[172] So in Sprigge, more properly Sergeant-Major-General.
[173] In Sprigge's list the foot take precedence of the horse; and this was the rule in the English, though not in the French, army.
[174] This incident shows that shock-action was not yet wholly the rule.
[175] Called by the name of a tercio in the contemporary plans, being formed probably in the old Spanish formation which Tilly had used at Leipsic.
[176] This item furnishes indirect evidence that either few pikemen were employed, or that if employed they were stripped of defensive armour. The pike was already falling obsolete.
[177] See the very pertinent extract from Wellington's despatches, quoted by Mr. Gardiner—Commonwealth, vol. 1, pp. 132, 147.
[178] The pedigree of Monk's regiment is as follows: Weldon's Regiment of the New Model became first Robert Lilburn's, and in 1649-50 Sir A. Hazelrigg's. Lloyd's of the New Model passed in succession to Herbert, Overton, and in 1649 to Fenwick. I am indebted for this information to the kindness of Mr. C. H. Firth.
[179] Hodgson.
[180] Hodgson.
[181] This again seems to be borrowed from the French. Vieilleville issued medals bearing the King's effigy to his troops in 1558, with a ribbon of his own colours (see Memoires de Vieilleville).