FOOTNOTES:

[6] This account is different from the version given by some historians; but there can be no doubt as to its accuracy, for it is founded on the Report of the Council of General Officers that was subsequently assembled to investigate the complaint preferred by Lord Charlemont, upon his being afterwards removed by the Earl of Peterborough. This document is inserted in the memoir of Lord Charlemont, at [page 109].

[7] While the war was being carried on between Great Britain and Spain, Charles VI., Emperor of Germany, died on the 20th of October 1740, and a contest arose in consequence of the succession of the Archduchess Maria Theresa to his hereditary dominions being disputed by the Electors of Bavaria and Saxony, and also by the Kings of Prussia and Spain. The King of France, Louis XV., supported the Elector of Bavaria, while King George II. supported the claims of the Archduchess Maria Theresa. On the 27th of June 1743, King George II. gained a victory over the French army at Dettingen, and in the following year, Great Britain and France, no longer acting as auxiliaries, became principals in the contest, which is designated the “War of the Austrian Succession.”

[8] The “Pragmatic Sanction” was published by the Emperor of Germany, Charles VI., on the 17th of April 1713, whereby in case of his having no male issue, his daughters were to succeed to his hereditary dominions, in preference to the sons of his late brother, Joseph I.

[9] List of regiments at the battle of Falkirk:—Dragoons,—Tenth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth regiments. Infantry,—First Royals (one battalion), Third, Fourth, Eighth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Twenty-seventh, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-sixth, Thirty-seventh, Forty-eighth, and Battereau’s, since disbanded. The Glasgow and Paisley Militia with the Argyle Highlanders, were in reserve.

[10]

2nd Batt.		Constituted.	2nd Batt.		Constituted.
3d	Foot,	the 61st regiment.	24th	Foot,	the 69th regiment.
4th	”	the 62d regiment.	31st	”	the 70th regiment.
8th	”	the 63d regiment.	32d	”	the 71st regiment.
11th	”	the 64th regiment.	33d	”	the 72d regiment.
12th	”	the 65th regiment.	34th	”	the 73d regiment.
19th	”	the 66th regiment.	36th	”	the 74th regiment.
20th	”	the 67th regiment.	37th	”	the 75th regiment.
23d	”	the 68th regiment.

The 71st, 72d, 73d, 74th, and 75th regiments were disbanded after the peace of Fontainebleau in 1763.

[11] In allusion to the above expression “firmness,” it has been supposed that the word “Firm” was adopted by the regiment; this supposition, however, does not agree with the statement of Lieut.-Colonel Burne (see [pages 129], &c.), by which it would appear, that the Thirty-sixth had borne this distinction for many years prior to the capture of Bangalore. In 1817, the regiment was permitted to revive the word “Firm,” under the authority contained in the letter inserted at [page 94], from Sir George Nayler, the inspector of regimental colours.

[12] Narrative of the Campaign in India in 1792, by Major Dirom, Deputy Adjutant-General of His Majesty’s forces in India.

[13] While the attack was being carried on in the redoubt on the 6th of February, one of the enemy’s corps advanced with drums beating and colours flying, the commanding officer of which supposed the British to be their own Europeans, whose uniform was also red; upon discovering his mistake, he soon made off, and Lieutenant John Campbell, of the Thirty-sixth grenadiers, who had come out of the redoubt wounded, on seeing the corps break, rushed forward and seized the standards.—Major Dirom’s Narrative of the Campaign.

[14] In 1794, Tippoo received back his sons, and immediately commenced secret negociations with the French, who were then at war with Great Britain, in order to renew measures for “utterly destroying the English in India.” This animosity ended only with the death of the Sultan, which took place on the 4th of May 1799, while defending Seringapatam against his former opponents. His body was found amidst heaps of slain, and was interred in the mausoleum which he had erected over the tomb of his father, Hyder Ali, a portion of the victorious troops attending the ceremony.

[15] On the 16th of October 1835, His Majesty King William IV. was graciously pleased to authorize the Thirty-sixth to bear on the regimental colour and appointments the word “Hindoostan,” in commemoration of its distinguished services in the several actions in which it had been engaged in India from September 1790 to September 1793.

[16] In June 1806, Buenos Ayres had been captured by the British under Brigadier-General William Carr Beresford, afterwards General Viscount Beresford; the place was, however, recovered by the Spaniards in August following, and the troops became prisoners; in consequence of these events Lieut.-General Whitelocke proceeded in command of an expedition for the purpose of re-capturing Buenos Ayres, and the Thirty-sixth became part of his force, as above stated.

[17] Lieut.-General Sir Harry Burrard landed during the action, but did not assume the command. Lieut-General Sir Hew Dalrymple landed on the following day, and took command of the army. The force under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore was also disembarked during the negotiation which subsequently took place, making the British army to amount to thirty-two thousand men.

[18] Vide [General Orders of the 18th of January], and [1st of February], 1809; also a list of regiments employed under Lieut.-General Sir John Moore at Corunna, inserted in [pages 124] &c. of the Appendix.

[19] The origin of the word “Firm” being borne by the Thirty-sixth has not been ascertained with certainty; but it has been supposed that it was adopted in consequence of the expression firmness used in the orders of General the Earl Cornwallis the day after the capture of the important fortress of Bangalore, the details of which are given at [page 53]; the documents alluded to by Sir George Nayler in the above letter, and on which the regiment was permitted to revive the word “Firm,” are inserted in the Appendix, [pages 129], &c.; by these it will be perceived that the word “Firm” must have been adopted by the regiment several years before the capture of Bangalore, which was effected in March 1791.