Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1897-12-24
THE GORDON Hl0HLANDERs.
Their Late Exploits In tndi" IN Accora
with Thor Reputation.

Their Late Exploits In india !" ACCORD
with Their Reputation.
The first battalion of the Goroon
Highlanders, of whose exploits on Inc
Indian frontier the cable has recently
brought such sad yet stirring news,
Is better known to Scotsmen by Its old
title of the seventy-fifth, or Stirring
shire, regiment of foot, says the Lon
don Daily Mail. 1t was not until the
year 1881 that the seventy -nttn sur
1ingshire and the ninety-second, the
original Gordon Highlanders, were
amalgamated as one territorial req
ment under the foregoing title. rms
took place when the seventy-hfth lou
were stationed at the Strada Reale
barracks, Malta. Hence, they were I'M
mediately christencd the Strada Heale
highlanders, while a popular cohuh-
drum among military folk at the time
was: What is the difference De-
tween the ninety-second and seventy
fifth?" the answer being: Tine nrsI
are real highlandcrs, but the others
Reale (y) highlanders." OF the TWO
battalions, however, the seventy-n1tn
is the older, having been raised IN the
autumn of 1857, or seven years before
the Gordon highlanders were formed
Strangely enough, the regiments nrst
taste of glory took place in lndla'
where it was Immediately ordered
taking part in the siege and capture
of Seringapatam, 1890, and remaining
there until 1906. In 1909 the deslgna-
ton, and with 1t the uniform, OF the
regiment was changed from the sew
enty-fifth Highlanders to seventy-hfth
foot, which was retained until 1867,
when it became the seventy-fifth STIR
lingshire, in remembrance of its ORR
gin. The regiment, unfortunately, dld
not have any opportunity of taking
part in either the Peninsula or Water
loo campaigns, but 1t served with great
distinction in the kaffir war OF 1889
| and during the Indian mutiny, where
it took part in the siege and capture
of Delhi and in the relief of Lucknow
1857. The Egyptian campaign OF 1887
found the seventy fifth, as the new
united first battalion OF the Gordon
highlanders, marching side by side
with the seventy-ninth, the forty-sec-
ond and the seventy-fourth, thus
forming genuine highland brigade,
under the command of Lieut.-Gen. Sir
E. B. Hamley At the storming of Tel
el-kebir Gen. Alison writes that III
was a noble sight to see the Gordon
and Cameron highlanders mingled to-
gether in the confusion Of the fight
their young officers leading with way
ing swords, their pipes screaming and
that bright CLEAN in the eyes OF the
men which you see only in the hour
of successful battle" Before leaving
Egypt the battalion served il the har-
assing Nile expedition of 18S4-85, but
was not lucky enough to arrive at
kirbekan in time for the last action
Of the campaign. In 1888 the Gordons
proceeded to Ceylon and in 1898 NOV
ed on to India, where, in the spring
of 1895, they experienced foretaste
Of frontier fighting, being included ir
the Chitral relief force under Sir Rob
ert Low. In that little war" the ole
seventy-fifth covered itself with glory
at the storming of the Malakand pass
it's list Of casualties being the longest
of any in the brigade. And recently
the Gordons have been repeating their
| history.