Life of Sir John Moore. "After some interval he said, 'Stanhope* remember me to your sister." He pressed my hand close to his body, and in a few minutes died without a struggle. "This was every syllable he uttered, as far as I can recollect, except asking occasionally to be placed in an easier posture. "P. ANDERSON, Lieut.-colonel." "GENERAL ORDERS. "The benefits derived to an army from the example of a dis tinguished commander do not terminate at his death; his virtues live in the recollection of his associates, and his fame remains the strongest incentive to great and glorious actions. "In this view, the commander-in-chief, amidst the deep and universal regret which the death of Lieutenant-general Sir John Moore has occasioned, recalls to the troops the military career of that illustrious officer for their instruction and imitation. "Sir John Moore, from his youth, embraced the profession with the feelings and sentiments of a soldier; he felt, that a perfect knowledge, and an exact performance of the humble, but important duties of a subaltern officer, are the best foundations for subsequent military fame; and his ardent mind, while it looked forward to those brilliant achievements for which it was formed, applied itself with energy and exemplary assiduity to the duties of that station. "In the school of regimental duty, he obtained that correct knowledge of his profession so essential to the proper direction of the gallant spirit of the soldier; and he was enabled to establish a characteristic order and regularity of conduct, because the troops found in their leader a striking example of the discipline which he enforced on others. "Having risen to command, he signalized his name in the West Indies, in Holland, and in Egyptt. The unremitting at * The Honourable Captain Stanhope, third son to Earl Stanhope, and nephew to the late Mr. Pitt., ↑ In enumerating the scenes where Sir John Moore conspicuously distinguished himself, Corsica and Ireland have been forgotten. Life of Sir John Moore. tention with which he devoted himself to the duties of every branch of his profession obtained him the coufidence of Sir Ralph Abercrombie; and he became the companion in arms of that illus trious officer, who fell at the head of his victorious troops, in an action which maintained our national superiority over the arms of France: “Thus Sir John Moore at an earlier period obtained, with the general approbation, that conspicuous station in which he gloriously terminated his useful and honourable life. "In a military character, obtained amidst the dangers of climate, the privations incident to service, and the sufferings of re peated wounds, it is difficult to select any one point as a preferable subject for praise: it exhibits, however, one feature so particularly characteristic of the man, and so important to the best interests of the service, that the commander-in-chief is pleased to mark it with his peculiar approbation. "The life of Sir John Moore was spent among the troops. "During the season of repose, his time was devoted to the care and instruction of the officer and soldier ;` in war, he courted service in every quarter of the globe. Regardless of personal considerations, he esteemed that to which his country called him the post of honour; and by his undaunted spirit, and unconquerable perseverance, he pointed the way to victory. "His country, the object of his latest solicitude, will rear a monument to his lamented memory; and the commander-inchief feels he is paying the best tribute to his fame, by thus hold ing him forth as an example to the army. 66 By order of his royal highness the commander-in-chief, "Horse Guards, Feb. 1, 1809." In Corsica he stormed the Convention Fort, and the outworks of Calvi, which was followed by the conquest of the island. In Ireland he gained the battle of Wexford, which was the prelude to the suppression of the rebellion. Life of Sir John Moore. The following letter arrived too late to be inserted in its proper place. Sir, Observing in your last number of the Military Chronicle, that you intend giving on, the 1st of April, a supplementary number, containing the life and campaigns of Sir John Moore; I do myself the pleasure of annexing a general order, which was issued at St. Lucia; and at the same time to inform you, that I was an eye-witness of the gallant conduct of the subject of your me moir, being a member of that brave corps, (the Inniskillen infantry,) who acted with him on that day. The insertion of the general order in the life of Sir John Moore would not only be doing justice to him, and the corps who acted with him, but would also correct (I suppose) a typographical error in your last pumber, in the biography of Sir Eyre Coote, at page 329, lines 22 and 23, for Martinique, it should have been St. Lucia. AN OLD INNISKILLENER, Abstract of general orders issued by Lieutenant-general Ralph Abercrombie, commanding the forces in the island of St. Lucia, 26th of May, 1796. PAROLE, INNISKILLEN, Countersign,-Gillman, The 27th regiment, under the command of Brigadier-general Moore, will this day at 12 o'clock, take possession of Fort Charlotte (Morne Fortunee), the present garrison, having first marched out, and laid down their arms, (on the glacis,) to that regiment. Brigadier-general Moore will then plant the colours of the 27th regiment on that fort. The commander-in-chief is proud to say, that the services which have been performed by Brigadier-general Moore have been conspicuous, that it is unnecessary for him to detail them. His conduct in particular, on the 25st of May, could not but attract the attention of the whole army; and the behaviour of the Inniskillen regiment of infantry, who acted on that day with him, were so Life of Sir John Moore. worthy of praise, that it deserves the commander-in-chief's highest approbation. To Lieutenant-colonels Gillman and Drummond, Major Malcolm, the officers and men of that regiment, he returns his best thanks; and he regrets, severely, the loss of Major Wilson, of the Inniskillen infantry, who fell exerting himself in the service of his country. INDEX TO VOLUME THE FIRST. A Abercrombie, general sir R., commands the expedition to the West Indies, Agram, plains of, rajah of Berar defeated by lord Wellington, 96. Alentejo, province, particular account of, from a Portuguese author, 354. Alkmaar, principal clauses in the capitulation at, 32. Alham, French convoy intercepted at, by lord Hutchinsou, 256. Angers, military academy at, account of, 3. Army, British, in Portugal, journal of its operations, 19; general plan of British, history of, 191, 277, 345, 450. (See regiments, British.) ... French, mode of levy, particular account of the conscription, 100, ..... Portuguese, its character, former defective discipline, and careless- ... Russian, its present state, extracted from sir Robert Wilson, 270; Assye, battle of, particulars respecting it, 10; observations on it, 15. B Baillie, colonel, his perilous situation when opposed by Hyder Ally, 162; Baird, general sir David, his birth and family, 161; serves as ensign and Bartolozzi, particulars respecting him, 383. Belem, in Portugal, account of, 287; queen's palace, gardens, aviary, &c. Benessa, a detachment of the French imperial guards defeated at, 61. Blake, general, defeated by the French at Leon, 41 (Supplement). Body guards introduced by the princes of the house of Bourbon, 192; Eng. Bourbon, island of, Gazette account of its capture, 145. Bread and forage, general order relative to, 237. a |