FOOTNOTE:
[17] His Highness was afterwards reigning Duke of Brunswick; he married the Princess Augusta, sister to King George III.; and died of wounds received at the battle of Jena in 1808.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, day-break, daybreak; foot guards, foot-guards; riband; sirname.
[Pg xxiv] (PLATES), 'Uniform of 1825' replaced by 'Uniform of 1815'; and 'to face 91' replaced by 'to face 80'.
[Pg xxiv] (PLATES), to face '93' replaced by '95'.
[Pg 7], 'it was beseiged' replaced by 'it was besieged'.
[Pg 24], 'nearly one huudred' replaced by 'nearly one hundred'.
[Pg 36], 'and conseqently' replaced by 'and consequently'.
[Pg 37], 'supppressing riots' replaced by 'suppressing riots'.
[Pg 44], 'while the INNISKILING' replaced by 'while the INNISKILLING'.
[Pg 67], 'the head-quaters were' replaced by 'the head-quarters were'.
[Pg 67], to fit in available space the list of seven years in the Sidenote '1786 1787 ... 1792' replaced by '1786 to 1792'.
[Pg 79], 'marched to Birminghan' replaced by 'marched to Birmingham'.
[Pg 84], 'favourable oppportunity' replaced by 'favourable opportunity'.
[Pg 95], 'civils and religious' replaced by 'civil and religious'.