Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire ... - waughfamily.ca

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE CON-TENTS OF THE EECORDS OF THEXCI. HIGHLANDERS.1794. Regiment raised and numbered 98th.1795. Proceeded to the Cape. Assisted at the capture ofCape Town, and the rest of the Dutch possessions.1796. Expedition to Saldanha Bay.1798. Number of regiment changed to 91st.1799. Quelled a mutiny of the garrison in Cape Town.1801. The colours of the regiment altered on the occasionof the union between Great Britain and Ireland.1802. The Cape given back to the Dutch. Part of theregiment embarked for England.1803. Eemainder of the regiment, after delivering overthe Cape, proceeded toEngland, leaving again inSeptember for Guernsey.1804. Regiment returned to England. A second battalionraised.1805. First Battalion ordered to Hanover.1806. First Battalion returned to England. Inspected byH.E.H. the Duke of York. Embarked for Irelandin December.1807. Landed at Cork. Quartered at Mallow and Cashel.1808. Quartered at Cashel, Enniscorthy, Dublin, andBandon. Embarked for the Peninsula. Battles ofRoleia and Vimiero.Retreat to Corunna.