| Citation |
NYM(G.777.063
7 Jul 1777:1234;21 (1341)
Halifax, June 7th, 1777. On Saturday last, was performed
here, the ceremony of consecrating the colours of the second
Royal Highland Battalion of Emigrants. Early in the
morning, the battalion was paraded, armed, and accoutred,
uniformly, in the full Highland dress; and at 7 o'clock
marched with the sound of pipes and drums, to the field,
behind the Citadel-hill, where a small encampment had been
pitched for the occasion. . . [21] The ceremony thus
finished, the battalion marched back to town.--The
Grenadiers were detached from the parade to lodge the
colours at the Commandant's quarters, and the officers
repaired to the assembly room, where breakfast was prepared
for a brilliant company of near two hundred ladies and
gentlemen who were also entertained with music and dancing.
. .
|