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ROBERT See also: British major-general, entered the 25th See also: Foot at the age of nineteen, and in 1795 became captain in the 7th Regiment, obtaining a See also: half-pay majority a few months later
.
As a major of the loth he served in See also: Holland under the duke of
See also: York in 1799
.
At the See also: action of Krabbendam the regiment greatly distinguished itself, though largely composed of raw militia recruits
.
See also: Ross was here severely wounded
.
In 1801 the loth went to See also: Egypt and took See also: part in the final operations which led to Menou's surrender
.
In 1803, though See also: lieutenant-colonel only by brevet, Ross succeeded to the command, and at once initiated a severe See also: system of training, in barracks and in the See also: field, in his regiment
.
The result of this was apparent when under
See also: Sir See also: John
See also: Stuart's command the regiment proceeded to Naples
.
The loth played a decisive part in the brilliant action of See also: Maida, and distinguished itself not less in the subsequent See also: storm of the See also: castle of Scylla
.
In 1808-9 Ross and the loth formed part of Anstruther's brigade of Sir John See also: Moore's army in See also: Spain, and though the statement that the loth, owing to its See also: good discipline, suffered less loss than any other regiment in the retreat on Corunna is incorrect, the regiment was among the best disciplined in the army
.
Later in 1809 it was sent to Walcheren, where fever soon laid low two-thirds of the men
.
Ross and his regiment were then sent to See also: Ireland to recover, and here the colonel repeated the course of See also: drill and manoeuvre which had so markedly improved the loth in See also: Malta
.
He received a gold medal for Corunna and a sword of honour for Maida (which action had already won him a
gold medal)
.
At the end of 1812 the loth was again engaged in the Peninsula, and Major-General Ross early in the followingSee also: year received a brigade command in See also: Cole's division
.
Scarcely engaged at See also: Vittoria, Ross's brigade played a distinguished part in the operations around See also: Pamplona, and the loth covered itself with See also: glory at See also: Roncesvalles and Sorauren
.
At See also: Orthez Ross was severely wounded at the See also: head of the brigade, which was assaulting the See also: village of St Boes
.
He was among those who received the thanks of parliament for this See also: battle, and he received the gold medal for Vittoria and the Peninsula gold medal
.
At the end of the war Ross was sent in command of a brigade to harry the See also: coast of See also: North See also: America, and with 4500 men and three See also: light guns landed in See also: Maryland
.
At Bladensburg the Americans stood to fight in a strong position, but Ross's men routed them (Aug
.
24, 1814)
.
The same evening See also: Washington was entered, and, the public buildings having been destroyed, the expedition re-embarked
.
This See also: short and brilliant See also: campaign excited the admiration of soldiers, critics and public alike, but the See also: commander did not live to receive his See also: reward
.
A few days later an expedition against Baltimore was undertaken; skirmishing soon began, and one of the first to fall was Ross
.
A public monument was erected to his memory in St See also: Paul's See also: Cathedral, and others at his residence at See also: Rosstrevor and at See also: Halifax, N.S
.
His See also: family was granted the name Ross of Bladensburg by royal letters-patent
.
See Gentleman'sSee also: Magazine, 1814, ii
.
483 ; Cole, See also: Peninsular Generals ; Smythe, See also: History of the loth Regiment
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