[33] Johann Wilhelm Archenholz (1743-1812), author of the Geschichte des
Siebenjährigen Krieges, 1789.—ED.
[34] In February, 1781, before the declaration of war was generally known in the West Indies, Rodney's fleet surrounded the Dutch island of Eustatius, which had become a sort of entrepôt for supplying America with British goods; two hundred and fifty ships, together with several millions worth of merchandise, were seized and sold at a military auction. The plunder of Eustatius was bitterly commented upon In the British House of Commons.—Lee Richard Hildreth, The History of the United States, vol. III, p. 335.—ED.
[35] The name is in blank. Major Frye may have meant Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey (1762-1798), the squire of Wexford who deserted to the Irish rebels.—ED.
[36] Tasso, Jerusalemme liberata, canto XVI, ottava 15.—ED.
[37] For instance, a Cuirassier, a Dragoon, a Grenadier, a Tirailleur, an Artilleryman.
[38] Major G. Colclough, senior major of the 33rd Regt.—ED.
[39] Virgil, Aen., II. 325.—ED.
[40] La Bédoyere (Charles Huchet, Comte de) distinguished himself in several of the Napoleonic wars, in particular at Ratisbonne and Borodino. Being a colonel at Grenoble, in March, 1815, he deserted to Napoleon's cause and was nominated by him general and pair de France. In July, 1815, he was arrested in Paris, tried for high treason and shot, August 19, in spite of Benj. Constant's efforts to save him.—ED.
[41] Charlotte Smith (1749-1806), author of Emmeline, or the Orphan of the Castle (1788), Celestina (1792), The Old Manor House (1793), etc.—ED.