TWENTY-EIGHTH FOOT.
The Regiment is said= to have been raised in Ireland.
It bears “The Sphinx” for Egypt, 1801; and was granted the distinction of wearing the number on the back and front of the Cap for its gallant conduct at the Battle of Alexandria, 1801.
It captured a flag of the 25th French Infantry at Waterloo, 1815.
It was nicknamed “The Old Braggs” from its Colonel’s name from 1734 to 1751; and “The Slashers” from its conduct at the passage of the river Brunx 1776, and also, it is said=, from some of the officers dressing themselves as Indians, during the American War, and cutting off the ears of a magistrate who had refused quarters to the women of the Regiment during a severe winter.