The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-09 00:00:00

Lorraine, in time to be present at the battle of
Roueeau%.

In the subsequent action at Val (or Laffeldt,)
the Edinburgh Regiment captured two stand of
colours, and lost one efficer, four serjeants, one
drummer, and 25 rank and file,_ killed ; and four
officers, three serjeants, one drummer, and 50
rank and file, wounded. The captured banners
were to be seen in the Chapel of Whitehall, so
late as-1819, but we believe they have since been
removed to make way for the more novel, but.
not more honourable trophies, taken during the
Duke Wellington's campaigns.
Preliminaries of peace having been signed in
1749, the Edinburgh Regiment, (Panmure's)
embarked at Williamstadt for Ireland. In the
course of the voyage they experienced very tem-
pestuous weather, and were driven first to Har-
wich, and afterwards to the coast of Normand),
on which one of the transports was wrecked, but
no lives were lost.

In 1756, Great Britain having declared war
against France, in consequence of certain en-
v: oachments made on her colonial possessions,
the Edinburgh Regiment, (Home's) which we
shall in future designate the 25th, was embarked
next year, with other troops, under the command
of Sir John Mordaunt, with a view to make a
descent on the coast of France. This object
was effected .at the Isle of Aix, but it led to no
operations of importance, and the - troops re-
turned to Spithead. The following year, how-
ever, the project of invading France was renewed.
A considerable body of troops, includingthe 25th,
were landed at Concale on the coast of Brittany,
and an intention was manifested to invest the
strong fortress of St. Malo. This enterprise,
however, the Commander did not think it prudent
to attempt, and the destruction of some stores at
St. Servant was the only result of the expedition,
which, after having displayed the strictest disci-
pline in the enemy's territories, speedily returned
to England.
The 25th regiment, however, was not long al-
lowed to remain inactive. In the same year, it
was again ordered off to Germany, along with
several other regiments, to aur,;nent the allied
army under Prince Ferdina:ad of Brunswick.
Our limits do not allow Us to follow the 25th
through the vicissitues of this famous war ;
suffice it to say, That at Minden, Warbourg,
Campen (where its Lieutenant-Colonel, Viscount
Down, was mortally wounded), Fellinghausen,
Wilhelm s'.'n al, and many other places immortalized
in the military annals of Europe, it fully main-
tained its old renown. In 1763, the British
army returned home.

In 1768, the 25th again left Britain, being
ordered to the Island of :Minorca, where it re-
mained for seven years. In 1782, after its return
from the Balearic Isles, in consequence of a wish,
on the part of Government, to give the regiments
of the line a local connection with England, in
order to encourage recruiting, the 25th regiment,
Then encamped on South Sea Common, was de-
signated " the Sussex," much against the incli-
nation of Lord George Lennox, its Colonel, who,
notwithstanding, never allowed the Scots heats
to be discontinued. The same year the regiment
embarked, along with other troops destined to
succour the garrison of Gibraltar, on which
voyage the store ship with the baggage and
women of the corps, was unfortunately captured
by the enemy. In 11D2, the regiment returned
to England, and next year, a detachment was
sent on board the fleet to act as inarims in the
expe.ditions. against Toulon and Corsica, in which
service eney behaved repeatedly with distinguished
bravP..ry both on shore and at sea. This detach-
in,:ait was absent from the regiment nearly three
'years. Another detachment was employed on
board the Marlborough, 74, and Gibraltar, 80,
in Lord Howe's memorable engagement with
the French fleet, on the Ist June, 1794, in which
the 25th suffered considerable loss. In the fol-
lowing year, the regiment, reinforced by these
detachments, sailed for the West Indies, and on
its arrival along with other troops, occupied the
Island of Grenada. The subsequent mortality
among the corps, independent of the loss sustained
in several desperate encounters with the brigands,
was very great. In three months, the 25th
regiment lost by disease alone 259 rank and file.
depot that had been left in Plymouth lines,
was this year converted into a second battalion,
but eventually sailed for the West Indies, in
the great expedition under Sir Ralph Aber-
eromby, in order to be re-incorporated with
the 'first battalion. In the very outset of the
voyage, this mighty armament, which exceeded
25,000 men, encountered innumerable disasters
from tempestuous weather. The ships were
scattered in every direction, and such vessels
as were ultimately able to reach their desti-
nation, arrived in an ineffective and straggling
manner. One of the corps that made good its
voyage, was the late 2d battalion of the 25th,
with the exception of a detachment which was
captured by a French corvette, part of whom,
however, recovered their liberty by gallantly
rising on their captors, and forcing them to na-
vigate the vessel into Grenada. In 1796, part
of this detachment was again captured on its re-
turn to England, and carried to France. Between
the Ist of April, 1795, and the 12th July, 1796,
the regiment lost in action, with the enemy, 1
captain, and 20 rank and file, and by disease, 16
officers, 32 sergeants and drummers, and about
500 rank and file. In the last mentioned year it
returned to England.

