1st Brigade.—Blues, 1st Dragoon Guards, and Inniskilling Dragoons.
2nd Brigade.—3rd Dragoon Guards, Scots Greys, and 10th Dragoons.
Hanoverian Regiments of Bremen and Veltheim.—History of the Campaign in Germany.
[47] 'Bland's squadrons and Howard's Regiment of Dragoons (First and Third Dragoon Guards) charged the enemy so furiously as to enable our infantry to make a safe retreat.'—London Gazette.
'The Hereditary Prince, as a last resource, put himself at the head of a squadron of Bland's and Howard's Regiment of Dragoons. By these the uncommon heroism of their young leader was perfectly seconded. They charged the enemy with the utmost fury, stopped the career of their victorious horse, and enabled the allied battalions to make an undisturbed retreat.'—Annual Register, 1760.
'Bland's squadrons and Howard's Regiment of Dragoons MADE A MOST FURIOUS CHARGE ON THE ENEMY.'—Operations of the Allied Army. London, 1764.
'One squadron of Bland's, commanded by Major Mill, and Howard's Regiment of Dragoons gained great honour.'—Ibid.
[48] London Gazette.
[49] 'My Lord Granby, with the English cavalry, contributed materially to the success of the day.'—Prince Ferdinand's Despatch.
'I should do injustice to the general officers, and to every officer and private man of the cavalry, if I did not beg your Lordship would assure His Majesty that nothing could exceed their gallant behaviour on that occasion.'—The Marquis of Granby's Despatch.