[12] Cape Breton was captured by the troops under Lieut.-General Amherst, on the 26th of July, 1758.
[13] Ticonderoga, or Ticonderago, was the name of a fort built, in 1756, by the French in Canada, on the north side of a peninsula, for communication between Lakes George and Champlain. The fort afterwards became a heap of ruins, and formed an appendage to a farm. Its name is derived from a word in the Indian language, signifying Noisy. In 1759, the fort was captured by the British, and in 1775 it was surprised by the Americans, but was retaken by Major-General Burgoyne in July 1777.
[14] It was in this action at St. Lucia that the fifth foot acquired the privilege of wearing a white plume in the cap, instead of the red and white tuft worn by the other regiments of the line: the FORTY-SIXTH regiment had already obtained the distinction of red feathers, under the circumstances stated at [page 25].
[15] The island of Dominica was reduced by a British armament in June 1761, and was retained by Great Britain by the conditions of the Treaty of Peace which was concluded at Paris on the 10th of February, 1763. Dominica was taken by the French in September 1778, but was restored to Great Britain at the Peace of 1783.
[16] Martinique was captured by the British in 1762, but was restored to France by the Peace of Fontainebleau, concluded in the following year. It was again captured in 1794, but was restored to France at the Peace of Amiens in 1802. Martinique was captured in 1809 for the third time, and was again restored to the French nation at the Peace of 1814.
[17] Captain Archibald Campbell, on his return from the West Indies in 1811, obtained the permission of His Royal Highness the Duke of York to proceed to Portugal, for the purpose of offering his services to Marshal Sir William Carr Beresford, which being accepted, he served from September 1811 until 1814 with the Portuguese troops in the fifth division of the British army; and was, in 1812, promoted to the rank of major. He was present in the battles of Salamanca and Vittoria; in the latter of which he commanded the advance of his brigade, consisting of every third file; when he, and two captains, under his command, were severely wounded; his conduct on the occasion was mentioned in the orders issued after the action by Major-General Spry, who commanded the brigade. Major Archibald Campbell commanded the 15th Portuguese infantry in the affairs of crossing the Bidassoa into France, forcing the enemy's lines on the Nive, on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of December 1813, on which occasion he was promoted for his conduct to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Portuguese service, and his name was mentioned in General Orders by Marshal Beresford; he was honored with a medal by his Sovereign, and on his return to England was promoted, on the 17th of February, 1814, to the rank of Lieut.-Colonel in the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, with which his earlier services were connected. He was subsequently appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and was appointed extra aide-de-camp to His Majesty King William IV. on the 6th of May 1831, with the rank of colonel in the army. He retired from the FORTY-SIXTH regiment on the 11th of October 1839. The decease of Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., occurred at the Isle of Mull, on the 16th of November, 1840.
[18] The remark here made by Lieut.-Colonel Campbell is in allusion to the new system of drill, prescribed by the General Order of the 10th of March, 1824, according to the improvements introduced by Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B., Adjutant-General of the Forces.
FORTY-SIXTH REGIMENT.
