At this time the Regiment was distributed as follows:—One company at Minorca, one in Gibraltar, one at Newfoundland, two at Woolwich, and three in Flanders.
Although the Artillery was at Ghent in July, 1742, no military operations were carried on that year, owing to the backwardness of the Dutch to fulfil their part of the contract; and the English lay in Flanders, inactive until the following year.
The commanding officer of the Royal Artillery, at first, was Colonel Thomas Pattison, and the following is a nominal list of the combatant officers who served under him:—
Major George Michelson,
Captain William Sumpter,
Captain Withers Borgard,
First Lieutenant James Pattison,
Captain Thomas Flight,
Second Lieutenant Samuel Cleaveland,
Lieutenant-Fireworker John Northall,