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The 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot was a Line Regiment of the British Army, raised in 1794. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1881.
The regiment was raised in Argyll by General Duncan Campbell of Lochnell for John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll as the 98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, in response to the threat posed by the French Revolution, on 10 February 1794.
Colonels of the Regiment
1796–1837: Gen. Duncan Campbell of Lochnell
- invasion of the Cape Colony in June 1795[
- re-ranked as the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in May 1796
Napoleonic Wars
- second battalion raised in Perth in August 1804.
- The 1st Battalion
- Hanover Expedition in December 1805
- returned to England in February 1806.
- embarked for Portugal in June 1808 for service in the Peninsular War.
- took part in the Battle of Roliça in August 1808
- Battle of Vimeiro later that month
- Battle of Corunna in January 1809
- evacuation from the Peninsula.
- Lost the name Argyllshire - renamed the 91st Regiment of Foot in April 1809.
- took part in the disastrous Walcheren Campaign in autumn 1809.
- Battle of Vitoria in June 1813
- Battle of Sorauren in July 1813.
- pursued the French Army into France and fought at the Battle of the Nive in November 1813,
- the Battle of Nivelle in December 1813
- the Battle of Orthez in February 1814
- the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814.
- Ostend in April 1815[
- under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William Douglas, undertook the important task of covering the road to Brussels while the Battle of Waterloo was taking place in June 1815.
- formed one of the columns that stormed the fortress town of Cambrai later that month.
- returned to England in November 1818
- regiment regained its territorial designation being renamed the 91st (or Argyllshire) Regiment of Foot in November 1820
- West Indies in June 1821 for a decade
- Saint Helena in November 1835
- South Africa in June 1839
- left South Africa for home in January 1848
- Malta in December 1854[
- Greece in February 1855
- the Ionian Islands in February 1857
- Alexandria in September 1858
- overground route to India to help suppress the Indian Rebellion.
1871 Guard of Honour for marriage between Princess Louise and John Campbell, Marquis of Lorne at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in March 1871,
The regiment was renamed the 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in August 1872
- South Africa in February 1879 for service in the Anglo-Zulu war
- the Battle of Gingindlovu in April 1879 before lifting the Siege of Eshowe later that month.
As part of the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, where single-battalion regiments were linked together to share a single depot and recruiting district in the United Kingdom, the 91st was linked with the 72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders, and assigned to district no. 58 at Stirling Castle.
On 1 July 1881 the Childers Reforms came into effect and the regiment amalgamated with the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
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