Chapter XLI (4)

Volunteers, associate, their conduct at Leith (1715), i. 443;
of Edinburgh meeting the Highlanders (1745), 543.

Volunteers, Mid-Lothian Rifle, shooting matches with the 91st (1874),
ii. 754.

Vulture Feather of the 42nd, ii. 361.

Wade, Gen., his portrait, i. 491;
his report on the state of the Highlands, 483;
empowered by Government to summon the clans to deliver up arms, 485;
constructs new roads in the Highlands, 490;
commander of H.M.’s forces in Scotland, 491;
sent to oppose Prince Charles, 582.

Wages, rate in the Highlands, ii. 28.

Walcheren expedition (1809), (42nd), ii. 380;
(71st), 491;
(78th), 650;
(91st), 728;
dress of 91st there, 731;
(92nd), 760.

Wales, Frederic, Prince of, procures the release of Flora Macdonald,
i. 704.

Ward-holding, its abolition, i. 768.

Watch-money, its large amount, ii. 2.

Waterloo, the decisive battle here June 18th, 1815 (42nd), ii. 397;
list of officers of the 42nd present at Quatre Bras and Waterloo,
397;
(71st), 502;
(79th), 706;
(91st), 730;
Waterloo Roll of 91st discovered, 749;
(92nd), 764.

Wealth in the Highlands, i. 321.

Wedderburn, Sir John, taken prisoner at Culloden, i. 667;
executed, 731.

Wedding ceremonies in Highlands, i. 311.

Wellington, Duke of, special references to, in connection with
Highland regiments, (the 42nd), specially mentioned in his
despatch, 12th April 1814, about Toulouse, ii. 705;
in Waterloo despatch pays high compliment to; (the 71st) in
despatch concerning Sobraol, 14th Oct. 1810, he particularly
mentions the names of Lt.-Cols. Cadogan and Reynell, 494;
(the 72nd), he presents new colours to and addresses in Jan. 1842,
543;
(the 74th), received his special thanks for their services under
his command at the taking of Ahmednuggur, Assaye, and Argaum,
575, 576;
his special commendation for Rodrigo and Badajoz, 581, 582;
in 1845 the duke recommends to Her Majesty that the 74th should be
permitted to resume the appellation of a Highland regiment,
&c., 592;
(the 78th), thanked in despatches for its services under him at
Ahmednuggur, Assaye, and Argaum, 627, 628, 633;
complimented and inspected by him at Nieuwpoort, 652;
(the 79th), his grief for the loss of Col. P. Cameron, and his high
sense of the 79th’s conduct at Fuentes D’Onor, 702;
specially mentioned in despatch, 12th April 1814, about Toulouse,
and highly praised for Quatre Bras and Waterloo, 707;
(the 91st), compliments Col Douglas at Toulouse, 730;
his high commendation of the 91st’s conduct in the wreck of the
“Abercrombie Robinson,” 733;
(the 92nd), the thanks for Toulouse, 707;
in person thanks the 92nd for its conduct at “Nive,” at Orthes,
where the 42nd, 79th, and 92nd meet for the first time in the
Peninsula--he orders them to encamp beside each other for the
night, 762;
at Quatre Bras, personally orders the 92nd to charge, 763;
in person thanks them for their conduct at Waterloo, 766;
(the 93rd), he presents with new colours, 781.

Wemyss of Wemyss, Major-Gen., 1st colonel of the 93rd--his portrait
on steel, ii. 756;
(note), ii. 777.

Western Islands, boundaries of, i. 2.

West Indies, reduction of, in 1795, ii. 362.

Wheatley, Lt.-Col. (42nd), notes from his “Memoranda,” ii. 402, 404,
432.

Whitelock’s army, capitulation of, ii. 488.

“Will God I shall,” the motto of the Menzies, &c., ii. 306.

William III., his instructions to Sir Thomas Livingston, i. 397;
Scotch intense hostility to him, 407;
his Highland companies, 483.

William, Prince of Orange, designs of, i. 341;
lands at Torbay, 342;
reception, 343;
address from Scottish nobles to, 344;
Feversham arrested by--Whitehall seized, 345;
in London--assumption of Government by, 347;
life saved by Dundee--declared King of England, 351.

Windham, Lady, she presents new colours to the 78th, ii. 692.

Wine, its abundance in the Highlands in 1745, ii. 22.

Wintoun, Earl of, his resolve for the Stuarts, i. 449;
escape from the Tower, 477.

Wishart, Montrose’s affecting parting from his troops (1646), account
of by, i. 249.

Witchcraft, charges of, in Scotland, i. 292.

Wolfe, Gen., his noble answer to Cumberland after Culloden, i. 666;
forces under his command against Quebec, ii. 460.

“Wolf of Badenoch,” Alexander, 4th son of Robert II.--his effigy,
i. 68.

Wolseley, Major-Gen. Sir Garnet J., K.C.M.G., C.B., his portrait,
ii. 803;
his campaign in Ashantee, 803-807.

Worcester, battle of (1651)--flight of Charles II. from, i. 289;
the Macleods at this battle, ii. 195.

Wright, Col. E. W. C., C.B. (91st), engraving of tablet to his memory,
ii. 742.

York, Henry, Cardinal, Duke of, Prince Charles’s brother, i. 499;
his portrait, 745;
his medal and assumptions--his death and place of interment, 760.

York, Duke of (son of George III.), his movements in Holland (1794),
ii. 697.

Yuzufzai Hills, engraving of the monument to those of the 71st H.L.I.
who fell here, ii. 517.

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Transcriber’s note:

Footnote [135] is referenced from inside Footnote [134].
Footnotes [565] through [578] are referenced from inside Footnote [564].
Footnotes [580] through [583] are referenced from inside Footnote [579].
Footnote [679] is referenced from inside Footnote [678].
Footnote [729] is referenced from inside Footnote [728].
Footnote [886] is referenced from inside Footnote [885].
Footnote [1123] is referenced from inside Footnote [1122].
Footnote [1183] is referenced from inside Footnote [1182].

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.

Eight occurrences of ‘aid-de-camp’ replaced by ‘aide-de-camp’.

Both M’ and Mac are used as part of many names, for example
M’Donald and Macdonald, and these spellings have not been changed.

Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained: for example,
Mar, Marr; Fort William, Fort-William; ahead, a-head; broadsword,
broad-sword; staid; stanch; ancles; stopt; infeft; debouched;
houghed; contemn.

Pg xi: ditto sign replaced by the text ‘W. Holl,’.
Pg xii: page number ‘556’ replaced by ‘566’.
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replaced by ‘gave way to Donald ... in 893.\n\nDuring’.
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Pg 58 (Table): in the text the duration of Lulach is “only a few
months”, so the duration ‘4½’ has been replaced by ‘½’,
which then matches the stated year of his death, 1057.
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Pg 738: the ‘A.D. 1747-1748.’ line of the Chapter XXXVIII summary has
been moved to the top for consistency with other Chapters.
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summary has been moved to the top for consistency with other Chapters.

Footnote [104] anchored on pg 44: ‘this great grievvance’ replaced by
‘this great grievance’.
Footnote [617] anchored on pg 385: ‘blank space’ replaced by ‘______’.
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‘9th January, 1744’.
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‘23d January, 1744’.
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‘about the time’.