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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 235at Suez with the regimentColonel Campbell, C.B. ; MajorsSavage ;were as follows : isss.Patterson andCaptains Battiscombe, Rae, Lane, Squirl,Bond, and Thomas; Lieutenants Hall, Gurney,Wade (adjutant), Pike, Blagg, Perkins, Armstrong,Burke, Tingcombe, Obbard, and Jones;Ensigns Hollway, Buller, Baillie, Hamilton,Spearman, and Grant ; Paymaster Kysh ;Assistant-Surgeons O'Neal and Watson ;andQuarter-Master Paterson.On the 21st Major Patterson assumed commandof the regiment in place of Colonel Campbell,C.B., who was appointed to the command of abrigade at Tonghoo, in Burmah.On the 3rd of November the 91stits march to Kamptee,commencedwhere it did not arrive tillthe llth of the following month. They wereclothed in a suit of cotton twill (loose tunics andtrousers)of a light drab colour, which had beenreceived from England before quitting Corfu.During its march, while at Jefferabad, on the20th of November, an order was received bytelegraphfrom the commander-in-chief of theMadras army to leave a wingat Jaulna. Theleftwing, under command of Major Savage,accordinglyreturned to thatplace,where he was