[199] Cope's letters, July 3 13 , 9 20 ; Aug. 3 17 1745.
[200] Ibid., Aug. 11 22 1745.
[201] Ibid., Aug. 13 24 .
[202] Cope to Guise, Aug. 17 Sept. 7 1745.
[203] Cope, Aug. 31 Sept. 11 1745.
[204] The garrison consisted of twelve men under Sergeant Mulloy. The sergeant's despatch to Cope, dated August 30, is still extant, and worthy of a place in a military museum, were there such an institution.
[205] The carelessness in breaking horses to fire-arms at that time was remarkable. The first charge of the Blues at Dettingen was said to have failed because the horses were uncontrollable; and both the King's and the Duke of Cumberland's chargers ran away with them.
[206] Miscellaneous Orders, 25th September 1745.
[207] Ibid., 6th September 1745.
[208] These words were printed in the margins of the newspapers for weeks.