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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Fighting Fifth

(The). The 5th Foot. This sobriquet was given to the regiment during the Peninsular War. The “Old and Bold Fifth,” the Duke of Wellington's Body-guard, is now called the “Northumberland Fusiliers.” What a terrible vexation must the abolition of the time-honoured names of our old regiments have been to our army!

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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