HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT OF FOOT, OR NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS;
Reading edition
CONTAINING
AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN THE YEAR 1674, AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1837.
PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, 14, CHARING-CROSS.
MDCCCXXXVIII.
THE
FIFTH REGIMENT OF FOOT,
OR
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS,
BEARS ON ITS COLOURS
"ST. GEORGE and the DRAGON,"
WITH THE MOTTO,
"QUO FATA VOCANT,"
AND THE FOLLOWING DISTINCTIONS:
"Wilhelmsthal" —"Roleia" —"Vimiera" —"Corunna" —"Busaco" —"Ciudad Rodrigo" —"Badajoz" —"Salamanca" —"Vittoria" —"Nivelle" —"Orthes" —"Toulouse" —"Peninsula."