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War Services of the Colonels.
during the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in Germany and France, and was present at the battles
of Lutzen 3rd May, Bautzen 20th and 21st May, Dresden 28th Aug., Leipzic 16th, 18th, and
19th Oct. 1813, Brienne 1st Feb., Fere Champenoise 25th March, and capture of Paris 31st
March 1814. In 1815 he was also employed in the same capacity at the head-quarters of the
Allied Army under Marshal Prince Schwartzenberg.
39 Sir George Couper was Assistant-engineer at Copenhagen; Captain in the 92nd with Sir
John Moore’s army in Sweden and Portugal; Aide-de-camp to Lord Dalhousie in Walcheren;
1st Aide-de-camp to Sir H. Clinton in the Peninsula in 1811 and 12, to Lord Dalhousie from
1812 to the end of the war, and was present in all the actions in which they commanded
Divisions during those periods. He was Assistant-Quarter-Master-General with the army in
the Gulf of Mexico in 1814-15. Sir George has received the War Medal with four Clasps for
Badajoz, Salamanca, Yittoria, and Pyrenees.
40 Colonel Richardson served with the Royal Horse Guards in Spain and France from Dec.
1813 to the end of the war in 1814, and has received the War Medal with one Clasp for Toulouse.
41 Colonel Martin served in the 23rd Light Dragoons at the battles of Talavera, on the 22nd,
27th, and 28th July 1809; also the campaign of 1815, including the battle of Quatre Bras,
retreat on the following day, and battle of Waterloo. He has received the War Medal with one
Clasp for Talavera.
42 Colonel Charles Wyndham served in the Peninsula with the 10th Hussars and was present
at the battles of Vittoria, Orthes, and Toulouse, for which he has received the War Medal with
three Clasps.
43 Colonel Payler served in Sicily in 1806 and 7; the campaign of 1808-9, under Sir John
Moore; and subsequently in the Peninsula under the Duke of Wellington, including the battle
of Fuentes d'Onor, siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, and battles of the Nivelle and Nive, for which he
has received the War Medal with four Clasps.
44 Sir Maxwell Wallace served the campaign of 1815, and was present in the action at
Quatre Bras, the retreat on the 17th June, and battle of Waterloo. On the 16th June 1815, ho
was appointed, by Major-General Baron Domberg, Orderly Officer, to assist his Brigade-
Major, Captain Robais; the General’s Aide-de-camp, Captain Krachenburg, being taken prisoner
the following day, he took Robais as Aide-de-camp, and named Captain Wallace, Acting-
Brigade-Major; and, Robais being killed on the 18tb, the Duke of Wellington confirmed
Captain Wallace on the Major-General’s recommendation.
45 Colonel the Honourable John Finch served the campaigns of 1813 and 14 with the 15th
Hussars, and was engaged at the battle of Vittoria (sabre wound), Orthes, and Toulouse, for
which he has received the War Medal with three Clasps. He was also present, although not
personally engaged, at the battles of the Pyrenees and the Nive. Accompanied Lord Comber-
mere to India as his Military Secretary, and was present at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore.
46 Colonel James Lindsay served on the expedition to Walcheren in 1809; at the defence of
Cadiz in 1811 ; the Peninsular campaigns of 1812 and 1813 ; the subsequent campaign in
Holland, under Lord Lynedoch, including the assault of Bergen-op-Zoom, at which he was
severely wounded.
47 Colonel Barlow served in India under Lord Lake, during the campaigns of 1803, 4, and 5,
and was present at the siege of Deig, battle of Futtyghur, siege of Bhuitpore, and battle of
Afzalghur. Served also at the captures of Bourbon and the Isle of France in 1810.
48 Colonel Moore served in the Peninsula with the 52nd and was present at the sieges of
Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, and St. Sebastian, and at the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle,
and Nive, for which he has received the War Medal with seven Clasps. He was also at the
repulse of the sortie from Bayonne as Aide-de-camp to Sir John Hope, and was severely
wounded and taken prisoner with that general. He served also the Waterloo campaign on the
staff of the Quarter-Master-General.
49 Sir Henry Floyd accompanied General Sir William H. Clinton to Sicily in 1811, and to
Spain in 1813, as his Aide-de-camp, and was present at the battles of Biar and Castalla, siege
and blockade of Tarragona, in conveying orders to Ordal, and subsequent blockade of Barcelona.
Served also the campaign of 1815, with the 10th Hussars, and was present at the battles of
Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and at the capture of Paris.
49* Colonel Keane served with the 23d on the expedition to the north of Germany in 1805 ;
in Portugal and Spain under Sir John Moore, including the retreat to, and the battle of, Corunna.
Served afterwards in the Peninsula with the 7th Hussars, and as Aide-de-camp to Sir Hussey
Vivian, from November 1813 to the end of the war in 1814, including the battles of the Nive,
Orthes, and Toulouse. Also the campaign of 1815 in the same capacity, and was present at
the battle of Waterloo and capture of Paris. He has received the War Medal with four Clasps
for Corunna, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.
50 Colonel William Cochrane landed with the first army in Portugal on the 3rd Aug. 1808, and
served in the Peninsula during the campaigns of 1808, 9, 10, 11, and part of 1812, including the
battles of Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, and Busaco, action of Redinha, siege of Olivenya, first
siege of Badajoz, siege of Ciudad Rodrigo. Served nearly two years in Canada during the
American war, as Aide-de-camp to the Governor-General and Commander of the forces,
Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost. He has received the War Medal with five Clasps.