[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 and forcibly impressed on the consideration of every part of the army, that it has been a strict observance of order, discipline, and 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. These have all been surmounted by the conduct of the troops themselves; and the enemy has been taught, that whatever advantages of position or of 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.” THE SEVENTIETH REGIMENT OF FOOT. CONTENTS OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD. YEAR PAGE INTRODUCTION. ix 1758 Formation of the Regiment from the Second Battalion of the Thirty-first regiment 1 ---- Stationed in Scotland -- ---- Faced with _light grey_, and commonly called the _Glasgow Greys_ -- ---- The colonelcy conferred on Lieut.-Colonel John Parslow, from the First Foot Guards -- ---- Officers appointed to Commissions in the regiment 2 1759 Removed to South Britain -- 1760 Appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Cyrus Trapaud, from the Third regiment, to the colonelcy, in succession to Colonel Parslow, removed to the Fifty-fourth regiment -- 1763 Embarked for Ireland -- 1764 Embarked for the West Indies -- 1768 The _Facing_ directed by the Royal Warrant of the 19th of December to be _Black_ 3 1774 Returned to England from the West Indies --