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HISTORICAL RECORD
OF THE
FIFTH REGIMENT OF FOOT,
OR
NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS;
ОглавлениеCONTAINING
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."
| Anno | Page | |
| 1674 | The Dutch Government obtains permission to entertain British Troops in its service | 1 |
| —— | Ten Companies formed—the siege of Grave | 2 |
| —— | The Fifth, and three other regiments, formed | — |
| 1676 | Siege of Maastricht | 3 |
| 1677 | Battle of Mont-Cassel | 7 |
| 1678 | Battle of St. Denis | — |
| 1685 | The Regiment proceeds to England | 10 |
| —— | Returns to Holland | 11 |
| 1688 | Accompanies the Prince of Orange to England | 12 |
| —— | Revolution—Placed on the English Establishment | 14 |
| 1690 | Proceeds to Ireland | — |
| —— | Battle of the Boyne | 15 |
| 1691 | Skirmish near Castle-Cuff, &c. | — |
| —— | Siege of Athlone | 17 |
| —— | Siege of Limerick | 18 |
| —— | Returns to England | — |
| 1692 | Proceeds to Flanders | — |
| —— | Returns to England | 19 |
| 1693 | Expedition to Martinico | — |
| —— | Returns to England | — |
| —— | Proceeds to Flanders | — |
| 1695 | Covering the siege of Namur | 20 |
| 1697 | Returns to England | 22 |
| 1698 | Proceeds to Ireland | — |
| 1707 | Embarks for Portugal | — |
| 1709 | Battle of Caya | 24 |
| 1710 | Capture of Xeres de los Cabaleros | 25 |
| 1713 | Embarks for Gibraltar | 27 |
| 1727 | Defence of Gibraltar | — |
| 1728 | Proceeds to Ireland | 28 |
| 1735 | Embarks for England | — |
| 1737 | Returns to Ireland | 29 |
| 1755 | Proceeds to England | — |
| 1758 | Expedition to the Coast of France—destruction of Shipping, &c., at St. Maloes | — |
| —— | Capture of Cherbourg, &c.—Returns to England | 30 |
| 1760 | Proceeds to Germany | — |
| —— | Skirmish at Corbach | 31 |
| —— | Battle of Warbourg | — |
| —— | Surprise at Zirenberg | 32 |
| —— | Skirmish at Campen | — |
| 1761 | Battle of Kirch-Denkern | — |
| —— | Affair at Capelnhagen | 33 |
| —— | Skirmish at Eimbeck | — |
| —— | Skirmish at Foorwohle | — |
| 1762 | Battle of Groebenstien, &c. | — |
| —— | Skirmish at Lutterberg | 36 |
| —— | Skirmish at Homburg | — |
| —— | Covering the siege of Cassel | — |
| 1763 | Marches through Holland and embarks for England | — |
| —— | Proceeds to Ireland | 37 |
| 1767 | The "Order of Merit" introduced | — |
| 1771 | Suppression of disturbances in Ireland | 39 |
| 1774 | Embarks for Boston in North America | — |
| 1775 | Affair at Concord and Lexington | 40 |
| —— | Attack on Bunker's Hill | 42 |
| 1776 | Embarks from Boston for Nova Scotia | 44 |
| —— | Reduction of Long Island | — |
| —— | Action at White Plains | 45 |
| 1776 | Capture of Forts Washington and Lee | 45 |
| —— | Reduction of New Jersey | — |
| 1777 | Expedition to Pennsylvania—actions at Brandywine Creek and Germantown | 46 |
| 1778 | Retreat through the Jerseys—skirmish at Freehold | 48 |
| —— | Expedition to Little Egg Harbour | — |
| —— | Reduction of the Island of St. Lucie | 49 |
| —— | The men equipped with White Plumes | 51 |
| 1779} | In various actions in the West Indies | — |
| 1780} | ||
| 1780 | Proceeds to England | 51 |
| 1781 | Embarks for Ireland | 52 |
| 1787 | Proceeds to Canada | 54 |
| 1797 | Returns to England | 56 |
| 1799 | Second battalion formed—both battalions embark for Holland | — |
| —— | Action at Walmenhuysen, Shoreldam, and Egmont-op-Zee | 57 |
| —— | Action at Winkle | 58 |
| —— | Returns to England | — |
| 1800 | Proceeds to Gibraltar | 59 |
| 1802 | Returns to England—Second battalion disbanded | — |
| 1803 | Proceeds to Guernsey | — |
| 1804 | Returns to England—a Second battalion raised | — |
| 1805 | Second battalion to Guernsey—First battalion embarks for Hanover | — |
| 1806 | First battalion returns to England—embarks for South America | 60 |
| 1807 | Attack on Buenos Ayres | — |
| —— | Both battalions proceed to Ireland | 61 |
