CHAPTER XXXV

CHAPTER XXXV

TO CAWNPORE AND BACK

Violent gale at Loodhiana—Two hundred men, women, and children buried—By river steamer to Allahabad—Rejoin the regiment at Cawnpore—Return voyage down the Ganges

CHAPTER XXXVI

INDIA TO CAPE TOWN

The guns captured in the Sutlej campaign—Lord Hardinge’s compliments to the regiment—I secure compensation for the regiment’s losses at Loodhiana—Voyage to Cape Town

CHAPTER XXXVII

RETURN TO ENGLAND

Return to England—Continued in command of the regiment

CHAPTER XXXVIII

FAREWELL TO THE 50TH REGIMENT

Decide to retire—Return to Australia

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ORDERS AND MEDALS

OF THE LATE

LIEUT.-COLONEL JOSEPH ANDERSON, C. B., K. H.,

OF THE 50TH (QUEEN’S OWN) REGIMENT,

And of Fairlie House, South Yarra, near Melbourne, Victoria.

_Born July 1st, 1790. Died 18th July, 1877._

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LIEUT.-COLONEL ANDERSON’S SERVICES.

“Expedition to Calabria, including the battle of Maida, and subsequent operations, and capture of the fortress of Catrone; expedition to Egypt in 1807; Peninsular War from April, 1809, to January, 1812, including the battles of Talavera (wounded) and Busaco; retreat to the Lines of Torres Vedras and various affairs there; with the advance at Espinhal, battle of Fuentes d’Onoro, and many other affairs and skirmishes. (War Medal with four clasps.) Served at the capture of Guadeloupe in 1815. Commanded a brigade at the battle of Punniar (medal), and was severely wounded at its head when in the act of charging the enemy’s guns.”—_Hart’s Army List._

1. “MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH,” founded by King George I, 25th May, 1725.

2. “THE GUELPHIC ORDER” (Hanoverian), founded by King George IV, when Prince Regent, in the name of his father, George III, on 12th August, 1815.

3. “THE WAR MEDAL,” granted by the Queen, 1st June, 1847, for services in the Peninsular War (4 clasps):—

1. Maida, July 4, 1806. 2. Talavera, July 27 and 28, 1809. 3. Busaco, September 27, 1810. 4. Fuentes d’Onoro, May 5, 1811.

The War Medal has on the obverse the head of the Queen, with the date, 1848; and on the reverse Her Majesty, as the representative of the country or people, is in the act of crowning with a laurel wreath the Duke of Wellington, in a kneeling attitude, as emblematic of the army.

4. MAHRATTA CAMPAIGN OF 1843: “INDIAN STAR OF BRONZE,” made from the captured guns. Battle of Punniar, 29th December, 1843.

“About four o’clock in the afternoon the enemy was observed to have taken up a strong position on a chain of lofty hills four miles eastward of the camp.... The Second Infantry Brigade, under Brigadier Anderson, of the 50th, arrived in time to put a finish to the action; forming on the crest of a hill, he, by a gallant and judicious movement, attacked the enemy’s left, and completely defeated him, taking the remainder of his guns.... Major White took the Second Infantry Brigade out of action upon Brigadier Anderson being wounded.”—Carter’s “Medals of the British Army.”

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A PENINSULAR VETERAN