The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, [v. 1,] from 1684 to 1902

by G. le M. Gretton

Assistant-Surgeons—C. Cowen, J. Baker, J. Stewart.

Only three of these officers had been on active service. Burrell had served at the capture of Guadaloupe in 1810 and in the war on the Canadian frontier in 1814; Grattan had taken part in the suppression of the rebellion in Canada in 1832; Dillon had been on the staff at the capture of San Domingo in 1809.

[122] See [Map No. 4].

[123] ‘The War in China,’ by D. McPherson, M.D., pp. 21, 22.

[124] See [Appendix 2 (G)].

[125] Half the troops originally landed at Chusan are said to have died there.

[126] The Chinese always described their enemies from the western hemisphere as Barbarians or Foreign Devils.

[127]

Composition of the Columns.

		Right Column.	Officers.	Other ranks.	Total.
Major Pratt, 26th Cameronians	{	26th Cameronians	15	294	309
		Madras Artillery	1	20	21
		Madras Sappers and Miners	1	30	31
with one 6-pr., one 5-in. mortar.
		Left Column.
4th (Left) Brigade, Lieut.-Colonel Morris, 49th Regiment	{	49th Regiment	28	273	301
		37th Madras Native Infantry	15	215	230
		1 company Bengal Volunteers	4	112	116
3rd (Artillery) Brigade, Capt. Knowles, R.A.	{	Royal Artillery	2	33	35
		Madras Artillery	10	231	241
		Madras Sappers and Miners	4	137	141
with four 12-pr. howitzers, four 9-pr. and two 6-pr. field-guns, three 5-in. mortars, and 152 32-pr. rockets.
2nd (Naval) Brigade, Capt Bourchier, R.N.	}		27	403	430
1st (Right) Brigade, Major-General Burrell	{	XVIIIth Royal Irish	25	495	520
		Royal Marines	9	372	381
			—–	——	——
			141	2615	2756