In 1799, Government having resolved to send
a hostile armament to the Helder, under the
orders of Sir Ralph Abercromby, the 25th was
employed on this service, and the grenadier com-
pany was the first part of the expedition that
took up a position in face of the enemy on land-
ing. The Helder was occupied without much
resistance, and soon after the command of the
army was assumed by the Duke of York. At
the battle of Alkmaer or Egmont-op-Zee, which
soon after followed, the brunt of the action fell on
the 25th and 92d regiments, and the former lost
one-third of its officers, and one-fourth of its '
men in killed and wounded. Negotiations were
suciseluently entered in to between the belligerents,
which terminated in the British and Russian
tr')ops evacuating Holland.
In 1801, intelligence having arrived of the
battle of Alexandria, a reinforcement of three
regiments, one of which was the 25th, was or-
dered to embark for Egypt. The 25th went on
board at an hour's warning, and reached the banks
of the Nile, in time to share in the concluding
operations of the campaign. At its termination,
the regiment was dispatched to Gibraltar, where
it remained till the recoinmencement of hostilities
in 1803, when it returned to England. In the
following year the regiment received the addition
of a 2d battalion ; and some time afterwards, in
consideration of its numerous services, and as a
mark of the special regard of his Majesty George
the Third, was honoured with the designation of
" The King's Own Borderers." It also received
permission to bear on its colours the honorary

words 44 Minden" and « Egypt," OA some years '
afterwards that of." Egmont-op-Zee."
The 25th remained on home service till 1807,
when it was ordered to repair to Canada ; but
this destination was ultimately changed for Ma-
deira, of which in concert with other troops it
took temporary possession, the Yrench having at
that time entered Portugal as invaders. From
hence the 25th and 63d regiments proceeded to
the West Indies—the former to St. Kitt;,. In
1810, the body of the regiinent was employed
with credit againt Guadeloupe, St. Martin, and
St. Eustatius. In 1812, an expedition having
been dispatched against Martinique, the flank
companies of the 25th joined it ; and in conse-
quence of their gallant conduct, prior to the sur-
render of the island, were allowed to bear the

word " Martinique" on their appointments. In
this arduous service these companies suffered
severely. In 1815, a second descent was made
on Guadaloupe, and the 25th and its com-
mander were honoured with special notice in the
public dispatches announcing the surrender of
the island ; litid several trophies taken from the
enemy were publicly awarded to the regiment.
The 25th remained in Guadaloupe till 1816,
when that island Was restored to' France. On
the d-iparture of the regiment, the conduct of
the commandant received the highest eulogiums
from the planters, who bore unanimous testi-
mony to the discipline of the corps, and the
promptitude with which all grievances, such as
must occur in every newly subjugated colony, had
been redressed.

In 1817, the 25th embarked at Barbadoes for
England. The 2d battalion had been disbanded
the preceding year. The regiment continued on
home service, chiefly in Ireland, till the end of
1825, when the service companies were again
shipped for the West Indies, being. the third
time, during the short space of thirty years, on
which service they still remain. The depot was
subsequently ordered to Scotland, and has been
quartered in the Castle since August last.

In perusing this brief record of the merito-
rious services of the " Royal Borderers," who,
for 'upwards of a century and a half, have up-
held the national banner with distinction to
themselves and benefit to -their country, the
reader must be struck with the peculiarly haras-
sing and deadly character of the duties which
they have latterly had to discharge. While other
corps were employed in Hindostan, in Spain,
and at Waterloo, the fortune of war had so or-
dered it, that the 25th were necessitated to en-
counter all the perils and privations of a subor-
dinate, but not less hazardous, and certainly not
less honourable warfare, in one of the most
deadly climates in the world—gathering laurels,
it is true—but' laurels which the partial, and
then too busy voice of fame, almost forgot to
publish at the time they were reaped. We be-
lieve there are few soldiers who would not think

this species of service the most severe that could
fall to their lot ; and, as individuals, we. are of
opinion that the public, in their enthusiastic
admiration of battles widely trumpeted by fame,
are too apt to overlook the renown of the sun-
tanned veteran, who has not merely bled in the
field, but who has sacrificed alike the. vigour of
his youth, and the comfort of his maturer years,
for the extension and protection. of our West
L►dian possessions.—Edinburgh Observer.