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

220 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1855. on the 23rd of March. The battalion landed in theafternoon in the boats of H.M.S. Fury, and thoseof the French squadron, the horses being swumashore.The men were encamped that night onthe racecourse, about a mile from the town ofPiraeus, where next day they took up theirquarters in the miserable warehouses used asbarracks, vacated by the 3rd Buffs in the morning.British force in Greece wasThe command of thehanded over from Colonel Straubenzee to ColonelCampbell, which gave the command of the 91st toMajor Gordon. The commandant of the Frenchland forces was Colonel de Yassoigne. The wholeallied forces were under the command of theFrench admiral, Le Barbier-de-Tinan, whose flagwas hoisted on H.I.M. steam frigate Gomez, theFrench land troops consisting of two battalions ofmarine infantry and a few gens d'armes.The accommodation allotted to the regimentconsisted principally of buildings facing theharbour, which had been used as corn stores.They were very defective in every detail whichis deemed necessary for barracks for Britishtroops, and, owing to the difficulty of gettingmoney from home at this period, and to the factthat it was not expected the regiment would