The regiment was redesignated as the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (MacLeod's Highlanders) in 1786[2] and saw action at the siege of Seringapatam in February 1792 during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.[14]
Napoleonic Warsedit
Regimental uniform, 185271st Highlanders in 1856Memorial to men of the regiment killed or fatally wounded on the North West Frontier of India in 1863
A second battalion was again raised in October 1804 but remained in Scotland throughout the War.[2] The 1st battalion embarked for the Cape of Good Hope in August 1805 and took part in the Battle of Blaauwberg in January 1806.[17] The battalion then sailed for South America and took part in the disastrous expedition against Buenos Aires under Sir Home Popham. The battalion was taken prisoner and the Regimental Colours were captured.[18] New colours were presented to the regiment by Lieutenant-General Sir John Floyd in April 1808.[19]
The 1st battalion was reformed and embarked for Portugal in June 1808 for service in the Peninsular War.[20] Renamed the 71st (Glasgow Highland) Regiment of Foot later that month,[2] it saw action at the Battle of Roliça in August 1808,[21] the Battle of Vimeiro later that month[22] and Battle of Corunna in January 1809[23] before being evacuated from the Peninsula.[24] In March 1809 it became a light infantry regiment,[25] and the regiment next took part in the disastrous Walcheren Campaign in autumn 1809[26] before returning home and being renamed the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) in spring 1810.[2]
The regiment embarked for Canada in May 1824[36] and then moved on to Bermuda in October 1831[37] before returning to England in September 1834.[38] It returned to Canada in April 1838[38] and then moved to Antigua in December 1844[39] before returning home in January 1847.[39] The regiment embarked for Corfu in 1853 and then landed in the Crimea for service in the Crimean War: it saw action at the siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854.[40] The regiment went on to India to help suppress the Indian Rebellion in 1857 and remained there for the Ambela Campaign in 1863.[40] The regiment returned home in 1865 and then embarked for Gibraltar in 1868 before returning home again in 1880.[40]
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Sourcesedit
Cannon, Richard (1852). "Historical record of the seventy-first regiment, Highland Light Infantry, containing an account of its history from its formation in 1777 and of its subsequent services to 1852". Parker, Furnivall & Parker.
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For other units with the same regimental number see 71st Regiment of Foot disambiguation The 71st Regiment of Foot was a Highland regiment in the British Army raised in 1777 Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 74th Highland Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry in 1881 71st Regiment of FootRegimental coloursActive19 December 1777 1 July 1881Country Kingdom of Great Britain 1777 1800 United Kingdom 1801 1881 Branch British ArmyTypeInfantryRoleLight infantrySizeOne battalion two battalions 1778 1783 1804 1815 Garrison HQCameron Barracks InvernessNickname s The Assaye Regiment 1 EngagementsSecond Anglo Mysore WarThird Anglo Mysore WarFrench Revolutionary WarsNapoleonic WarsCrimean WarIndian RebellionAmbela Campaign Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation 1 2 Napoleonic Wars 1 3 The Victorian era 2 Battle honours 3 Colonels 3 1 73rd Highland Regiment of Foot MacLeod s Highlanders 3 2 71st Highland Regiment of Foot MacLeod s Highlanders 1786 3 3 71st Glasgow Highland Light Infantry Regiment of Foot 1809 3 4 71st Highland Regiment of Foot Light Infantry 1810 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 External linksHistory editFormation edit nbsp John Mackenzie Lord MacLeod founder of the regiment by George Romney nbsp The regimental tartan a darker version of what eventually became the Clan Mackenzie tartan and military tartan Government 5A 2 3 The regiment was raised at Elgin by Major General John Mackenzie Lord MacLeod as the 73rd Highland Regiment of Foot McLeod s Highlanders from Highland clans in December 1777 4 A second battalion was formed in September 1778 5 The 1st battalion embarked for India in January 1779 6 and having landed some troops at Goree in Senegal on the way reached Madras in January 1780 7 The flank companies were captured at Conjeveram in September 1780 during the Second Anglo Mysore War 8 The battalion went on to take part in the Battle of Porto Novo in July 1781 9 the Battle of Pollilur in August 1781 10 and the Battle of Sholinghur in September 1781 11 After that the battalion took part in the siege of Cuddalore in June 1783 12 Meanwhile the 2nd battalion commanded by Lieutenant Colonel George Mackenzie 13 embarked for the Mediterranean Sea and served as marines at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in January 1780 before being landed at Gibraltar later that month and then taking part in the Great Siege of Gibraltar the battalion was disbanded in 1783 2 The regiment was redesignated as the 71st Highland Regiment of Foot MacLeod s Highlanders in 1786 2 and saw action at the siege of Seringapatam in February 1792 during the Third Anglo Mysore War 14 Napoleonic Wars edit nbsp Regimental uniform 1852 nbsp 71st Highlanders in 1856 nbsp Memorial to men of the regiment killed or fatally wounded on the North West Frontier of India in 1863Remaining in India the regiment fought at the siege of Pondicherry in August 1793 15 during the French Revolutionary Wars before transferring to Ceylon in August 1795 15 and returning to Scotland in August 1798 16 A second battalion was again raised in October 1804 but remained in Scotland throughout the War 2 The 1st battalion embarked for the Cape of Good Hope in August 1805 and took part in the Battle of Blaauwberg in January 1806 17 The battalion then sailed for South America