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War Services of th,e Colonels.
Ciudad Rodrigo, where he led the forlorn hope of the light division, as also at the storming of Fort Re-
naud ; battles of Vittoria, Salamanca, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, and Toulouse. Served also the campaign of
1815, and was severely wounded at the battle of Waterloo : severely wounded also at Sabugal, and
slightly at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo.
135 Sir Henry Wyatt served the campaigns of 1814 and 15, with the 1st Life Guards, and was
present at the battle of Toulouse, and capture of Paris.
136 Colonel Fraser served in the Peninsula with the 24th from June 1809 to June 1813, including
the battles of Busaco and Fuentes d’Onor, siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, battle of Salamanca, and siege of
Burgos, where he was at the taking of the Horn Work, 19th Sept, and led the storming party to the
breach formed by the mine on the 4th Oct. Employed in the field throughout the whole of the Kan-
dian rebellion in Ceylon, in 1817 and 18, as Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the Forces.
136* Colonel King embarked with the 11th Dragoons for the Peninsula in 1811, and was severely
wounded, (right arm amputated) in the action of El Bodon, and returned to England in consequence.
Proceeded again to the Peninsula the latter part of 1813, with the 16th Lancers, and remained until
the end of the war. Served also the campaign of 1815, including the battles of Quatre Bras and
Waterloo. Joined the 16th Lancers in India, in 1823, and served as Major during the campaign at
Bhurtpore.
137 Colonel Roberts served in the Peninsula from May 1810 to Oct. 1812, and again from May
1813 to the end of that war in 1814, including the defence of Cadiz, battle of Barrosa, and capture of
Seville. Medal for Barrosa, having commanded a field battery.
138 Sir Henry Fairfax served in the Peninsula with the Rifle Brigade, in 1812, on the retreat from
Madrid, and in the affair of San Munos.
139 Lord Howden served as Aide-de-Camp to his Grace the Duke of Wellington during the years
1817 and 18, to the close of the occupation in France. Employed by Government on a special
mission, and was present at the battle of Navarin, in 1827 (wounded and mentioned in Commander-in-
Chief’s despatch) ; siege of Antwerp, in 1832 (wounded); campaign in Spain, in Navarre and Basque
Provinces, in 1834.
140 Colonel Douglas served at the capture of the Danish and Swedish West India Islands, in 1801.
On the expedition to the north of Germany, in 1805 and 6. Peninsular campaigns from Feb. 1812 to
March 1814, including the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, and the Pyrenees (27th to 31st July) ;
siege of San Sebastian from 24th Aug. to the 8th Sept, and battle of Nivelle. He has received a cross
for Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, and Nivelle, having commanded a field battery.
141 Colonel O’Reilly embarked with the 41st for America and served on the shores of Lakes
Ontario and Erie until the close of that war in 1815, including the action at Lundy’s Lane, siege
of Fort Erie in Sept. 1814, and various skirmishes during that campaign. Served also throughout the
Burmese war;—led one of the storming parties against Rangoon ; led the storming party against the
enemy’s works at Tantabain ; commanded the advanced-guard and crossed the Irrawaddy in two small
canoes lashed together, followed by the division under Sir Archibald Campbell, which marched for the
reduction of the strongly fortified works of Donobew ; led three companies of the 41st against the eastern
face of the enemy’s works at Sembike ; commanded the 41st in the action at Pagahra Mew, which
closed the war ; and commanded the rear-guard of the army from Pagahm Mew to Prome.
142 Colonel Charles Stuart Campbell served in Egypt with the 26th in 1801 ; in Portugal and Spain in
1808-9, including the battle of Corunna where he commanded the picquets of his brigade. Expedition
to Walcheren, and siege of Flushing, in 1809. Served also in the Peninsula from 1811 to 1814, and
commanded the 3d Portuguese Regt. at the battle of Vittoria, as also at the siege and assault of San
Sebastian—severely wounded in the thigh at the assault, the ball still remaining. Medal and a clasp.
143 Colonel Dugald Campbell served at the Ferrol, in 1800 ; in Egypt, in 1801, including the
battles of the 8th, 13th and 21st March (wounded). Served again in Egypt in 1807, including the
bombardment of Rosetta. Present at the battle of Maida, 4th July 1806. Also at the capture of
the islands of Ischia and Procida, in 1809. Medal for services in Egypt.
144 Colonel Armytage served in the south of France with the Coldstream Guards from March to
July 1814.
145 Colonel Clerke served with the old 94th at the defence of Cadiz, and also until the retreat from
Santarem was closed at Fuentes d’Onor, having been present in the actions of Redinha, Condeixa,
Foz d’Arouce, and Sabugal. Joined the 77th (also in the Peninsula) on promotion, and served with
it in the action of El Bodon, sieges and assaults of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, including the storm¬
ing of Fort Picurina. Severely wounded in the leg at the storming of the castle of Badajoz.
146 Colonel the Honourable Henry Dundas commanded the 83d during the suppression of the re¬
bellion in Lower Canada in 1837, and in repelling the attacks of the American brigands who landed
near Prescott, Upper Canada, in 1838.
147 Colonel Morris served in the American war with the 49th, and was present at the various oper¬
ations at Fort George, and at the actions of Stoney Creek and Plattsburg. Accompanied the Regt.
on the Chin’a expedition, and commanded a brigade at the storming and capture of the heights above
Canton, for which service he was made a CB. Commanded a brigade at the attack and capture of the
city of Amoy, and at the second capture of Chusan. Commanded the centre column of attack at the
capture of the heights of Chinhae. Commanded the force at Ningpo, and repulsed the enemy with
great slaughter in their attack on that city. Commanded a brigade at the attack and capture of the
enemy’s entrenched camp on the heights of Segoan, at the attack and capture of the city of Chapoo^
and at the attack and capture of the enemy’s position at Woosung.