“Whereas we have thought fit to order a regiment of foot to be forthwith raised, under your command, which is to consist of ten companies, with three serjeants, three corporals, two drummers, and fifty-seven private men in each company, with two fifers to the grenadier company, besides a serjeant-major and quarter-master-serjeant, together with the usual number of commissioned officers; these are to authorise you, by beat of drum, or otherwise, to raise so many men in any county or part of our kingdom of Great Britain, as shall be wanted to complete the said regiment to the above-mentioned numbers.
“And all magistrates, justices of the peace, constables, and other our civil officers, whom it may concern, are hereby required to be assisting unto you, in providing quarters, impressing carriages, and otherwise, as there shall be occasion.
“Given at Our Court, at St. James’s, this 1st day of November, 1793, in the thirty-fourth year of Our reign.
“By His Majesty’s command,
“(Signed) George Yonge.”
“To Our trusty and well-beloved C. Cuyler, Esq., Major-General in our Army, and Colonel of a Regiment of Foot to be forthwith raised, &c., &c., &c.”
[2] Now General Commanding-in-Chief.
[3] The troops designed for this service consisted of the tenth, eightieth, and eighty-eighth regiments, seven companies of the nineteenth, three of eighty-sixth, a battalion of native infantry, and a proportion of artillery, under Colonel the Honourable Arthur Wellesley.
[4] Officers Present,—Majors Henry Torrens, (commanding,) George Cuyler; Captains James Richardson, John Grant, —— Maclaurin; Lieutenants W. Martin, J. H. Wilson, Peter Drummond, John Harvey, Alexander Grant, R. Travers, William Bourd, S. G. McKay, Thomas Lanphier, J. Wilson, David Morrice, Edmund Carter, G. D’Aigular; Ensign Neill Maclaurin; Adjutant W. Moreton; Quarter-Master J. Coor; Surgeon P. W. Deane; Assistant-Surgeons Bellars and Liddle: 53 serjeants, 22 drummers, 668 rank and file.
[5] Officers present, 1st January, 1805:—Major George Cuyler, (commanding); Captains James Grant, William Moreton; Lieutenants R. Travers, W. Baird, Thomas Lanphier, J. Wilson, D. Morrice, George D’Aguilar, N. Maclaurin, H. Steele; Surgeon P. W. Deane; Assistant-Surgeons Bellars and Liddle:—51 serjeants, 22 drummers, 511 rank and file.
[6] Officers present, 1st December, 1805. Major George Cuyler (commanding a brigade); Captains John Grant, (commanding the regiment), William Baird; Lieutenants D. Morrice, N. Maclaurin, H. Steele, Thomas Lanphier, George D’Aguilar, (brigade-major); Quarter-Master J. Smith; Surgeon, P. Deane; Assistant-Surgeon R. Bellars: 48 serjeants, 19 drummers, 354 rank and file.