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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 159was discharged with a pension, after 1846.twenty-oneyears' service, though it is to be regretted thatneither received at the time any public rewardof their gallant night's work, which in thesedays would certainly have been rewarded with theVictoria Cross."During the advance of the enemy on BlockDrift, at the beginning of the war, and whenthe post was commanded by Major Campbell,he took up a position on the topof the schoolhouse,rifle in hand; four men were employedin loading his arms for him, and he brought downtwo of the enemy, successively,in a few minutes.When the third fell dead, a soldier of the reservebattalion, named John Black, could restrainhimself no longer ; forgetting Major Campbell'srank as an officer, in his delight at his goodshooting, he slapped his commandingofficer onthe back with a shout of delight, and the exclamation'* Well done, sodger a ! compliment"worth all the praise of an elaborate despatch.Lieutenant Dickson, of the reserve battalionof the 91st, while commanding at Trumpeter'sDrift, frequently obtained the approbation ofSir PeregrineMaitland and Lieutenant-ColonelJohnstone for his zeal and activity.On the 21st