SEVENTY-FIRST FOOT.
The Regiment was raised chiefly at Elgin, in Scotland.
The first Regiment numbered the 71st in 1758 was formerly the Second Battalion of the 32nd Foot, raised in 1756; it was disbanded in 1763.
The second was formerly the 81st Invalid=s, made 71st in 1763, and formed into Independent Companies in 1769.
The third was the 71st Highlanders raised in 1775, and disbanded in 1783. It served during the American Rebellion.