A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 / First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

by Sir J. W. Fortescue

[257] Parkman.

[258] Parkman.

[259] Shirley to Newcastle, 5th Nov. 1755. He assigns this as one of the causes of the subsequent disaster.

[260] Compare the utter helplessness of the French at Wynendale, who made no effort to clear the woods on their flanks, and the confusion of the forest-fighting at Malplaquet.

[261] Washington's own expression, in his letter of 18th July 1755.

[262] Probably of the 40th Foot, but possibly of the 45th.

[263] Not to be confounded with the Wood Creek on Lake Champlain.

[264] Intercepted letter in Col. Papers (America and West Indies), vol. lxxxi. March 1756.

[265] Walpole.

[266] Twenty battalions of the Line raised to a strength of a thousand men each; eleven regiments of cavalry augmented; two new companies added to the Artillery. Miscellaneous Orders, 15th October 1755. Warrant Books, 21st October 1755.