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War Services of the General Officers who are not Colonels of Regiments.
1 General the Honourable Frederick St. John served throughout the rebellion in Ireland, in 1798.
Also, the two campaigns against the Mahrattas, as second in command under Lord Lake, including
seven sieges and two general actions.
2 His Majesty the King of the Netherlands served in the Peninsula from 1811 to the end of that
war in 1814, the principal part of which period as extra Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Wellington,
and was present at the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, and battles of Salamanca, Vittoria,
Pyrenees, and Nivelle, for which his Majesty has received a cross and two clasps. Commanded the
Dutch troops in the campaign of 1815; and the first corps d’armfie of the Duke of Wellington’s
forces, at the battle of Waterloo, and was shot through the left shoulder at the close of that action,
having, also, been present in the preceding engagements.
3 Sir George Cockburn served at Gibraltar during the siege of 1782, as Aide-de-Camp to Lord
Heathfield.
4 General Dunne served in Ireland during the rebellion, in 1798.
5 Sir Alexander Mackenzie served with Lord Moira’s army on the expedition for the relief of Ostend,
in 1794; as second in command at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope, in 1795 ; in command of a
division on the expedition against Naples, in 1808; and afterwards in command of the army in the
two Calabrias.
6 Lord Cork served in Flanders, in 1793, and was present at the sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk,
at the former of which he was one of the storming party. In 1794 he accompanied the expedition
under Lord Moira ; was present at the battle of Alost, and made prisoner at the capitulation of Bergen.
op-Zoom. Served with the Guards in Holland, in 1799. Commanded the first battalion of the
Coldstream Guards in Egypt, in 1801, and was present at the taking of Alexandria, and in the
different engagements with the army under Sir Eyre Coote, to the westward of Alexandria.
7 Sir Martin Hunter served in the first American war, including the battle of Bunker’s Hill,
Brooklyn, and Brandywine; storming the heights of Fort Washington, and the night attack on General
Wayne’s brigade, on which occasion he was wounded. Served afterwards in the East Indies, and
commanded the 52nd at the sieges of Cannanore (commanded a corps of light infantry that stormed the
breach), Pollighautcherry, and Bangalore; battle near Seringapatam, storming of the fort of Savan-
droog, the night attack on Tippoo’s intrenched camp under the walls of Seringapalam, where he was
wounded in the body and arm. In 1797 he commanded a brigade at the capture of Trinidad, and at
the siege of Porto Rico. At the blockade of Malta in 1800, he commanded the 48th regiment.
9 Lord Lorton served with the 58th as a marine on board the Vengeance 74. Went out with Sir
Charles Grey’s expedition to the West Indies, in 1793, and served in the 1st battalion of Grenadiers,
under the command of the late Duke of Kent, at the captures of Martinique, St. Lucia, and Guada-
loupe : on the conclusion of the campaign rejoined the 58th at Martinique. In about six weeks fol¬
lowing, in consequence of a French force having retaken Grande Terre, he was ordered with the
Grenadiers again to Guadaloupe, and was engaged in the several actions of that second campaign : in
covering the retreat of the troops from Point-a-Pitre, was struck by a spent ball, which was the occa¬
sion of a handsome compliment from Sir Charles Grey in front of the Grenadiers, while inspecting the
remains of the army on the afternoon of that fatal day, as in fact he was a volunteer on this second
expedition, having pieviously received permission from Sir Charles to return to Europe in consequence
of promotion. During the night the troops were re-embarked, he commanded an advanced position
close to the French lines while the operation was in progress. Served also during the rebellion in Ire¬
land, in 1798, at Vinegar Hill, &c., and subsequently as a Brigadier-General in the Western District.
10 General George Michell served in Flanders in 1793, 94, and 95, in command of the 11th
Dragoons, including the actions from Tournay to Bremen, the sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk,
and the actions at Famars, Cateau, Thuyl, and Geldermalsen.
11 General M'Kenzie served the campaign of 1794 on the Continent, including the several actions
between the Waal and Rhine, forcing the enemy from St. Andrfi, sortie from Nimeguen, and the
actions at Thuyl and Geldermalsen. Served also on the eastern coast of Spain under Sir Wm. Henry
Clinton.
12 General John Michel served at the siege of Fort St. Philip, in Minorca, and was taken prisoner
on its surrender.
13 General Robertson embarked with his regiment for India in January 1779; and, in 1781, he
was present at the sieges of Tripassore and Chittore, and the battles of Porto Novo, Pernambaccum,
and Shoolingen ; in 1782, the battles near Vellore and at Arnes, besides several skirmishes; in 1783,
the battle and storming of the French lines, works, and redoubts before Cuddalore; in 1790, siege of
Polighautcherry; in 1791, actions of the 5th and 17th of March before Bangalore, together with its
siege and storm ; siege and storm of Nundy Droog and Savan Droog; in 1792, battle and storming of
Tippoo’s lines, works, and redoubts before Seringapatam, 6th February, and its siege; the storming of
his horse camp, 18th February ; in 1793, siege and capture of Pondicherry.
14 General Wood served as a Major-General on the staff in the East Indies, and was actively em¬
ployed in the Nepaul war.
15 General White was appointed, in 1793, Brigade-Major to the Guards employed in the campaigns
in Flanders, and was present at the sieges of Valenciennes and Dunkirk, and at the action and
storming of Lincelles.