Historical and genealogical account of the Clan Maclean

GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT. 257
in the action near Alkmar, on the 2d October
1799.
In the expedition to Egypt under Sir Ralph
Abercrombie Sir John held an appointment on
the staff, and served during the whole of the
struggle which ended in the expulsion of the
French from Egypt with distinguished honour,
as may be evidenced by the fact of the Sultan
having conferred upon him the Order of the
Crescent, though he was then but a very young
officer.
On the return of the army from Egypt he
was promoted to a majority in the 27th or
Enniskillen regiment of foot, and was employed
for some years on the staff in Ireland and at
the Horse Guards. In 1808 he was promoted
to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the 3d battalion
27th regiment, and from that year to the con-
clusion of the war in 1814 Sir John with his
gallant battalion was a constant and an efficient
sharer in the brilliant achievements of the great
conqueror of Napoleon,
From the olive plains of Spain
To the conquer' d fields of France.
Sir John had not passed through those plains
and fields of slaughter without his share also of
the warrior's glory — " honourable scars." During
the Peninsular war alone he was four times
severely wounded, and at Toulouse, as well as in
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