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Notes to the Captains.
1 Captain J. H. Adair served at the capture of Martinique and Les Saintes in 1809 ; of
Guadaloupe in 1810, and again in 1815.
2 Captain T. R. Agnew served the campaigns of 1808, 9, 12, and 13 in the Peninsula,
and was present at the capture of Oporto, battle of Talavera, and subsequent affairs ; also
at the battle of Yittoria, where his leg was so severely fractured as to require three separate
amputations of the thigh.
3 Sir James Alexander served with the armies in the field during the late Burman, Per¬
sian, Turkish, Portuguese, and Kaffir wars.
4 Captain Andros served the campaigns of 1814 and 15 in Ghuzerat and Kutch, and was
present at the capture of the forts of Joosin, Anjar, Khuncoote, Dhingee, and Dwarka.
Served also throughout the Mahratta campaigns of 1816, 17, and 18, including the battle
before, and subsequent capture of Poona, and the affair of Ashtee.
5 Captain Robert Armstrong served in the Peninsula, from July, 1809 to Jan. 1810, and
again from Oct. 1811 to Feb. 1814, including the battle of Talavera ; storming the forts, and
battle of Salamanca ; siege of Burgos, and blockade of Pampeluna.
6 Captain Atherton’s services :—Peninsula from 1810 to the end of the war, and was
present at the sieges of Cadiz and Tarifa. Deccan campaign of 1817 and 18. Expedition
to the Persian Gulf in 1819 and 20, including the siege of Ras-el-Khyma, &c. Burmese
war in 1825 and 6.
7 Captain Atkin served at Walcheren in 1809, and in the Peninsula from Dec. 1810 to
the end of the war, including the battle of Albuhera ; sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz ;
battle of Salamanca ; forts at Burgos and Madrid ; covering the retreat from Burgos ; battle
of Vittoria ; siege of San Sebastian ; action in the Pyrenees, and investment of Bayonne,
besides various affairs of minor importance. Wounded in crossing the Bidassoa, 7 Oct.
1813, and again before Bayonne, 28 Feb. 1814.
8 Captain G. Macleod Baynes served in the Peninsula, from Sept. 1812 to the end of the
war, including the battles of the Pyrenees (30th July), Nivelle, and Toulouse. Served also
at Quatre Bras and Waterloo.
9 Captain Beavan served in the Peninsula, from March 1813, to the end of the war, and
was present at the investment of Bayonne.
10 Captain Berington served at Walcheren in 1809.
11 Captain George Birch served at the siege of Flushing in 1809.
12 Captain James Birch served at the siege of Cadiz.
13 Captain Blagrave served with expeditions to Guiberon Bay, 1795, and to the
Helder in 1799.
14 Captain Bland served in the Mahratta war, including the captures of Nagpore and
Asseerghur. Commanded two companies of the Royals at the taking of the Hill Forts in
Candeish. Received a contusion on the head from a matchlock ball in Nullyghaum, and
was severely wounded in the leg at Asseerghur.
15 Captain Blennerhasset served at Guatre Bras and Waterloo 16th, 17th, and 18th
June. Also in Ava in 1825.
16 Captain Boardman served at the capture of the French West India Islands in 1809,
and in 1815.
17 Captain Boyes served in the American war, and was present in the actions at Bladens-
burg, Baltimore, and New Orleans.
18 Captain Brereton (as a volunteer with the 63d regiment), was present in every action
and service with the corps throughout the campaign of 1799 in North Holland. Present at
the sieges and capture of Ter Vere, and Flushing, in Walcheren in 1809. Also at the
capture of Guadaloupe in 1815, including the assault of the heights of Baliffe (wounded)
and Boulogne, and the fortified position of Morne Honnell. Severely wounded at Egmont-
op-Zee, 6th Oct. 1799, and slightly at Ferrol, 1800.
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