FOOTNOTES:
[6] In the Duke of Berwick's memoirs, it is erroneously stated that Colonel Wolseley had 3000 foot and 300 horse with him.
[7] List of regiments in the West Indies in the summer of 1703:—
Columbine's, now sixth.
Livesay's, now twelfth.
Erle's, now nineteenth.
Handasyd's, now twenty-second.
Whetham's, now twenty-seventh.
Donegal's, now thirty-fifth.
Charlemont's, now thirty-sixth.
Hamilton's, afterwards disbanded.
[8] List of troops employed in the expedition under Major-General Erle.
Foot embarked from the Isle of Wight:—
Livesay's, now twelfth.
Farrington's, now twenty-ninth.
Hamilton's, afterwards disbanded.
Johnson's,""
Moore's, afterwards disbanded.
Caulfield's,""
Townshend's, ""
Wynne's,""
Dragoons embarked from Dover:—
Carpenter's, now third.
Essex's, now fourth.
[9] The second battalions of the regiments undermentioned were formed into distinct corps, in April, 1758, and numbered from 61st to 75th regiments, as shown in the following list, viz.:—
| 2 Batt. | 3rd Foot, | constituted | 61 reg. | 2 Batt. | 24th Foot, | constituted | 69 reg. |
| " | 4th " | " | 62 " | " | 31st " | " | 70 " |
| " | 8th " | " | 63 " | " | 32nd " | " | 71 " |
| " | 11th " | " | 64 " | " | 33rd " | " | 72 " |
| " | 12th " | " | 65 " | " | 34th " | " | 73 " |
| " | 19th " | " | 66 " | " | 36th " | " | 74 " |
| " | 20th " | " | 67 " | " | 37th " | " | 75 " |
| " | 23rd " | " | 68 " |
The above 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, and 75th regiments were disbanded in the Year 1763, after the peace of Fontainbleau.
[10] 'Notwithstanding the loss they sustained before they could get up to the enemy; notwithstanding the repeated attacks of the enemy's cavalry; notwithstanding a fire of musketry well kept up by the enemy's infantry; notwithstanding their being exposed in front and flank, such was the unshaken firmness of those troops (12th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 37th, 51st, and brigade of Hanoverians) that nothing could stop them, and the whole body of French cavalry was totally routed.'—Campaigns of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick.
[11] 'The brunt of the battle was almost wholly sustained by the English infantry and some corps of Hanoverians, who stood the reiterated charges of so many bodies of horse, the strength and glory of the French armies, with a resolution, steadiness, and expertness in their manœuvres, which was never exceeded, perhaps never equalled: they cut to pieces, or entirely routed those bodies. Two brigades of foot attempted to support them; but they vanished before the English infantry.'—Annual Register.
'Six regiments of English infantry, and two battalions of Hanoverian guards, not only bore the whole brunt of the French carabineers and gendarmerie, but absolutely broke every body of horse and foot that advanced to attack them on the left and in the centre.'—Smollett.
[12] The six British regiments of infantry, which took part in the glorious battle of Minden, were the 12th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 37th, and 51st regiments.
[13] London Gazette.
[14] Strength of the Garrison of Gibraltar at the commencement of the Blockade, 21st June, 1779:—
| British. | Officers. | Men. | ||
| Royal Artillery | 25 | 460 | ||
| Royal Engineers | 8 | 114 | ||
| 12th Foot | 29 | 570 | ||
| 39th " | 29 | 557 | ||
| 56th " | 27 | 560 | ||
| 58th " | 28 | 577 | ||
| 72nd " (Royal Manchester | ||||
| Volunteers,) disbanded in 1783 | 33 | 1013 | ||
| —— | —— | 4030 | ||
| Hanoverian. | ||||
| Hardenberg's Regiment | 29 | 423 | ||
| Reden's " | 27 | 417 | ||
| De La Motte's " | 33 | 423 | ||
| —— | —— | 1352 | ||
| Total | —— | 5382 |
[15] The Siege of Gibraltar, by Captain Drinkwater, of the late seventy-second regiment, who was in garrison at the time.
[16] It is a remarkable circumstance that the Twelfth foot, and the Hanoverian regiment of Hardenberg, fought alongside each other at the battle of Minden, and they were the only two entire regiments employed in the sortie from Gibraltar.
[17] Vide the Record of the Third Foot, or the Buffs, from page 69 to 74.
[18] Calpé, in the south of Spain, and Abyla, on the opposite Coast of Africa, (about eighteen miles distant) were celebrated as the Pillars of Hercules; and according to heathen mythology, these two mountains were united, until that hero separated them, and made a communication between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic seas. Calpé received the present designation of Gibraltar from the Arabic "Gib-el-Tarif," or "Mountain of Tarif," being the spot where that Moorish Chieftain landed on his invasion of Spain in the Year 711. The device of the "Castle and Key," the present arms of Gibraltar, was given by Henry IV., King of Castile, upon his capturing the place from the King of Granada in 1462, in allusion to its being the Key to the Mediterranean.
[19] The proper name of that city is Siri Runga Patan.
[20] The following regiments received the Royal permission to bear on their standards, colours, and appointments, the word "Seringapatam," in commemoration of their gallantry in the storming and capture of that city and fortress on the 4th May, 1799; viz.—the 19th and 22nd (late 25th), Light Dragoons; the 12th, 33rd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 77th regiments, and the Scots Brigade, afterwards the 94th regiment.
[21] Bishop Burnet.
[22] On the decease of General Picton, a manuscript account of this interview with King George III. was found among his papers.
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