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).