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HISTORICAL RECORDSOF THE91siARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS.CHAPTER I.Raising <strong>of</strong> Regiment List <strong>of</strong> Officers Service at <strong>the</strong> Cape<strong>of</strong> Good Hope Return to England Guernsey SecondBattalion raised Second Battalion go to HollandBergen-op-Zoom Reduction <strong>of</strong> Second Battalion FirstBattalion to Hanover England Ireland.IN <strong>the</strong> year 1794 George III. expressed a desire 1794.to <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Argyll, and several o<strong>the</strong>r Scotchnoblemen and gentlemen, to raise an <strong>Argyllshire</strong>regiment.A letter <strong>of</strong> service, dated <strong>the</strong> 10th <strong>of</strong> February,1794, was granted, <strong>the</strong> chief terms <strong>of</strong> which wereas follows :The regiment to be completed within threemonths.1

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