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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."

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.	—