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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080202074704/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072-786.htm 72nd (or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055653/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/072-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071224055059/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072Seaf.htm Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071219055653/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/072-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*On the night of 4th December 1874, the bandmaster of the 72nd Highlanders, stationed at Peshawar, was carried off by a party of raiders belonging to the Zakha Khel clan.<ref>Garen. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180117062519/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=312 Kidnapped by the Afghans! 72nd Highlander 1874/75] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 8 May 2008, now archived. <br/ref>
*[http://www.jeffreygreen.co.uk/086-sergeant-william-dobson-of-the-72nd-highlanders Sergeant William Dobson of the 72nd Highlanders] was an African born in South Africa around 1840. He joined the 72nd Highlanders in Edinburgh in 1857/1858 and was sent to India where he was a drummer. jeffreygreen.co.uk
*Career of Colour-Sergt David Douglas Mackie and his son James Mackie: [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-one-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 1], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-two-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 2], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-three-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 3], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-four-james-laura-mackie/ Pt. 4], [https://www.thesocialhistorian.com/part-five-james-and-laura-mackie/ Pt. 5] thesocialhistorian.com
:Part 4. David Mackie kills himself.
*[http://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com The Highlanders Museum] Covers the 72nd, [[78th Regiment of Foot|78th (Ross-shire Buffs)]] and the [[79th Regiment of Foot|79th (Cameron Highlanders)]] Regiments of Foot
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1900_1999/photographs/kingsempire1906/indusbridge.jpg The 72nd Highlanders Crossing the River Indus] columbiaby Bourne and Shepherd, Calcutta from a 1906 book ''The King's Empire'' by J.eduH. This Bacon from the website [http://pictorialgemswww.comcolumbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/The-72nd-Highlanders-Crossing-The-Indus-1896-Victorian-Photo-View00routesdata/1900_1999/photographs/kingsempire1906/kingsempire1906.592 linkhtml Indian Routes] states by Prof. Emerita Frances W. Pritchett Columbia University. columbia.edu. Elsewhere, it is stated the photograph was taken in 1896, by Bourne and Shepherd, Calcutta.
====Historical books online====
*[https://archive.org/stream/fliesinrelationt00grah#page/138/mode/2up Page 139] ''Flies in Relation to Disease: non-bloodsucking flies'' by G. S. Graham- Smith. 1913 Archive.org. In 1903 the Seaforth Highlanders, stationed at [[Nasirabad]], suffered from a very bad epidemic of typhoid fever.
*[https://archive.org/stream/scottishhistoric16edinuoft#page/312/mode/2up "The Seaforth Highlanders, August 1914 to April 1916"] by H.H.E. Craster pages 309-324 ''Scottish Historical Review 16'', 1919 Archive.org. Includes a Battalion of the Seaforths in Mesopotamia from the end of 1915, taking part in an unsuccessful attempt to relieve Kut.
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