{{For|other units with the same regimental number or the Grade 1 competitive pipe band|78th Regiment of Foot (disambiguation)|78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name=78th Regiment of Foot |image=Bataille des plaines d'Abraham - Le colonel Fraser commandant la charge.jpg |caption=19th century romantic depiction of Fraser's Regiment at the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]]. |nickname=Fraser's Highlanders |motto= ''Je suis prest'' |colors=White or Buff facings |march= |ceremonial_chief= |type=Infantry |country={{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |dates=1757–1763 |command_structure= |size= |specialization= |current_commander= |garrison= |battles=[[French and Indian War]] |notable_commanders=[[Simon Fraser of Lovat]] |anniversaries= }}
The '''78th Regiment, (Highland) Regiment of Foot''', also known as the '''78th Fraser Highlanders''' was a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] infantry regiment of the line that was raised in [[Scotland]] in 1757 to fight in the [[Seven Years' War]] (also known as the [[French and Indian War]] in the US.). The 78th Regiment was one of the first three Highland Regiments to fight in North America.<ref>The Highland regiments that landed in America and took part in the French and Indian War were the [[42nd Regiment of Foot]] or Royal Highland Regiment ("The Black Watch"), the [[77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders)|77th Regiment of Foot]] and the 78th Regiment of Foot.</ref>
==History== The regiment was raised in [[Inverness]] by Lieutenant-Colonel [[Simon Fraser of Lovat]] as the '''2nd Highland Battalion''' and ranked as the 62nd Regiment of Foot in 1757.<ref name=regiments>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/078fraser.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050207170328/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/078fraser.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 February 2005|title= Fraser's Highlanders [71st & 78th Regiment of Foot]|publisher=Regiments.org|access-date=5 February 2017}}</ref> It was re-ranked as the 63rd Regiment of Foot later in the year.<ref name=regiments/>
The regiment embarked for [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] in July 1757 to take part in the [[Seven Years' War]]. Having been renamed the '''78th (Highland) Regiment of Foot, or Fraser's Highlanders''' in June 1758, it took part in the [[Siege of Louisbourg (1758)|Siege of Louisbourg]] later that month, the [[Battle of the Plains of Abraham]] in September 1759 and the [[Montreal Campaign]] in August 1760.<ref name=regiments/> It was at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham that the 78th led the rest of the British forces in a charge against the retreating French. The 78th's portion of the charge is notable as the last known successful [[Highland charge|Highland Charge]] in history.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fraser |first=Sarah |date=12 December 2024 |title=The Frasers in the New World |url=https://clanfraser.org/timeline/1700s/ |access-date= |website=Clanfraser.org}}</ref> During the war, the regiment suffered 103 soldiers killed and 383 wounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/highlands/chapter11.htm |title=First Highland Regiments in America |publisher=Electricscotland.com |access-date=2017-05-27}}</ref>
The regiment was disbanded in [[Quebec]] in December 1763,<ref name=regiments/> with each man offered a grant of land if he stayed in Canada. Of those who accepted the offer, more than 300 joined the [[84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)|84th Royal Highland Emigrants]] when it was raised in 1775.<ref>{{cite book|last=Brander|first=Michael|title=The Scottish Highlanders and their Regiments|pages=166, 203|publisher=Seeley, Service & Co, London|year= 1971|isbn=0-85422-012-7}}</ref>
==Colonels== Colonels of the regiment were:<ref name=regiments/> *1757–1761 Lieutenant-Colonel [[Simon Fraser of Lovat]] *1761–1763 Major John Campbell of Ballimore
==See also== *[[78th Fraser Highlanders Pipe Band]], a pipe band from Campbellville, Ontario (in the Toronto area) with the same name but with no affiliation to the regiment *[[71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders]], a later regiment also raised by Simon Fraser of Lovat but for the American Revolutionary War
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *{{cite book|last=Darling|first=Anthony D.|title=Swords for the Highland Regiments|year=1988|publisher=Andrew Mowbray|isbn= 0917218353}} *{{cite book|last=McCulloch|first=Ian Macpherson|title=Sons of the Mountains, The Highland Regiments in the French & Indian War, 1756–1767, Volume Two|year= 2006|publisher=Purple Mountain Press|isbn= 1-896941-49-4}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030220012241/http://www.stewart-museum.org/history.htm Stewart Museum page on regiment's history] * [http://www.78thfrasers.org/ Reenactment group, Montreal, Quebec] * [https://archive.today/20091023035746/http://www.geocities.com/frasers78th/Frasers78th.html Reenactment group, Indianapolis, USA] ( 2009-10-22) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030214212859/http://www.bagpiping.com/Bagpiping/78th%20Frasers/CBC.htm 78th Frasers in ''Canada: A people's History''] * [http://www.78calgary.ca/ Calgary garrison website] * [http://www.78thfraser.ca/home 78th Fraser Highlanders, Fort St-Andrew's, Québec City]
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