Its noble and gallant conduct, as a regiment of HORSE, at the battle of the _Boyne_ in 1690;--at the heights of _Schellenberg_;--also at the memorable battle of _Blenheim_, where the French and Bavarian armies were nearly destroyed, and their commander, standards, and colours were captured, in 1704;--its heroic achievements in 1705 at the forcing of the French lines at _Helixem_ and _Neer-Hespen_, where it captured the standards of the Bavarian horse-guards;--the glorious part it took in annihilating one of the finest and best appointed armies France ever brought into the field, at _Ramilies_ in 1706;--its intrepid bearing, as a corps of CUIRASSIERS, in 1708 in the field at _Oudenarde_, and in the action at _Wynendale_;--the valour it displayed in close combat with the French household troops at the sanguinary battle of _Malplaquet_ in 1709;--the ardour it evinced in the movements and skirmishes which led to the capture of the fortress of _Bouchain_ in 1711;--its gallantry as a corps of DRAGOON GUARDS in 1794 at the battle of _Cateau_, where the French commander, many officers and men, and thirty-five pieces of cannon were captured;--its brilliant charge at _Llerena_;--its victorious career on the plains of _Salamanca_ in 1812;--its spirited conduct at Vittoria in 1813;--and at Toulouse in 1814;--the eminent qualities it displayed on these and other occasions, as set forth in the public despatches and national records, afford most honourable proof that the FIFTH REGIMENT OF DRAGOON GUARDS has never lost sight of the ancient motto on its standards _Vestigia nulla retrorsum_. The conduct of the regiment on home, as well as on foreign service, has, on all occasions, been such as to evince its usefulness, efficiency, and constant readiness to support the honour and dignity of the crown, and the prosperity of the country; thus holding forth a bright example to stimulate to good conduct the soldiers of the present and future ages, under all the circumstances of service in which the calls of their sovereign and country may occasion them to be placed. FOOTNOTES: [7] Charles Butler, second son of Thomas Earl of Ossory, and grandson of James first Duke of Ormond, was created Earl of the islands of Arran, in the county of Galway, in January, 1694. The Earl of Arran, mentioned at page 7, was the eldest son of William Duke of Hamilton, and obtained his father's title in 1698. [8] This officer's name is spelt Napper, instead of Napier, in the lists of killed and wounded published at the time; but he is the same officer who was appointed Colonel of the regiment by King George I., on the 27th of May, 1717.