1817.
FOOTNOTES:
[13] See Memoir of the services of Major-General Sir George R. Bingham, K.C.B., Appendix, [page 69].
[14] Lord Bathurst, then Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, stated in the House of Peers, that he had heard that General Bonaparte had spoken in terms of high approbation of the FIFTY-THIRD regiment at St. Helena, and added, "Whatsoever the General could say in praise of that corps was not adequate to its merits."
CONCLUSION.
The foregoing pages contain detailed accounts of the meritorious conduct of the first and second battalions of the Fifty-third regiment in Europe, as well as in Asia, and afford abundant proofs of the value of the services of the regiment, which, on numerous occasions, has received the thanks of the General Officers under whom it has served, and the approbation of the Sovereign, as testified by the marks of distinction inscribed on the Regimental Colour.