That Astonishing Infantry - The History of The Royal Welch Fusiliers1689-1989

In his classic history of the Peninsular War, William Napier described how, at the Battle of Albuera in 1811, the Royal Welch Fusiliers and two battalions of the Royal Fusiliers marched up the slope, `struck by the iron tempest' but nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. In the 300 years of their history the Royal Welch Fusiliers have missed few of the major Battle Honours which could be worn by British regiments. This new regimental history was specially commissioned to mark the 300th anniversary of the raising of the regiment and collows their story from Ireland in 1689 to the present day...