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1814
Letter, 31 March 1814
Dispatch
[extract] from Governor Robert Brownrigg to Earl Bathurst, Secretary of
State.
Description of the arrival of the transport Earl
Spencer with three (3) companies of the 73rd Regiment; concerned by
the large number of women and children who accompanied these soldiers.
Letter, 3 July 1814
Lieut. D'Arcy
Wentworth Jnr. to his father D'Arcy Wentworth, Snr.
Description of
his arrival in Colombo; incidents with the King of Kandy - expectations
of war not realised; courtmartial proceedings against Lieut. Thomas
Atkins; mutinous behaviour in the 73rd Regiment resulting from excessive
alcohol (arrack) consumption.
Letter, 17 August 1814
Dispatch
[extract] from Governor Robert Brownrigg to Earl Bathurst, Secretary of
State.
Problems with military discipline and alcohol (arrack)
amongst members of the 73rd Regiment. Execution of Private John
Stevenson for mutiny; arrival of Lt. Col O'Connell on board the
General Hewitt with three companies of the 73rd Regiment at
Galle.
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