[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 TENTH, OR THE NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, REGIMENT OF FOOT, BEARS ON ITS REGIMENTAL COLOUR THE _SPHINX_, WITH THE WORD _EGYPT_; AND THE WORDS "PENINSULA" and "SOBRAON;" IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN _EGYPT_ IN THE YEAR 1801; IN THE _PENINSULA_ FROM 1812 TO 1814; AND AT THE BATTLE OF _SOBRAON_ IN 1846. CONTENTS. YEAR PAGE 1685 Formation of the Regiment 1 ---- Arms and Uniform 2 ---- Station and Establishment 3 ---- Earl of Bath, and other Officers appointed to Commissions 4 1688 Declaration of the Regiment, and of the garrison of Plymouth, in favour of King William III. and the Protestant cause 5 1689 Six companies detached to Jersey and Guernsey 6 1690 Embarked for Flanders - 1691 Encamped at Anderlecht - 1692 Encamped at Halle 7 ---- Battle of Steenkirk - ---- Engaged at Furnes and Dixmude 8