| 1808 | First battalion embarks for Portugal | — |
| —— | —————– Battle of Roleia | 62 |
| —— | —————– Battle of Vimiera | — |
| —— | —————– Advances into Spain—Retreats to the coast | 63 |
| 1809 | First battalion, battle of Corunna | 63 |
| —— | —————— Returns to England—proceeds on the Walcheren expedition | 64 |
| —— | First battalion returns to England | 65 |
| —— | —————– Detachment at the battle of Talavera | — |
| —— | Second battalion from Ireland to Portugal | — |
| 1810 | ——————–Battle of Busaco—Lines of Torres Vedras | 66 |
| —— | First battalion proceeds from England to Ireland | — |
| 1811 | Second battalion, affair at Redinha | 67 |
| —— | ———————Battle of Sabugal | — |
| —— | ———————Battle of Fuentes d'Onor | 68 |
| —— | ———————Siege of Badajoz | — |
| —— | ———————Action at El Bodon | — |
| 1812 | ———————Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo | 74 |
| —— | ———————Siege of Badajoz | 76 |
| —— | First battalion from Ireland to Portugal | 78 |
| —— | Both battalions at the battle of Salamanca | — |
| —— | —————— advance to Madrid | 79 |
| —— | Chivalrous spirit of James Grant | — |
| —— | Second battalion proceeds to England | 80 |
| —— | First battalion retreats from Madrid to Portugal | — |
| 1813 | —————– Battle of Vittoria | 81 |
| —— | —————– Battle of the Pyrenees | 82 |
| —— | —————– Enters France—battle of Nivelle | — |
| —— | —————– Passage of the Nive | — |
| 1814 | —————– Affair near the Gave d'Oleron | 83 |
| —— | —————– Battle of Orthes | — |
| —— | —————– Battle of Toulouse | — |
| —— | —————– Embarks for North America | 84 |
| —— | —————– Action near Plattsburg | — |
| 1815 | —————– Proceeds from America to Flanders | 85 |
| —— | —————– Advances to Paris | — |
| —— | —————– Forms part of the Army of Occupation in France | — |
| 1818 | First battalion proceeds to England | 85 |
| —— | Reduced to one battalion in 1816 | 86 |
| —— | Proceeds to the West Indies | — |
| 1821 | Reduced from ten to eight companies | — |
| 1824 | Privilege of wearing a distinguishing feather confirmed | 87 |
| 1825 | Augmented from eight to ten companies | — |
| 1826 | Embarks for England | — |
| 1827 | Proceeds to Ireland | 88 |
| 1829 | To wear a red and white feather | 90 |
| 1830 | Good conduct during the Galway election | 91 |
| 1831 | Six companies embark for Gibraltar, and four companies remain in Ireland | 95 |
| 1832 | The "Order of Merit" sanctioned | 96 |
| 1833 | Colours destroyed by fire | 97 |
| 1834 | Service companies from Gibraltar to Malta | 98 |
| —— | Facings changed to a lively green | 99 |
| 1835 | Correspondence relative to an additional banner | 100 |
| —— | The reserve companies proceed to England | 101 |
| 1836 | Equipped as Fusiliers, and styled the Fifth Regiment of Foot, or Northumberland Fusiliers | — |
| —— | "Wilhelmsthal" inscribed on the Colours | 102 |
| —— | New Colours presented to the regiment | 103 |
| 1837 | Service companies proceed to Corfu | 106 |
| —— | The Conclusion | — |
| PLATES. | |
| The Vignette—Badge—to follow | Title Page |
| The Colours to face | Page 1 |
| The Uniform of 1688 to face | Page 12 |
| The Uniform of 1835 to face | 100 |
| The Uniform of 1837 to face | 106 |
SUCCESSION OF COLONELS.
| Anno | Page | |
| 1674 | Daniel Viscount of Clare | 107 |
| 1675 | John Fenwick | 108 |
| 1676 | Henry Wisely | — |
| 1680 | Thomas Monk | 109 |
| 1688 | Thomas Tollemache | — |
| 1689 | Edward Lloyd | 110 |
| 1694 | Thomas Fairfax | — |
| 1704 | Thomas Pearce | — |
| 1732 | John Cope | 111 |
| 1737 | Alexander Irwin | 112 |
| 1752 | Charles Whiteford | — |
| 1754 | Lord George Bentinck | 113 |
| 1759 | Studholme Hodgson | — |
| 1768 | Hugh Earl Percy | 114 |
| 1784 | Honourable Edward Stopford | — |
| 1794 | Sir Alured Clarke, G.C.B. | 115 |
| 1801 | Richard England | 116 |
| 1812 | William Wynyard | — |
| 1819 | Sir Henry Johnson, Bart., G.C.B. | 117 |
| 1835 | The Hon. Sir Charles Colville, G.C.B, and G.C.H. | — |
