The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-07

sake" he wrote. II shall always pay a
respect and regard to Scotsman"
Since that time the regiment, which in
Its early days was guilty of disobedience,
has served with distinction in all parts of
the world. From 1855 till 17d8 they were
stationed In America, and took part In the
engagements between the French and the
British colonists. And 1t is interesting to
note at this time that the Black Watch
was stationed at Albany In 1865, and there
received SIX hundred recruits from En-
gland. The regiment was Withdrawn from
Albany In 1757. and proceeded north and
Joined the expedition against the French
island Of Cape Breton, In the Gulf of st.
Lawrence. Then they returned to Albany,
where they remained nearly a. year, and
then became part Of Mai. Gen. Aber-
crombie's force that went by way Of Lake
George to Ticonderoga. OF their action In
the battle which followed an eyewitness
wrote:
with mixture of esteem, grief and
envy consider thu great loss and immor-
tai glory acquired by the Scots Highlanders
in the late bloody affair. Impatient for or
ders, they rushed forward to the intrench-
ments, which many of them actually
mounted. They appeared like lions break
ing from their chains. Their intrepldity
was rather animated than dampened by
seeing their comrades fall on every side."
A part of the regiment was sent to the
West Indies, where they assisted at the
capture of Guadalupe, and in 1852 war
having been declared against Spain. two
battalions OF the Forty-6econd Joined in
the operations against Havana. Between
fighting against the French, Indians and
Spaniards, the regiments became greatly
reduced, and there was only SHELTON left
when the Forty-second embarked at Phlla-
delphia in July 1857, for home. The High
In DAVIS ,fT md Mnfr f1-o
in the operations in Holland, and there
won the glorious Red Heckle" for their
bonnets for recapturing from the French
two guns which had been given UP as lost.
Then the regiment became divided. The
headquarters and five companies went to
Gibraltar and the rest of the command
was sent to the West Indies. The mex.
heard of the Black Watch was when, un-
der the command Of Gen. Moro. they
charged up the banks Of Aboukir bay, In
Egypt
Commended gy Wellington.
1t would be impossible in a short article
to give In detail the exploits of this pic
turesque body of men. but there have been
few important military movements on the
part of England in the last century in
which the Black Watch did not play it's
part In. 1916 the regiment was stationed
In ireland, but when Bonaparte escaped
from Elba and threatened the peace of
Europe they were ordered into active serv-
ice They marched from Ostend to Brus-
sells and arrived at the post of Les Quatre
Bras In time to encounter regiment of
French lancers whom they defeated. The
Duke of wellington In his dispatches men
toned the Forty-second for Conspicuous
bravery"
Then came the Crimean war and service
in Russia. and In 1857 the regiment en-
barked for India to aid in the suppression
OF the mutiny. There they began work on
arriving by marching eighty miles from
Calcutta IN fifty-six hours and then were
In prime condition. They took part In the
siege and capture OF Lucknow. and re-
turned home In 1865. In 1873 the regiment
was ordered to the Gold coast. and Joined
Lord, then Sir Garnet, Wolseley. who was
the leader of the expedition against the
king OF Ashantee. 1t was in that cam
paign that the Black Watch first laid
aside the picturesque uniform and donned
the khaki, which they are wearing again
in the present campaign.
In 1854 the Forty-seoond was ordeyed to