  The regiment has one of the most brilliant records in the whole army, a reputation it splendidly maintained against the Germans in France and Belgium. The 1st Battalion (71st Foot) dates from 1777 as Fraser's Highlanders, which afterwards became Macleod's Highlanders, fighting with distinguished bravery in India, South Africa, the Peninsula, Waterloo and elsewhere. The 2nd Battalion (74th Foot) has an equally brilliant record of Indian and foreign service, winning great glory at the battle of Assaye, where every officer was killed or wounded and the remainder of the regiment was brought out of action by the Sergeant-Major. The 1st Battalion was so full of Glasgow men during the Peninsular War, that it was generally known as "The Glesca Keelies." (Depot, Fort George.) (Record Office, Perth.) The Elephant, superscribed "Assaye." "Carnatic," "Hindoostan," "Mysore," "Cape of Good Hope, 1806," "Maida," "Java," "South Africa, 1835," "Sevastopol," "Koosh-ab," "Persia," "Lucknow," "Central India," "Peiwar Kotal," "Charasiah," "Kabul, 1879," "Kandahar, 1880," "Afghanistan, 1878-80," "Tel-el-Kebir," "Egypt, 1882," "Chitral," "Atbara," "Khartoum," "Paardeberg," "South Africa, 1899-1902." Mottoes: Cuidich'n Righ (Help, to the King); Uniform, Scarlet. Facings, Buff. Mackenzie tartan. White sporran with two black tails. Head-dress, Feather bonnet, scarlet, white and green diced border; white hackle, except bandsmen who wear scarlet. Cap, Glengarry, with scarlet, white and green diced border. Regimental March, "Highland Laddie." Allied Regiments, 72nd Regiment (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada); 78th Pictou Regiment (Highlanders) of Canada. |
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