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DIARY OF COLONEL BAYLY,

12TH REGIMENT.

1796-1830

LONDON:

THE ARMY AND NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED,

105, VICTORIA STREET, WESTMINSTER, S.W.

1896.

THE ARMY AND NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, LIMITED,

105, VICTORIA STREET, WESTMINSTER, S.W

NOTE.

Colonel Bayly was the eldest son of John Bayly, Esq., who, with his ancestors, had long resided at Hambrook, co. Gloster.

The Colonel's sister, Eliza, married Barré, son of the Rt. Hon. John Beresford. P.C.. second son of the Earl of Tyrone, and brother of the Marquess of Waterford.

The Colonel's son, Edgar J. Bayly, was a Captain in the 12th Regiment, under his command in Ireland. He is mentioned in the MS.

This diary was purchased by the officers 1st Battalior Suffolk (12th) Regiment in 1894.

IX. 1798.

INDEX.

DIARY OF COLONEL BAYLY,

12TH REGIMENT.

Gazetted as Ensign in H.M. 12th Regiment of Infantry.
Joins 12th Regiment at Newport. Early life experiences.
12th Regiment embarks at Portsmouth, for India.
Cape Town. Various duels.

Madras. Fort St. George. More duels.

Expedition to Penang.

Return to Madras.

March to Tanjore.

Fort of Arvee. Duel and death of Colonel Ashton,
commanding 12th Regiment.

X. 1799. Lieut.-Colonel Shaw appointed to command of Regiment.
Campaign against Tippoo Sahib. Action of Mallavilly.
Before Seringapatam.

XI. 1799. Taking of Seringapatam. Extraordinary wound of Lieu-
tenant Falla.

XII. 1799-1800. Lieutenant Bayly invalided to England

Narrow
escape from shipwreck. Employed collecting Army
of Reserve to oppose Napoleon Bonaparte's threatened
invasion. Sails for India to rejoin 12th Regiment.
XIII. 1800-1806. Lieutenant Bayly on leave in England

XIV. 1809.

XV. 1809.

XVI. 1809.

12th Regiment embarks for Quilon. Operations against
Rajas of Travancore and Cochin.

Further fighting about Quilon and at Cochin.

Defeat of Army of Raja of Travancore. Captain Bayley
wounded. Regiment, ordered to Trevandrum, reaches
Attingurry.

XVII. 1809. 12th Regiment returns to Quilon. Prize money for the
operations against Raja of Travancore withheld. Death
of the Dewan.

XVIII. 1809.

12th Regiment ordered to Seringapatam. Destination
altered to Trichinopoly on account of exhausted state
of the regiment.

XIX. 1809. Adventures of Captain Bayly. Mutiny of Company's
troops at Seringapatam.

XX.

1810. 12th Regiment marches to Fort St. George, and embarks
for active services in Mauritius.

1817. 12th Regiment sails from Mauritius for England. Reaches
Portsmouth 11th November, 1817. Immediately
ordered to Ireland.

XXI. 1830. Colonel Bayly retires after 34 years' service in the

Regiment.

APPENDICES. (1) Extract from the Bourbon Government Gazette, dated
2nd Aug., 1810.

(2) Lettre du Captaine Pym au Gouverneur Farquhar.