A leaf on a turbulent river - Ensign Simner and the British German Legion, 1855-9

摘要

At the end of the Crimean War, the British Government had to wrestle with the future employment of the members of the foreign legions raised to provide seasoned troops for the Crimea but never used in action. A scheme was devised to send former legionaries to the Cape as Military Settlers and, in Part 2, their progress there was followed and their performance assessed. When the Indian Mutiny broke out, reinforcements were urgently required, and a contingent of about 1 000 of the Military Settlers departed for India towards the end of 1858. Ensign Benjamin Simner accompanied the Military Settlers to the Cape, and was one of the volunteers who later went to India.