TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
All changes noted in the [ERRATA] (pg xxii) have been applied to the etext.
The original text had two dots under the date superscripts 'th', 'st', 'nd' and 'rd'; these dots have been removed in the etext.
A frequent abbreviation in the Footnotes is 'Cal. S. P. Dom.'; this stands for 'Calendar of State Papers, Domestic'. Also 'H. O. M. E. B.' stands for 'Home Office Military Entry Book'.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, sick-list, sick list; breastwork, breast-work; situate, tragical.
Pg [viii], 'retreats northwards' replaced by 'retreats northward'.
Pg [ix], 'Aix-le-Chapelle' replaced by 'Aix-la-Chapelle'.
Pg [9], 'in Ros-shire' replaced by 'in Ross-shire'.
Pg [60], 'not unsucessfully' replaced by 'not unsuccessfully'.
Pg [158], the missing anchor for Footnote [232] was inserted after 'opportunity was lost.'
Pg [167], 'form of an independant' replaced by 'form of an independent'.
Pg [170], 'petition to Parliment' replaced by 'petition to Parliament'.
Pg [177], 'French assistancee' replaced by 'French assistance'.
Pg [201], 'summond Clive' replaced by 'summoned Clive'.
Pg [219], Sidenote ' Oct.13 Nov. 11. ' replaced by ' Oct.31 Nov. 11. '.
Pg [428], 'a Madras had' replaced by 'at Madras had'.
Pg [509], 'of Ochsendorf of' replaced by 'of Ochsendorf and'.
Footnotes.
[[5]] (with its anchor on) pg [6], 'Miscellaneous Oraers' replaced by 'Miscellaneous Orders'.
[[122]] pg [52], 'Ibid' inserted before '30th October'.
[[125]] pg [52], 'Ibid' inserted before '11th November'.
[[174]] pg [91], 'June 2/3' replaced by 'June 2/13'.
[[442]] pg [581], 'Full pay per week' Dragoon descriptor replaced by 'Remains to be paid weekly'.
Index.
[Andros]; 'ii. 258' replaced by 'ii. 251'.
[Parliament]; 'ii. 1;' replaced by 'ii. 3;'.
[Vernon]; 'Portobello' replaced by 'Porto Bello'.
[William III]; 'Anjou, 598' replaced by 'Anjou, 398'.
[Zinghis]; 'Zenghis' replaced by 'Zinghis'.