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.