The Seventy-first Highland Light Infantry bears the following honorary records of its varied services on the regimental colour and appointments:—
| “Hindoostan,” for its distinguished services in India, between 1780 and 1797. | ||
| “Cape of Good Hope,” for its part in the capture of that colony in 1806. | ||
| “Roleia,” | } | |
| “Vimiera,” | } | |
| “Corunna,” | } | |
| “Fuentes d’onor,” | } | For its several actions in which it |
| “Almaraz,” | } | was engaged in Spain and the |
| “Vittoria,” | } | South of France from 1808 to |
| “Pyrenees,” | } | 1814. |
| “Nive,” | } | |
| “Orthes,” | } | |
| “Peninsula,” | } | |
| “Waterloo,” for its share in that battle in 1815. | ||
| “Sevastopol.” | ||
| “Central India.” | ||
HISTORY
OF THE
71ST HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY,
Formerly numbered the 73rd Regiment, and
called McLeod’s Highlanders.
1777.
Towards the end of the year 1777 every effort was made by the British Ministry to encourage the country to raise troops voluntarily for the prosecution of the war then being waged between Great Britain and her American Colonies. Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, each raised a regiment of a thousand men at its own expense, and several independent companies were formed in Wales. In this manner 15,000 men were raised and presented to the State, of which upwards of two-thirds were obtained from Scotland, and principally from the Highland clans.
1778.