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IVar Services of the Officers of the Royal Marines.
20 Lieut.-Col. Burton served in the Baltic, coast of Spain, and West Indies, in 1801 and 2 ;
North Sea and West Indies in 1803, 4, and 5; in the North Sea, and wrecked in the West
Indies, in H.M.S. Astrea, in 1808; Adjutant 2nd battalion on the coast of Spain in 1812 and
13, and during the whole of the campaigns in America in 1813 and 14; has been frequently
engaged with the enemy in boat affairs.
22 Lieut.-Col. Pilcher served with the boats of the British fleet, in 1801, in their occasional
attack of the Spanish gun-boats and vessels off Cadiz. In 1803, served in His Majesty’s
Ship, Raisonable,ia the North Sea; 1804, attack of the gun-boats and batteries at Boulogne;
July 22, 1805, in the general action and defeat of the combined fleets of France and Spain.
In August following, in action with La Topaze, French frigate. January 1806, landed with
a battalion of Marines at the attack and capture of the Cape of Good Hope. In June fol¬
lowing, with the same battalion, at the attack and defeat of the Spanish troops on the road
to Buenos Ayres, and at the capture of that city : in August following, at the defence of
that city against the Spanish forces, after three days’ action, taken prisoner, with the rest
of the British. 1811, served in the North Sea, in attacks with the Danish gun-boats.
1813 and 1814, off the coast of France and America. Appointed to the 2d batalion of
Royal Marines, and was at the attack of the American army and its defeat on the road to
Baltimore, when Maj.-Gen. Ross was killed. At the attack of the American troops at
Farnham church: commanded upon this occasion the advance, consisting of small detach¬
ments of the 21st, 44th, and 85th regts. and marines. In 1815, was at the attack of the
American Rifle force near Point a Petie, and the capture of that fort in West Florida.
From 1819 to 1821, served in His Majesty’s Ship, Vigo, at St. Helena, during the last nine
months of Buonaparte’s life, and assisted with the marines at his interment.
23 Lieut.-Col. Ballingall prior to entering the Royal Marines, served as a Midshipman at
Copenhagen in 1801; landed at Vimiera, 21 Aug., 1808; was a volunteer in the boats of the
Resistance at the boarding and carrying La Mouche, French man-of-war schooner, under
a constant fire of grape and musquetry; the commander fell by the hand of Capt. B. 26
Feb. 1809. Served as a volunteer at the cutting out of frar French luggers laden with sup¬
plies for the French army, from the harbour of Santa Clara, north coast of Spain, on the
night of the 27th Feb. 1809, under a galling fire of musquetry, and defended by two bat¬
teries which commanded the entrance; landed at the head of the Marines from the Resist¬
ance, carried a battery of four guns ; and assisted in the capture and blowing up of a French
man-of-war schooner, and destroyed her convoy, laden with supplies for the French army',
10th March, 1809 ; was subsequently at the siege of Cadiz ; and in 1832 in the castles of
Naupoli de Romania, with an allied garrison during an attack on that city'.
24 Lieut.-Col. Bunce served at the blockade of Brest, &c. during 1803, 4, 5, and 6. In
1810, served under Gen. Abercrombie and Admiral Birtie, at the capture of the Isle of France.
In 1813, 14, and 15, served on hoard His Majesty’s Ship Rhine in the West Indies, and
was repeatedly employed in the boats of said ship in capturing American privateers and
pirates.
25 Lieut.-Col. Hewes served on board the Rainbow, of 24 guns in the West Indies, and
was in a severe action with La Nereide, French frigate of 44 guns, off Cape Tiberon, and
beat her off; employed on the coast of Catalonia and Corsica, and present at the cutting
out La Paix, Genoese vessel armed with four guns, and moored to the batteries at Ger-
aglio, near Cape Corse ; he was at the attack on Leghorn in 1813, by Sir Josias Rowley,
and present at the capture of Genoa by Lord Wm. Bentinck.
26 Major Campbell served at Walcheren in 1809. Shipwrecked in H. M. S. Rcedalus,
off Ceylon, in 1813.
27 Major Coryton served at the battle of Trafalgar, and was subsequently engaged
with the enemy on various occasions, in the course of which service he has been several
times wounded.
29 Major Wilson served in the battle of Trafalgar, and was sent with a guard on board
the Ildefonzo (a Spanish ship of the line), and while he was thus situated the Ildefonzo was
separated from the fleet and driven near to Cadiz; and, notwithstanding the circumstance of
but thirty Englishmen being then on hoard, and Lieutenant Wilson the only commissioned
English officer with five hundred Spaniards, the prize was nevertheless one of the four pre¬
served for His Majesty’s service. He served at the reduction of Les Saintes Islands in the
West Indies ; in the expedition to Walcheren ; at the siege of Cadiz; in Portugal in 1810
and 11; in the action between the Macedonian and United States, and in the expedition
against New Orleans; and he was one of the only two surviving officers from the wreck
of the Boreas frigate. Served as adjutant of the Chatham Division.
30 Major Mercer assisted at the destruction of the French squadron in Basque Roads.
He was repeatedly landed on the North Coast of Spain in 1810, co-operating with the
Patriots. In 1812, while embarked on board H. M. S. Java, he was engaged with and
captured by the United States frigate Constitution.