light Dragoons, and lost his right leg. Expedition to Walcheren, and siege of
Flushing, 1809. Appointed Commandant of Tarifa in 1810, and for his services at its
defence his commission as Lieut.-Col. was antedated to the day of the assault, 31 Dec.
1811. Joined Lord Wellington’s army a few days after the battle of Salamanca ; com¬
manded the 82nd at the battle of Vittoria, and towards the close of the action the command
of the brigade devolved on him. Sir Henry has received the Egyptian medal, and a medal
for the battle of Yittoria.
135 Sir Evan J. M. MacGregor served at Cadiz, the latter part of 1810 and beginning of
1811, as Assistant-Adjutant-General, and subsequently in the East Indies in the same de¬
partment, and was severely wounded in the operations of the army under SirThos. Hislop,
27th Feb. 1818.
136 Sir Edward Gibbs commanded the 52nd regiment at Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and
Vittoria, and has received a medal and two clasps.
137 Sir George Napier has received a medal and a clasp for Martinique and Ciudad
Rodrigo, at which latter he led the storming party of the Light Division, and was severely
wounded (right arm amputated) in ascending the breach. Also severely wounded at Cazal
Nova, and slightly at Busaco.
138 Sir Charles Broke Vere served at the Helder, 1799 ; with the expedition to Hanover,
1805; to South America, 1807, including the attack on Buenos Ayres ; and subsequently in
the Peninsula, and has received a cross and five clasps for Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca,
Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. Served also the campaign of
1815, including the battle of Waterloo.
139 The Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham served in the Peninsula as an Assistant-Adjutant-
General, and has received a cross for Busaco, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, and Badajoz.
140 Sir John Harvey served in Holland in 1794 and 95 ; at the capture of the Cape of
Good Hope, 1796 ; in Egypt, 1801 ; campaigns in India, under Lord Lake, including the
siege of Bhurtpore, and the subsequent operations against the Mahratta chief, Holkar.
Served in the American war during the campaigns of 1813 and 14, and was wounded before
Fort Erie, 6th Aug. 1814. Medal for Chrystler’s Farm.
141 Sir Leonard Greenwell accompanied the expedition to South America, and was
present at the attack on Buenos Ayres, where he was severely wounded. Landed in Por¬
tugal, Aug. 1808, and served throughout the Peninsular war (except on two occasions when
absent in consequence of wounds) including the battle of Fuentes d’Onor, storm and cap¬
ture of Badajoz, battles of Salamanca, and Orthes. Sir Leonard has been shot through the
neck, the body, both arms, and wounded in one leg. Medal and two clasps.
142 Sir George Scovell served in the Peninsula as an Assistant-Quarter-Master-General,
and from 1813 in command of the Staff Corps of Cavalry. Served also the campaign of
1815, and was present at the battle of Waterloo. Sir George has received a cross and
one clasp for the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse.
143 Lord Downes served throughout the Peninsular war as an aide-de-camp to Sir John
Cradock, and afterwards to the Duke of Wellington. His lordship has received a cross and
a clasp for the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse; and was
wounded at Talavera.
144 Sir Robert Henry Dick commanded the 42nd Highlanders in the battles of Busaco,
Fuentes d’Onor, and Salamanca, for which he has received a medal and two clasps. Served
also the campaign of 1815, and was severely wounded at Quatre Bras.
145 Sir Neil Douglas served at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807 ; expedition to Sweden
in 1808, and subsequently to Portugal and Spain, including the battle of Corunna; expe¬
dition to Walcheren, and siege of Flushing, 1809 ; in the Peninsula from Dec. 1809 to Jan.
1811, and again from April, 1813, to the end of the war, including the siege of Cadiz, and
battles of Busaco (wounded through the left shoulder-joint by a ball, and by another in the
left arm), the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. Served also the campaign of 1815,
and was severely wounded through the knee by a ball, and contused from a ball hitting a
button, at Quatre Bras. Sir Neil has received a cross for the battles of the Pyrenees,
Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse.
146 Lord Tweeddale served in the Peninsula as an Assistant-Quarter-Master-General,
and has received a medal for the battle of Vittoria, and was slightly wounded at BusacO.
Served also in the American war, and was wounded.
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