The Story of the Highland Regiments

About this eBook

Author

Watson, Frederick, 1885-1935

Credits

E-text prepared by Brian Coe, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

UA: Military science: Armies: Organization, distribution, military situation

Subject

Great Britain. Army

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57897

Release Date

September 13, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Brian Coe, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — THE STORY OF THE HIGHLAND REGIMENTS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE FORMATION OF THE BLACK WATCH
5. 5.CHAPTER II FLANDERS AND FONTENOY (1745)
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE BLACK WATCH AT TICONDEROGA (1758)
7. 7.CHAPTER IV WITH WOLFE AND FRASER’S HIGHLANDERS AT QUEBEC (1759)
8. 8.CHAPTER V RED INDIAN AND HIGHLANDER (1760-1767)
9. 9.CHAPTER VI THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1775-1782).
10. 10.CHAPTER VII WITH THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY TO SERINGAPATAM (1799)
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII HOW THE BLACK WATCH WON THE RED HACKLE (1795)
12. 12.CHAPTER IX WITH ABERCROMBY IN EGYPT (1801)
13. 13.CHAPTER X THE RETREAT ON CORUNNA (1808-1809)
14. 14.CHAPTER XI WITH THE CAMERONS IN THE PENINSULAR (1810-1814)
15. 15.CHAPTER XII THE GORDONS AT QUATRE BRAS ( June 16, 1815 )
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII WITH WELLINGTON AT WATERLOO ( June 18, 1815 )
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE AT THE BATTLE OF ALMA ( September 20, 1854 )
18. 18.CHAPTER XV THE ‘THIN RED LINE’ AT BALACLAVA ( October 25, 1854 )
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI WITH HAVELOCK TO LUCKNOW
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII WITH SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AND THE SUTHERLANDS TO LUCKNOW
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII WOLSELEY AND THE BLACK WATCH IN ASHANTI (1873-1874)
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX WITH ROBERTS AND THE SEAFORTHS TO AFGHANISTAN (1878-1880)
23. 23.CHAPTER XX MAJUBA HILL (1881)
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI WITH THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE AT TEL-EL-KEBIR (1882)
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII FROM EL-TEB TO OMDURMAN (1884-1898)
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII CHITRAL AND THE GORDONS AT DARGAI (1895-1898)
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE BOER WAR TO THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER (1899)
28. 28.CHAPTER XXV WITH THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE AT MAGERSFONTEIN ( December 11, 1899 )
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI PAARDEBERG AND LADYSMITH
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII WITH SIR IAN HAMILTON TO PRETORIA (1900)
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII THE GREATEST WAR (1914- )
32. 32.INDEX

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