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9 1ST ARGYLLSHIRE HIGHLANDERS. 327Campbell, John. Ensign, 18th March, 1795 ; lieutenant, 3rdOctober, 1798 (1800).Campbell, John. Lieutenant, 9th September, 1796 (1802).Campbell, John. Lieutenant, 25th August, 1804 (1806).Campbell, John. Ensign, 6th June, 1805 ; lieutenant, 23rdAugust, 1807 ; captain, 19th May, 1814. Served in Holland, woundedand taken prisoner at Bergen-op-Zoom in 1814. To half-pay, 25thFebruary, 1816.Campbell, John. Ensign, llth August, 1805 ; lieutenant, 24thAugust, 1807. Served with the regiment in the Peninsular War.Was present at Waterloo. Captain, 7th September, 1815. To halfpay,25th February, 1816.Campbell, John. Ensign, 19th June, 1806. To 56th Foot,1807.Campbell, John. Ensign, 10th August, 1808 ; lieutenant, 23rdJanuary, 1812. To half-pay, 25th March, 1817.Campbell, John. Ensign, 21st January, 1819. To 46th Foot,1821.Campbell, John Alexander. Ensign, 8th April, 1825. Tohalf-pay, 2nd July, 1829.Campbell, John Francis Glencairn, C.B. Ensign, 25thOctober, 1827 ; lieutenant, 27th August, 1829 ; captain, 23rd November,1832; major, 8th July, 1843. Commanded the infantry forceagainst insurgent Boers, beyond the Orange River, South Africa, in1846. Commanded theApril, 1845. Lieutenant-colonel, 14th April,reserve battalion, 91st Regiment, throughout the Kaffir War of1846-47. Commanded a party of 200 men of the regiment and 180Hottentot burghers which forced the pass in the Amatola Mountainson the 16th April, 1846, inflicting a loss of 200 men on the enemy ;on this occasion had his charger shot whilst assisting a wounded manto mount (mentioned in despatches). Commanded 175 men of theregiment on the 17th April, 1846, despatched to the assistance ofMajor Gibson, 7th Dragoon Guards, by which timely reinforcementthe ammunition waggons were saved, the baggage of the divisionbeing in the hands of the enemy (mentioned in despatches). Commandedthe regiment dispersed to meet the disposition of the enemyon the retreat to Block Drift on the 18th April, and held the Driftfor two hours in the face of an overwhelming force of the enemy(mentioned in despatches). Commanded the advance post at BlockDrift on the 12th May, when it was attacked by 2000 Kaffirs, whowere beaten off with considerable loss. Appointed commandant ofFort Beaufort, and subsequently to command one of the three columnsof the attack against the chief Sandilla, which terminated the war.Specially mentioned in Colonel Somerset's despatches of the 17th and