History of the Royal Sappers and Miners, Volume 1 (of 2) / From the Formation of the Corps in March 1712 to the date when its designation was changed to that of Royal Engineers

by T. W. J. Connolly

[217]. ‘London Gazette.’

[218]. Pasley’s ‘Elementary Fortification,’ i., note B, page vi.

[219]. Pasley’s ‘Elementary Fortification,’ i., note B, p. vi.

[220]. Ibid.

[221]. ‘Wellington Dispatches,’ viii., p. 18, edit. 1847.

[222]. Corroborated, by the official State on the 18th June, 1815. See ‘Gurwood,’ vol. viii., App. xiii., p. 392, edit. 1847.

[223]. Died at Tournay, 16th June, 1815.

[224]. ‘Wellington Dispatches,’ edit. 1847, (2 & 12 May,) pp. 55, 81.

[225]. To show how serious was the alarm, and how great the number of fugitives, the following extract from general orders, dated Nivelles, 20th June, 1815, will fully testify:—

“3. The Field Marshal has observed that several soldiers, and even officers, have quitted their ranks without leave, and have gone to Bruxelles, and even some to Antwerp, where, and in the country through which they have passed, they have spread a false alarm, in a manner highly unmilitary and derogatory to the character of soldiers.