[5] “Under the blessing of Divine Providence, His Majesty ascribes the successes which have attended the exertions of his troops in Egypt to that determined bravery which is inherent in Britons; but His Majesty desires it may be most solemnly forcibly impressed on the consideration of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of order, discipline, end military system, which has given the full energy to the native valour of the troops, and has enabled them proudly to assert the superiority of the national military character, in situations uncommonly arduous, and under circumstances of peculiar difficulty.”—_General Orders in 1801._ In the General Orders issued by Lieut.-General Sir John Hope (afterwards Lord Hopetoun), congratulating the army upon the successful result of the Battle of Corunna, on the 16th of January, 1809, it is stated:—“On no occasion has the undaunted valour of British troops ever been more manifest. At the termination of a severe and harassing march, rendered necessary by the superiority which the enemy had acquired, and which had materially impaired the efficiency of the troops, many disadvantages were to be encountered. There have all been surmounted by the conduct of the troops themselves: and the enemy has been taught, that whatever advantages of position or numbers he may possess, there is inherent in the British officers and soldiers a bravery that knows not how to yield,—that no circumstances can appal,—and that will ensure victory, when it is to be obtained by the exertion of any human means.” HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT, ORIGINALLY TERMED “THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS” AND NUMBERED THE HUNDREDTH REGIMENT; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE REGIMENT IN 1794 AND OF ITS SUBSEQUENT SERVICES TO 1850. COMPILED BY RICHARD CANNON, ESQ. ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, HORSE GUARDS. ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES. LONDON: PARKER, FURNIVALL, & PARKER, 30, CHARING CROSS. M DCCC LI. LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, FOR HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE. THE NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS), BEARS ON THE REGIMENTAL COLOUR AND APPOINTMENTS THE WORD “EGMONT-OP-ZEE,” IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS GALLANT CONDUCT IN ACTION ON THE 2ND OCTOBER, 1799; THE WORD “MANDORA,” IN CONSIDERATION OF ITS GALLANTRY AND GOOD CONDUCT ON THE HEIGHTS OF MANDORA, NEAR ALEXANDRIA ON THE 13TH OF MARCH, 1801; AND THE SPHINX, WITH THE WORD “EGYPT,” IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS SERVICES DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN EGYPT IN THE YEAR 1801; ALSO THE WORDS, “CORUNNA,”—“FUENTES D’ONOR,”—“ALMARAZ,”— “VITTORIA,”—“PYRENEES,”—“NIVE,”— “ORTHES,”—AND “PENINSULA,”— IN TESTIMONY OF ITS SERVICES IN SPAIN AND SOUTH OF FRANCE, FROM 1808 TO 1814; AND THE WORD “WATERLOO,” IN HONOR OF ITS DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT ON THE 18TH OF JUNE 1815. THE NINETY-SECOND REGIMENT (HIGHLANDERS). CONTENTS OF THE