And heard, too, have her Saxon foes.”
How the “Cameron men” fought at Waterloo is testified to by the number of their killed and wounded in that battle, and it is also recorded that, when all the field officers and captains of this regt. had been disabled, the regt. was led on to victory by Lieut. Cameron, a nephew of Sir Alan Cameron, the col.-in-chf.; but which of the four lieutenants of this name cannot now be traced. On the evening of 18th June, 1815, 9 officers, 21 sergts., 7 drummers and 260 rank and file remained unwounded out of a total of 41 combatant officers, 40 sergts., 11 drummers, and 684 rank and file—the effective strength of the regt. at Quatre Bras.
[1]. Afterwards Lt.-Gen. Sir Neil Douglas, K.C.B. and K.C.H. Col.-in.-Chf., 78th Highlanders. 5th son of John Douglas, of Glasgow, and a descendant of the Earls of Angus. Wounded in the knee at Quatre Bras. C.B. for Waterloo. Had served with the 79th at the siege of Copenhagen, in Sweden, in the Walcheren expedition, and in the Pa. Received the gold cross for the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. Also the silver war medal with two clasps for Corunna and Busaco. D. in Sept., 1853.
[2]. C.B. for Waterloo. Retd. in 1831. D. 1835.
[3]. C.B. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1819. D. at Toronto, Oct. 1842.
[4]. Bt.-maj. for Waterloo. Quitted the service in 1821. D. at Edinburgh, 1832.
[5]. H. p. 20th Nov., 1816. D. at Tunnach, near Wick, 1822.
[6]. Maj. unattached 1826. Retd. same year.
[7]. D. from his wounds. A pension of £50 per ann. was granted to his mother, Catherine Campbell.
[8]. Maj. 1824. Bt. lt.-col. and inspecting f. o. of militia, Nova Scotia, 1830. Retd. as lt.-col. 17th Sept., 1839.