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

230 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1857. Rae ; Lieutenants Dewell, Crampton,A. C. Bruce(adjutant), Wood, Bobie, Gurney, Barton, andPike; Ensigns Blackall, Perkins, and Armstrong ;Surgeons Murphy, O'Neal, and Watson ;Quarter-Master Paterson.Shortly after, Majors Gordon and Savage,Captain W. C. Gordon, and Lieutenant D'Eye,joined from England.In September the head-quartersand fourcompanies were ordered to Cephalonia, where theyarrived on the 6th, and disembarked at Argostoli,and encamped on the esplanade. Small detachmentswere furnished to Lixuri and Fort St.George, the former beingthe second town of theisland, with a population of above 5000. It ison the northern side of Argostoli Bay, abouttwenty miles distant by road. Fort St. Georgeis about five miles inland ;it was an ancientVenetian fortress, and crowns a lofty and isolatedhill. There is a small town close to its walls, inwhich many largeold houses attest the formerimportance of the place.While the 91st were quartered in the IonianIslands, they were employed inthe constructionof many useful works. Amongthese was anapproach to the esplanade at Argostoli,in the