Welcome to the home of the 57th!

History of the 57th

The 57th Regiment earned their nickname of "the Die Hards" after their participation in the Battle of Albuera, one of the bloodiest battles of the Peninsular War, fought on the 16 May 1811. The commanding officer of the 57th, Colonel Inglis, was struck down by a charge of canister shot which hit him in the neck and left breast. He refused to be carried to the rear for treatment, but lay in front of his men calling on them to hold their position and when the fight reached its fiercest cried, "Die hard the 57th, die hard!". The casualties of the 57th were 422 out of the 570 men in the ranks and 20 out of the 30 officers. The Allied commander of the Anglo-Portuguese force Field Marshal Beresford wrote in his dispatch, "our dead, particularly the 57th Regiment, were lying as they fought in the ranks, every wound in front".


About the Regiment!

We are predominantly NA, with a few expections; we have two Englishmen and one Czech. Overall as a regiment we are pretty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good shots. Individually we have several really strong meleers with the rest all pretty decent. Our Teamspeak3 ip is: dfw01.mainvoice.net:7175, and our In-Game server is called: Sun_Gaming_Official.


Special Information

We do use a skin mod for our In-Game units, and IT IS REQUIRED to be in the regiment. (It is a 45 second download).

Skin Download Link![app.box.com]