[454] Read's Weekly Journal, 26th June 1756.
[455] H.O.M.E.B., 13th April, 18th November 1741.
[456] Ibid., 30th July 1744; Warrant Books, 26th October 1759.
[457] Two guns was the allowance for a battalion, and the detachment to serve them consisted of an officer, two non-commissioned officers, and twelve men. Warrant Books, 30th June 1758.
[458] H.O.M.E.B., 20th June 1757.
[459] Ibid., 4th May 1742, 16th November 1759. The three-pounders were mounted on two-wheeled "galloping carriages," drawn by three horses; the six-pounders required four if not five horses. Ibid., 12th August 1742.
[460] Warrant Books, 16th January 1741, 16th December 1756, 3rd March 1759.
[461] Two hundred and eight of all ranks.
[462] Warrant Books, 1st May 1756.
[463] Mauvillon.