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*'''1881''' amalgamated with [[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd Highlanders]] forming the 2nd Battalion of The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)
*'''1961''' combined with the [[79th Regiment of Foot|Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]] to form the Queen's Own Highlanders
*'''1994''' amalgamated with the [[100th Regiment of Foot|The Gordon Highlanders]] to form The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
*'''2006''' amalgamated with the other Scottish infantry regiments into the single large Royal Regiment of Scotland becoming The Highlanders, 4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (4 SCOTS)
== Service in British India ==
'''1803''' The 78th Regiment of Foot was a participant in the famous [[Battle of Assaye]], which resulted in a decisive victory for British forces led by [[Arthur Wellesley]], later the Duke of Wellington. It was also in the [[Battle of Argaum]] and in action at [[Poona]] and [[Gwalior]]. In the same year, the 78th were stationed at [[Fort William]].
'''1804-1807''' The regiment was stationed at [[Bombay]] during this period, and at [[Baroda]] and [[Fort St George]] in 1805.
''The Colonial Wars Source Book'' by Philip Haythornthwaite ISBN 1854091964
''British Army Pensioners Abroad'' by Norman K. Crowder ISBN 0806314605 ==Articles==The ''Journal of the [[Society for Army Historical Research]]'' Volume 75, Spring 1997 has an article about the graves of officers, who were killed in May 1813 at Probolinggo, Java trying to enforce a new 'land distribution scheme' with which many of the locals did not agree.
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78th_(Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 78th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders Seaforth Highlanders] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highlanders_(Seaforth,_Gordons_and_Camerons) Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)] Wikipedia<br>
[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060505/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/078-793.htm 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot (or The Ross-shire Buffs)] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205939/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/078-1.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/20071221205939/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/078-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
[http://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com The Highlanders Museum] Covers the [[72nd Regiment of Foot|72nd (Seaforth Highlanders)]], 78th and the [[79th Regiment of Foot|79th (Cameron Highlanders)]] Regiments of Foot
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/n761/mode/2up ''History of the Scottish Highlands : Highland clans and Highland regiments''] "The 78th Highlanders or Ross-Shire Buffs" by John S Keltie (c.1886) Archive.org. Indian service commences [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/668/mode/2up page 669].
** [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscottis02kelt#page/702/mode/2up Page 702]: "The regiment lost, between the 1st September 1844 and 30th April 1845, 3 officers, 532 men, 68 women and 134 children, - total 737 souls"
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofscotlan08browiala#page/56/mode/2up "Ross-Shire Highlanders, or Seventy-Eighth Regiment"], page 56. ''The History of Scotland, its Highlands, Regiments and Clans, Volume VIII'' by James Browne 1909 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ihYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA250 "Obituary: The Late Lieut-General Alexander Adams"]. Served with the 78th Regiment in India from c 1796 and took part in actions up to and including [[Java Expedition|Java]] in 1811. Page 250 ''The United Service Journal, Part 1 1835''. Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeofcommu00will ''The Narrative of a Commuted Pensioner''] by John Williamson 1838 Archive.org. He arrived in India in 1808 and took part in the [[Java Expedition]] of 1811
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ESBcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA301 "Abstract of Annual Report on the Wounded of the 78th Highlanders at Lucknow in 1857"] by J Jee C.B. V.C. Surgeon, 78th Highlanders, page 301 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859'' (published 1861) Google Books
*[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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