[102] Cp. Stedman, History of the American War, i., 129, and Duncan, History Of the Royal Artillery, i., 303.

[103] Burgoyne to Rochfort, Fonblanque, Burgoyne, p. 147.

[104] Gage to Dartmouth, June 25, 1775, Dartmouth Papers, ii., 320.

[105] Codman, Arnold's Expedition to Quebec, pp. 22-25, 141.

[106] Fonblanque, Burgoyne, p. 195; Dartmouth Papers, ii., 357.

[107] The King to North, July 28, 1775, Correspondence with North, i., 256.

[108] On national feeling generally see Annual Reg., xix. (1776), 38-39; Burke to Champion, Jan. 10, 1775, and Rockingham to Burke, Sept. 24, Burke's Works, i., 259 sq., 291-92; Lecky, History, iii., 528-34.

[109] Barrow, Life of Anson, pp. 214-16.

[110] Progress of the Navy, MS. Admiralty, Miscell., 567, R.O.

[111] George to North, April 13, 1776, Corr. with North, ii., 18.