and took part in the disastrous expedition against Buenos Aires under Sir Home Popham The battalion was taken prisoner and the Regimental Colours were captured 18 New colours were presented to the regiment by Lieutenant General Sir John Floyd in April 1808 19 The 1st battalion was reformed and embarked for Portugal in June 1808 for service in the Peninsular War 20 Renamed the 71st Glasgow Highland Regiment of Foot later that month 2 it saw action at the Battle of Rolica in August 1808 21 the Battle of Vimeiro later that month 22 and Battle of Corunna in January 1809 23 before being evacuated from the Peninsula 24 In March 1809 it became a light infantry regiment 25 and the regiment next took part in the disastrous Walcheren Campaign in autumn 1809 26 before returning home and being renamed the 71st Highland Regiment of Foot Light Infantry in spring 1810 2 The regiment returned to the Peninsular in September 1810 27 and saw action at the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro in May 1811 28 the Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos in October 1811 29 and the Battle of Almaraz in May 1812 30 as well as the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813 31 It then pursued the French Army into France and fought at the Battle of the Pyrenees in July 1813 32 the Battle of Nivelle in November 1813 33 and the Battle of the Nive in December 1813 33 as well as the Battle of Orthez in February 1814 34 and the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814 34 The battalion returned home in July 1814 and then embarked for Ostend in April 1815 it saw action as part of the 3rd Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 35 The Victorian era edit The regiment embarked for Canada in May 1824 36 and then moved on to Bermuda in October 1831 37 before returning to England in September 1834 38 It returned to Canada in April 1838 38 and then moved to Antigua in December 1844 39 before returning home in January 1847 39 The regiment embarked for Corfu in 1853 and then landed in the Crimea for service in the Crimean War it saw action at the siege of Sevastopol in winter 1854 40 The regiment went on to India to help suppress the Indian Rebellion in 1857 and remained there for the Ambela Campaign in 1863 40 The regiment returned home in 1865 and then embarked for Gibraltar in 1868 before returning home again in 1880 40 As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s where single battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom the 71st was linked with the 78th Highlanders Regiment of Foot and assigned to district no 55 at Cameron Barracks in Inverness 41 On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 74th Highland Regiment of Foot to form the 1st and 2nd Battalions Highland Light Infantry 2 Battle honours editBattle honours awarded to the regiment were 2 Hindoostan Cape of Good Hope 1806 Peninsular War Rolica Vimiera Corunna Fuentes d Onor Almaraz Vittoria Pyrenees Nive Orthes Peninsula Napoleonic Wars Waterloo Crimean War Sevastopol Central IndiaColonels editColonels of the regiment were 2 73rd Highland Regiment of Foot MacLeod s Highlanders edit 1777 1789 Maj Gen John Mackenzie Lord MacLeod71st Highland Regiment of Foot MacLeod s Highlanders 1786 edit 1789 1803 Gen Hon William Gordon of Fyvie 1803 1809 Gen Rt Hon Sir John Cradock 1st Baron Howden71st Glasgow Highland Light Infantry Regiment of Foot 1809 edit 1809 1824 Gen Francis Dundas71st Highland Regiment of Foot Light Infantry 1810 edit 1824 1829 Gen Sir Gordon Drummond GCB 1829 1838 Gen Sir Colin Halkett KCB KCH 1838 1841 Lt Gen Sir Samuel Ford Whittingham KCB KCH 1841 1848 Lt Gen Sir Thomas Reynell 6th Baronet KCB 1848 1849 Lt Gen Sir Thomas Arbuthnot KCB 1849 1857 Gen Sir James Macdonell GCB KCH 1857 1863 Gen Sir Thomas Erskine Napier KCB 1863 1870 Gen Hon Charles Grey 1870 1874 Lt Gen Robert Law KCB 1874 1880 Gen Hon Sir George Cadogan KCB 1880 1881 Gen John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple CB to Highland Light Infantry 1881 Regiment amalgamated the 74th Highland Regiment of Foot to form the Highland Light InfantrySee also edit78th Fraser Highlanders Highland Light InfantryReferences edit Burnham Robert McGuigan Ron 2010 The British Army against Napoleon Barnsley South Yorkshire Frontline Books p 127 ISBN 978 1 84832 562 3 a b c d e f g h i 71st Glasgow Highland Light Infantry Regiment of Foot regiments org Archived from the original on 3 January 2007 Retrieved 27 July 2016 Tartan Details 78th Highlanders Regiment TartanRegister gov uk Scottish Register of Tartans 2009 Retrieved 20 June 2023 Cannon p 2 Cannon p 3 Cannon p 5 Cannon p 7 Cannon p 9 Cannon p 14 Cannon p 15 Cannon p 17 Cannon p 30 Reid Stuart 2004 Mackenzie John Lord Macleod and Count Cromarty in the Swedish nobility 1727 1789 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press Retrieved 29 May 2013 Cannon p 49 a b Cannon p 52 Cannon p 54 Cannon p 58 Cannon p 63 Lord MacLeod s Highlanders 1800 1810 Military History Retrieved 4 February 2017 Cannon p 67 Cannon p 68 Cannon p 69 Cannon p 73 Cannon p 74 Cannon p 76 Cannon p 78 Cannon p 81 Cannon p 84 Cannon p 87 Cannon p 90 Cannon p 94 Cannon p 97 a b Cannon p 102 a b Cannon p 104 Cannon p 108 Cannon p 116 Cannon p 118 a b Cannon p 119 a b Cannon p 121 a b c 71st Highland Regiment of Foot Locations regiments org Archived from the original on 24 February 2007 Retrieved 4 February 2017 Training Depots Regiments org Archived from the original on 10 February 2006 Retrieved 16 October 2016 Sources editCannon Richard 1852 Historical record of the seventy first regiment Highland Light Infantry containing an account of its history from its formation in 1777 and of its subsequent services to 1852 Parker Furnivall amp Parker External links editClan Fraser Society of Canada History of the MacLeod s Highlanders Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 71st Highland Regiment of Foot amp oldid 1163100521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
