Читать книгу Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot - Cannon Richard - Страница 6

THE FIFTY-SIXTH,

OR

THE WEST ESSEX

REGIMENT OF FOOT,

BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOURS, THE WORD

“MORO,”

TO COMMEMORATE ITS GALLANTRY AT THE CAPTURE OF THE

MORO FORT, AT THE HAVANNAH, IN 1762;

ALSO THE WORD

“GIBRALTAR,”

WITH THE

CASTLE AND KEY;

AND THE MOTTO

MONTIS INSIGNIA CALPE,

TO COMMEMORATE ITS DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT IN DEFENCE OF

THE FORTRESS OF GIBRALTAR DURING THE YEARS

1779, 1780, 1781, AND 1782.