Pair to Lieutenant General A.T.Maclean, 13th Light Dragoons,Military General Service 1793-1814, six bars, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (A.T.Maclean, Lieut 13th Lt Dragns); Waterloo 1815, with steel clip and ring suspension (Allan T. Maclean, Lieut. 13th Light Dragoons.). Some light contact marks, otherwise very fine. (Lot)Footnotes:The lot comes with original documentation as follows:Warrant for Captain dated 23.12.1818Warrant for Major dated 29.10.1830.Warrant for Lieutenant Colonel dated 4.9.1834.Warrant for Lieutenant Colonel dated 7th January 1842Warrant for Colonel dated 17th March 1847.Warrant for Major General dated 10th July 1854.Warrant for Colonel of 14th Light Dragoons dated 8th June 1862.Warrant for Major General dated 8th June 1862.Warrant for Lieutenant General dated 8th June 1862.A letter from Horse Guards dated 28th March 1842 asking if he would like to proceed to India with the 9th Light Dragoons at Lieutenant Colonel.A birth certificate for his daughter A.A.M.Maclean 24th October 1849.A letter dated 12th May 1858 approving him to receive the Grant for Distinguished and Meritorious Service an allowance of £100 per annum from the 22nd March of March last, in envelope.A copy of his will dated 24th June 1867. A further Will from 1867 and Probate document dated 14th January 1869.A letter addressed to The Baroness de Pallandt (daughter of the above) with notes relating to his Waterloo service.A mid 19th Century map of Northern and Western Asia.Two Shoulder belt plates, a Scottish clan badge and a shooting medal.Lieutenant General Allan Thomas Maclean was born in Pennycross, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland on 1 May 1793 to Archibald MacLean and Alicia MacLean. He became an Ensign with the 2nd West India Regiment without purchase on the 4th January 1810. He then became Cornet with the 13th Light Dragoons on the 23rd August 1810 again without purchase. Lieutenant 11th July 1811 by purchase. Captain 23rd December 1818 by purchase. Major 29th October 1830 without purchase. Lieutenant Colonel 11th July 1834 without purchase. He became Half Pay with the 13th Light Dragoons 31st May 1860. Allan Thomas Maclean married Agnes Lisle Robertson Forlong in 1843 and had 3 children. He died on the 9th December 1868 at 3 Oxford Square, London.The 13th Light Dragoons sailed for Lisbon in February 1810 for service in the Peninsular War. It took part in the Battle of Campo Maior on the Spanish-Portuguese border on 25 March 1811 in a clash that occurred between British and Portuguese cavalry, under Robert Ballard Long, and a force of French infantry and cavalry under General Latour-Maubourg. The regiment, two and a half squadrons strong, led by Colonel Michael Head, charged and routed a superior French cavalry force of no less than six squadrons. The regiment, with two Portuguese squadrons, then went on to pursue the French for seven miles to the outskirts of Badajoz. The report reaching Lord Wellington seems to have glossed over the epic quality of the charge and emphasised the overlong pursuit. After receiving Marshal Beresford's report, Wellington issued a particularly harsh reprimand to the regiment calling them 'a rabble' and threatening to remove their horses from them and send the regiment to do duty at Lisbon. The officers of the regiment then wrote a collective letter to Wellington detailing the particulars of the action. Wellington is reported as saying that had he known the full facts he would never have issued the reprimand. The historian Sir John Fortescue wrote, 'Of the performance of Thirteenth, who did not exceed two hundred men, in defeating twice or thrice their numbers single-handed, it is difficult to speak too highly.'The regiment formed part of Beresford's Allied-Spanish Army at the Battle of Albuera on 16 May 1811. The French army, commanded by Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Duc de Dalmatie, was attempting to relieve the French garrison of the border fortress of Badajoz. Only after bloody and fierce fighting, and the steadfastness of the British infantry, did the allies carry the day. The regiment, which was unbrigaded, formed part of the cavalry force commanded initially by Brigadier Robert Ballard Long and, later in the battle, by Major General Sir William Lumley.The regiment also saw action at the Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos in October 1811, at the Siege of Badajoz in March 1812 and, as part of the 2nd Brigade under Colonel Colquohon Grant, at the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813. The regiment advanced into France and fought at the Battle of the Nive in December 1813, at the Battle of Orthez in February 1814 and at the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814.The Battle of WaterlooThe regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Shapland Boyse and forming part of the 7th Cavalry Brigade, but operationally attached to the 5th Cavalry Brigade, next took part in the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. The regiment charged repeatedly during the day and completely routed a square of French infantry. An officer of the 13th wrote:Our last and most brilliant charge, was at the moment that Lord Hill, perceiving the movement of the Prussian army, and finding the French Imperial Guard on the point of forcing a part of the British position, cried out, - 'Drive them back, 13th!' such an order from such a man, could not be misconstrued, and it was punctually obeyed.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
