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*"The Melvill Family – Three Generations of Commitment to India (Part 1)" by David Williams – pages 3-17 ''FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014)'' contains a section on Philip Melville, an officer in the 73rd Regiment of Foot, who was captured following the [[Battle of Pollilore|battle near Pollilur]] in 1780, with quotes from his papers. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for information about accessing this article.
== External Links links ==
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=94wc_zcW_EwC ''Historical Record of the Seventy-Third Regiment from the period of its being raised as the Second Battalion of the Forty-Second Royal Highlanders in 1780, and of its subsequent services to 1851''] by Richard Cannon 1851. Google Books. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=94wc_zcW_EwC&pg=PA6 page 6] in 1781 in Madras
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mPURAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Journal of a Voyage Performed in the Lion Extra Indiaman, from Madras to Columbo and Da Lagoa Bay ... in the Year 1798''] by William White, Captain, 73rd Highland Regiment of Foot. 1800 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofbl00waucuoft ''A Short History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); 42nd, 73rd, 1725-1907. To which is added an account of the second battalion in the South African War, 1899-1902''] by [Arthur Grenfell Wauchope] 1908 Archive.org
*[http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/infantry-histories/library/A-History-of-The-Black-Watch-Royal-Highlanders-in-the-Great-War-1914-1918-Volume-III/files/assets/basic-html/page1.html ''A History of the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in the Great War 1914-1918''] Edited by Major General A G Wauchope 1926. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk. A transcribed version. Contents page states "Contents of Volume Three" . Covers the Eighth Battalion onwards.
===Other===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_Foot 73rd Regiment of Foot] - Wikipedia
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071216183323/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/042Black.htm The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071130085549/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/042-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233631/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/073-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived website
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/lmr/regiments.html#73 Macquarie University's webpage] on the 73rd Foot (includes links to information on [[Seringapatam]] [1799] and [[Mangalore]] [1783])
*[httphttps://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/ The Black Watch Castle and Museum] in Balhousie Castle, Perth, Scotland. Includes a Research Room (Royal Highland Regimentuser donation required) Castle & **[https://theblackwatch.co.uk/regimental-association/red-hackle-magazine/ ''The Red Hackle'' Magazine] Regimental Association page. Advises that digitised copies of all magazines from 1921-2010 are available on a 3 volume DVD set from the Museum]Shop. Currently (2018/03) however, this item does not appear to be not listed in the items available from the shop.
*[http://www.gpollenmusic.co.uk/odonnells-bio.html Percy Sylvester George O'Donnell] (scroll down) joined the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in India on 9th October 1905 as their Bandmaster with the rank of Sgt. In 1911 the Band of the Black Watch was one of the participating bands at the [[Delhi Durbar]] commemoration of the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. He left India in August 1914. George Pollen’s website.
*Stewart Cochrane’s [http://www.chindit.net/Main.htm Black Watch RHR Chindit] , dedicated to Pte.William "Cocky" Cochrane
2nd Battalion, The Black Watch , in Burma during the [[Second World War]] .
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