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common, especially the love of liquor and music.

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a good deal of drunkenness, which Colonel Napier attributes to the practice of the women bringing brandy and wine from Roskeld, "and Mrs Semple of the 1st Company having been found in the act, her provisions are to be stopped;" and in the case of another, whose conduct had been still worse, "it was the intention of Lieut.-Colonel Napier that she should be drummed through the quarters of the regiment, but out of respect to the character of her husband, the lieut.-colonel will be satisfied with her disappearance for ever-and he gives her forty-eight hours to do so."

The Grenadiers seem to have given the commanding officer nearly as much trouble as the ladies. The parish clergyman's ducks having been found in their cantonments, the corporal and twelve men, in whose apartment the ducks were discovered, had to furnish a guard and prevent any Grenadier passing out till the culprit who stole the poultry is given And the officers of the company are not to leave their

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G.O., September 7th, 1807.-The Commander of the Forces. congratulates the army on the capitulation of Copenhagen, which includes the capitulation of the Danish fleet. Grenadier detachments of the army will march into the citadel at four o'clock this evening. A detachment will also embark at the same hour to occupy the dockyard, etc. All hostilities will cease.

G.O.-Officers are requested to discontinue the practice of shooting deer in the woods of His Danish Majesty. Danish officers are to be complimented by our guards and sentries as officers of allied armies.

On September 18th Sir Arthur Wellesley left for England, and his command was taken over by Brigadier-General Stewart.

The troops were drilled to a uniform field exercise and firelock exercise, "no deviation such as may have been ordered

Sergeant Robertson mentions that the farmer in whose house he lived was giving them a tune on the violin the night on which Copenhagen was partly burned; on seeing the flames he threw down his instrument, bewailing the conflagration of the capital of his country.

by general officers commanding particular districts." The 43rd, 52nd, and 92nd " are permitted to act as light infantry according to the rules and instructions approved and practised by light infantry."

All the outposts were now called in, and on the 23rd September the 2nd Battalion 52nd, and 1st Battalion 92nd marched to Roskilde Kroe, and next day joined the army before Copenhagen.

Reserve Order, Blessingberg, September 22nd.-Prize lists to be made up as soon as possible.

On the 28th September a despatch from Viscount Castlereagh, His Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the War Department, was published to the army expressing His Majesty's approbation of the conduct of his troops, both British and Hanoverian, and of the harmony and zealous co-operation which had prevailed in all departments of the naval and military service. The Commander of the Forces. thanked the general and other Staff officers and the regiments for their "patience, discipline, and exertions, to which, under Providence, he is indebted for the complete success of the whole expedition."

G.O. October 16th, 1807.-The baggage of the 92nd Regiment is to be embarked at the jetty head near the citadel this afternoon at three o'clock.

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The regiment embarked on the morning of the 17th, and sailed on the 21st. The crews of the English men-of-war were divided among the prizes, the soldiers assisting in working the ships. The Neptunus, a fine new Danish 84-gun ship, by a mistake of the pilot, ran on a sandbank and was wrecked. Some merchantmen, under convoy of the Sybil frigate, passing, came to their aid; the stores were got out of the ship, and the men were landed on the island of Hewan, belonging to Sweden,

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where they remained fourteen days, when ships came from England to take them off. The weather was intensely cold, and, being unprepared for it, the men suffered severely. However, they landed safely at Chatham on the 24th November, and marched to join the rest of the regiment at Weely Barracks.

By Horse Guards Order of 8th December all drafts from 2nd Battalions are to be made under the inspection of a general officer, in order that a fair and equal draft may be made in such a manner as to keep both battalions efficient for foreign service.

R.O.-Officers commanding companies will immediately get their men to sign a power of attorney for Archibald Campbell, Esq., late paymaster of the regiment, to empower him to draw their prize-money. Men going on furlough to sign before they go.

At this time the battalion subscribed for a Garrison Lyingin Hospital for soldiers' wives.

R.O., Weely Barracks, January 23rd, 1808.-Corporal James Gray of the Light Company is appointed sergeant in the same company vice Dugald Cameron, promoted to a commission in the Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia.

In March the quartermaster is desired to serve out 31 yards of kilt tartan for each man; the men to have their kilts neatly made up, but are not to make their old kilts into pantaloons, but are to wear them till further orders. From this it appears they sometimes had tartan and sometimes gray cloth fatigue trousers.

The Highland Brigade, consisting of the 1st Battalions 79th and 92nd, marched to Colchester on the 22nd March, leaving the 2nd 79th at Weely.

Hair-dressing was still a serious business:

"The hair two inches from the head queued within one inch of the end, of which one inch of hair is to be below the lace of the neck of the coat. The double knot of ribbon to be one inch in length, and the single ends to be two inches. It is also wished that the side locks be set back with a little pomatum, as well as that of the forehead, but in no case to be stiffened with soap."

As it was expected that the troops might be ordered on

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