'Eccosais 92nd Regiment d'Infanterie'

Colour etching by an unknown artist. From a collection of ten engravings of the British Army in Paris entitled 'Costumes Millitaires', published by Genty, Paris, 1815 (c).

During the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) the 92nd (Gordon) Highlanders served in Egypt, the Low Countries, Portugal, Spain and Waterloo. Eight Scottish infantry regiments were designated Highland Regiments during the conflict, they were well known for their ferocity on the battlefield and their good behaviour off it. As the war went on some abandoned their highland dress since the unwillingness of non-Highlanders to wear a kilt had made it difficult for them to attract recruits.