[169] Ibid., February 9 20 .
[170] Ibid., February 16 27 . The Guards set the example.
[171] Carteret to Stair, March 11 22 .
[172] Ibid., March 29 April 9.
[173] Stair to Carteret, May 4 15 .
[174] Carteret to Stair, May 18 29 , May 23 June 3 , May 27 June 7 , May 30 June 10 ; Stair to Carteret, May 23 June 3 , May 27 June 7 , May 31 June 11 , June 2 13 . I have entered into some detail over Stair's part in the campaign, since he is charged, even by Lord Mahon, with the responsibility for the situation of the army just before Dettingen. "Lord Stair, whose military genius, never very bright, was rusted with age, appears to have committed blunder on blunder." Vol. iii. p. 218.
[175] Maison du Roi.
[176] Mémoires de Noailles.
[177] Honeywood to Carteret, Jan. 7 18 , Ligonier to Carteret, March 21 April 1 , 1744.
[178] Ligonier to Carteret, April 29 May 10.