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The 78th Regiment, (Highland) Regiment of Foot also known as the 78th Fraser Highlanders was a British infantry regiment of the line that was raised in Scotland in 1757 to fight in the Seven Years' War (also known as the French and Indian War in the US.). The 78th Regiment was one of the first three Highland Regiments to fight in North America. [1]
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In this insurrection Lieutenant-colonel Fraser of the 78th was killed, and Forbes, as major, received the step in promotion on 28 July 1814. In 1817 he returned to Scotland, being the only officer who returned out of forty-two, and bringing with him only thirty-six out of twelve hundred rank and file.
The 78th Fraser Highlanders were ordered by Brigadier-General James Murray to pursue the French with their swords, but were met near the city by a heavy fire from a floating battery covering the bridge over the St. Charles River as well as militia that remained in the trees. The 78th took the highest number of casualties of all British units in ...
72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders; 73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot; 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot; 74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot; 77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders) 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; 78th Fraser Highlanders; 79th New York Infantry Regiment; 84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)
78th Regiment of Foot may refer to: 78th Fraser Highlanders - properly the 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, also "Fraser's Highlanders" 1758 - 1763 78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, or Seaforth (Highland) Regiment - 1778 - 1786 thereafter renumbered as the 72nd Regiment of Foot