Scottish Regiments
The Black Watch

• The Formation of the Black Watch
• The Mutiny
• Flanders
• Ireland & The 42d
• Preparations for America
• Ticondaroga
• The West Indies - Guadaloupe
• Evacuation of Crown Point
• Martinique and Havannah
• Relief of Fort Pitt and the return home
• The Garb of Old Gaul
• Discipline and Embarking for America
• Skirmish at New York and White Plains
• Verplanks, Stony Point and end of American War
• Awarding of new colours and return to Scotland
• War with France
• Story of the "Red Heckle"
• Expedition to the West Indies
• Expedition to Minorca
• Expedition to Egypt
• Spain, Death of Sir John Moore and Return Home
• 1811 - 1816
  Return of the 42d to England, Embarks a second time for Portugal in 1812, Consolidation of the first and second battalions, Spain, Battle of Salemanca, Madrid, Siege of Burgos, Retreat into Portugal, Campaign of 1813, Battle of Vittoria,  Siege of St Sehastian, Pyrenees, Succession of battles, Fall of St Sebastian, Allied army enters France, Crosses the Nivelle, Passage of the Kive, Series of actions, Bayonne, Battles of Orthês and Ayre, Bordeaex, Tarbes, Battle of Toulouse, Peace of 1814, War of 1815, Quatre Bras,  Waterloo, Return of the 42d to Scotland, Edinburgh.
• 1816 - 1854
  The Highland Society’s Vase, Ireland, The White-boys, Critical Service, Anecdotes, Old Manoeuvres, Bad Management, The Dublin Medal, Gibraltar, Innovations, Regimental Library, Malta, Ionian Islands, Lieutenant-Colonel Middleton’s Farewell Order, Scotland, Ireland, Malta, Corfu, Death of Major-General Sir R. H. Dick, Bermuda, Halifax, Home.
• 1854 - 1856
  Regiment Embarks for Crimea, Landing at Kalamita Bay, March to the Alma, Russian Position, Battle of the Alma, The Highland Brigade, Sir Colin Campbell, Work done by the 42d, Sir Colin’s Bonnet, Work of the 42d before Sebastopol, Sir Colin Campbell’s Addresses, The Kertchi Expedition, Return Home.
• 1856 - 1869
  The 42d proceeds to India, Cawnpore, Seria-Ghat, Marches and Skirmishes, Lucknow, 42d Storms La Martiniere, The Begum Kootee, Fort Ruliya, Bareilly, Rohilkund, Maylah Ghaut, Khyrngher Jungles, Presentation of Colours, Title of ‘‘Black Watch" restored, Cholera, Embarks for England, Reception at Edinburgh, Leave Edinburgh for Aldershot.
• 1817 - 1873
  Account of Variations in Dress of the Black Watch, Regimental Pets, "Pincher", "Donald the Deer", "The Grenadiers’ Cat", Monument to Black Watch in Dunkeld Cathedral, Conclusion.
• 1873 - 1881
  The Ashantee Campaign, Occupation of Cyprus.
• 1882 - 1886
  The Egyptian Campaign
• Breaking the Panzers
  A Battle of WWII.
• Links to Black Watch Web Sites
• Videos of the Black Watch
• The Black Watch
  The Record of an Historic Regiment by Archibald Forbes LL.D. (1896) (pdf)
• A Short History of The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1725-1907
  To which is added an Account of the Second Battalion in the South African War, 1899-1902 by Arthur Grenfell Wauchope (1908) (pdf)
• A History of the Black Watch
  Royal Highlanders, in the Great War, 1914-1918 by Major-General A. Wauchope, C.B., Author of “The Black Watch, 1725-1907” in three volumes (1925)

See also

The Legends of the Black Watch