[20] The British regiments at the siege of Venloo were the eighth, thirteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth, under Brigadier-General F. Hamilton and Lieut.-General Lord Cutts.
[21] Boyer's Annals of Queen Anne. The regimental historians do not give the names of the officers in their lists of killed and wounded on this occasion.
[22] This list is taken from General Stearne's Journal; he, being lieut.-colonel commanding the regiment at the time, had every opportunity of being well acquainted with its loss. His list does not correspond exactly with that given by Captain Parker. In the list in Boyer's 'Annals of Queen Anne,' there is another wounded officer included, viz. Lieutenant Weddle.
[23] The names of the officers killed and wounded are not given. Captain Parker states that he was wounded; his list says seven officers killed and eight wounded.
[24] This corps was styled foot-guards in the reigns of King Charles II. and King James II.; the second battalion came to England at the Revolution, and was disbanded by the Prince of Orange. The first battalion adhered to King James, and at the treaty of Limerick, in 1691, transferred its services to the crown of France.
[25] Alluding to both regiments bearing the Irish Harp on their Colours.
[26] The following curious statement is inserted in Lieut.-Colonel Stearne's journal:—"During the siege of Aire, provisions were very scarce; but one thing gave the soldiers relief, and it is indeed almost incredible—and it was the hoards of corn which the mice had laid up in store-houses in the earth, which our men found, and came home daily loaded with corn, which they got out of these hoards." Captain Parker alludes to the same circumstance, and adds,—"These hoards were from four to six feet under ground, and in many of them our men found some pecks of corn."
[27] On the appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Stearne to the colonelcy, Captain Parker states,—"He had served in the regiment from its establishment, and, being a brave and gallant man, he rose gradually, by long service and good fortune, until, from an ensign, he became our colonel."
[28] See [Note inserted at page 14.]
[29] Continuation of General Stearne's Journal.