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War Services of the General Officers.
Wellington, in 1815, and was present at the capture of Paris. Major-General D’Aguilar has
served 26 years on the General Staff, of which eight as Assistant-Adjutant-General at the Horse
Guards (principally under the Duke of York), and twelve as Adjutant-General of the array in
Ireland.
123 Major-General Cotton served in the Helder expedition, and was present at the actions of the
2nd and 6th Oct. 1799. Proceeded to the Peninsula in 1808, and served with the Spanish army.
124 Major-General Turner served the Egyptian campaign of 1801, including the actions of the 8th
and 13lh March, and was taken prisoner in a skirmish near Lake Mareotis, 18th March. Served also
at the capture of Martinique, in 1809. Medal for services in Egypt.
125 Major-General Burrell served at the capture of Guadaloupe, in 1810; and the campaign of
1814 in Upper Canada. Served also in China, and commanded the land force at the first capture of
Chusan, and a brigade at the attack upon Canton.
126 Major-General Ogilvie served in Hanover, in 1805-6. Also in Upper Canada, from March
1813 to the Peace : commanded the 8th at the surprise of the American Corps at Gages (severely
wounded), at the defeat of the Americans at Black Rock (severely wounded), siege of Fort Erie, and
various other affairs.
127 Major-General Aylmer served at the Helder in 1799, including the action of the 18th Sept.
Egyptian campaign of 1801; campaign of 1808-9 in Spain and Portugal, including the battles of
Roleia, Vimiera, and Corunna. Subsequently with the expedition to Walcheren.
128 Major-General Riddell served on the staff at the capture of Copenhagen in 1807 ; and subse*
quently on the eastern coast of Spain and at Genoa, under Lord William Bentinck.
129 Major-General Elrington’s services:—Campaigns in Holland from 1793 to Feb. 1795, includ¬
ing the attack on Famars and siege of Valenciennes. Carribean war of 1795 and 96. Siege and
storming of Monte Video, and attack on Buenos Ayres. Attack and capture of Ras-el-Kimah in
the Persian Gulf, in 1809. Commanded a field force at the reduction of Palampore, Deesa,
Kirjah, and Virampore, in 1817; and a brigade during the Pindaree war. Commanded a brigade
up the Persian Gulf, in 1819; also from Dec. 1824, throughout the Burmese war. Shot
through the body before Dunkirk, September 1793, and through the thigh at the island of St. Vincent
in July, 1796.
130 Major-General Vernon served the campaign of 1808-9 in the’Peninsula, as a Deputy-Assistant -
Adjutant-General. Subsequently in the same capacity with the Duke of Wellington’s army until
June 1811, and was present at the battle of Talavera. Served with the 2nd battalion 66th, at the
surprise of a French Division at Arroyo de Molino, and other operations, until the capture of Badajoz.
With the Queen’s at the reduction of the Forts and battle of Salamanca—slightly wounded early in the
day, and very severely at the close of the action, a ball having entered his breast and lodged near the
heart, after tearing along two ribs. Followed the army again at the expiration of three weeks, and
resumed the command of his regt. with which he served in the various operations preceding, during,
and subsequent to the siege of Burgos. Medal for Salamanca.
131 Sir James Hope served with the expedition to Hanover, in 1805-6 ; to Zealand, in 1807,
including the siege of Copenhagen ; to Sweden, in 1808 ; in Portugal and Spain, in 1808'—9,
including the action at Lugo and battle of Corunna. With the expedition to Walcheren, in 1809;
the Peninsular campaigns from 1810 to the end of that war in 1814, including the battle of Barrosa,
siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, covering the siege of Badajoz, affairs in front of Salamanca and at Osma,
battle of Vittoria, siege of San Sebastian, passages of the Bidassoa, Gave d’Oleron, and Gave de Pau ;
battles of the Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. Sir James has received a cross and a clasp for
the battles of Vittoria. Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse.
132 Sir Robert Harvey served as Assistant-Quarter-Master-General of the British and of the
Portuguese armies in Portugal, Spain, and France, from 1809 to the close of the war in 1814, and was
present at the battles of the passage of the Douro and Busaco, second siege of Badajoz, siege and
storm of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, battle of Salamanca, siege of Burgos, battles of Vittoria,
Pyrenees (slightly wounded), Nivelle, Nive, Orlhes, and Toulouse, besides numerous minor affairs.
From 1809 to 1811 he was employed in procuring intelligence of the enemy in advance of the army ;
in organizing nine Portuguese Guerilla Corps (the officers of which presented him with an elegant
sword in testimony of his services with them) ; and in resisting the attempt of the enemy’s passage of
the Tagus at Chamusca. From 1811 to 1814 he was the organ of communication between the Duke
of Wellington and the Portuguese troops. Medal for the battle of Orthes.
133 Sir Dudley Hill accompanied the 95th (Rifle Brigade) to South America, in 1806 ; volun¬
teered the Forlorn Hope at Monte Video, and led the storming party that scaled the walls of the
batteries at the south end of the fortress ; present also at the battle of Colonia, and at the attack on
Buenos Ayres, where he was wounded in the thigh and taken prisoner. Served afterwards the cam¬
paign of 1808—9, including the battle of Roleia (wounded in the leg), action at Benevente, and
retreat to Corunna. Returned to Portugal in the Rifle Brigade in 1809, and was present at the battle
of Talavera, action of the Coa, and all the different actions the Rifles were engaged in, until appointed
major in the Lusitanian Legion previous to the battle of Busaco, at which he commanded a wing of the
regiment and was wounded. Commanded half the regiment and the British Light Companies at the
battle of Fuentes d’Onor ; the 8th Capadores at the storming of Badajoz, and, unassisted, took the
strong fort of Pardaleras early on the night of the assault. Commanded the same battalion at the
battle of Salamanca, and was twice severely wounded in the breast and through the left arm. Assisted