Excerpt from The Northumberland Fusiliers
Sixteen battle-honours on the colours of the "Ever-fighting, Never-failing Fifth stand for what the Northumberland Fusiliers have done for Crown and country. But those distinctions, illustrious and wide-reaching though they are, do not go beyond indicating part of the regiment"s work. They cannot do more than that, because the first of the honours dates only from the year 1762, whereas the regiment has existed, and has been almost constantly in action, for more than two centuries and a quarter.
The Fifth began well, for very soon after they were raised they lost nearly half their officers and men. This was at the siege of Maestricht, in Holland.
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