[5] Neither the Royal Munster nor Royal Dublin Fusiliers, which for many years bore the numbers 103rd and 104th, have availed themselves of the privilege accorded to the 19th Hussars and 100th Royal Canadians.
[6] For details of casualties at Pondicherry, [see p. 61].
[7] These recruits were attached to the Artillery, and did excellent work throughout the siege, losing 65 per cent. of their number killed.
[8] The men were glad to eat the frogs, rats, and water-snakes, which were caught in the ditch of the works. Officers' chargers had been salted down for the sick, and it was not until the last joint of "salt horse" had been served out to the hospital, and the last barrel of flour broached, that the gallant Campbell capitulated.
[9] The casualties given on the preceding page show that the 3rd Dragoon Guards at any rate suffered heavily at Villers-en-Couches.
[10] The Sultan of Turkey bestowed gold medals on all officers present in the campaign, and permission to wear these was accorded by the King.
[11] The battle honour "Egypt, 1884," was granted to the 10th and 19th Hussars, Royal Highlanders, King's Royal Rifles, York and Lancaster Regiment, and Gordon Highlanders, for an expedition in the vicinity of Suakin in the spring of this year. [See Appendix I].
[12] This clasp covered the operations in September, 1803, and October, 1804.
[13] The one clasp covered the battle on November 15 and the assault on December 23, 1804.
[14] Now the Royal Munster Fusiliers.