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A History of the British Army, Vol. 1: First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' WarFortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

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A History of the British Army, Vol. 1: First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

Name: A History of the British Army, Vol. 1: First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War
Author: Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History

(_Military Secretary_) _Secretary to the Council of War._--Mr.
  John Rushworth (civilian), with two clerks.

  (_Aides-de-Camp_) _Messengers to the Army._--Mr. Richard
  Chadwell, Mr. Constantine Heath.


FOOT.[173]

  _Major-General_                    Skippon.
  _Quartermaster-General_            Spencer.
  _Assistant-Quartermaster-General_  Master Robert Wolsey.
  _Adjutant-General_                 Lieutenant-Colonel Gray.
  _Marshal-General_                  Captain Wykes.

Ten regiments of foot; each regiment of ten companies; each company
of one hundred and twenty men, exclusive of the officers.

  REGIMENT.      COLONEL.
    1st.     { Sir Thomas Fairfax.
             { Lieut.-Colonel Jackson.
    2nd.     { Major-General Skippon.
             { Lieut.-Colonel Frances.
    3rd.       Sir Hardress Waller.
    4th.       Hammond.
    5th.       Harley.
    6th.       Montague.
    7th.       Lloyd.
    8th.       Pickering.
    9th.       Fortescue.
   10th.       Farringdon.


HORSE.

  _Lieutenant-General_     Oliver Cromwell.
  _Commissary-General_     Henry Ireton.
  _Quartermaster-General_  Fincher.
  _Adjutants-General_      Captains Fleming and Evelyn.
  _Marshal-General_        Captain Laurence.
  _Mark-Master General_    Mr. Francis Child.

Eleven regiments of horse; each of six troops; each troop of one
hundred men, besides officers.

  REGIMENT.  COLONEL.

   1st.    { Sir Thomas Fairfax.
           { Major Disbrowe.
   2nd.      Butler.
   3rd.      Sheffield.
   4th.      Fleetwood.
   5th.      Rossiter.
   6th.      Lieut.-General Cromwell.
   7th.      Rich.
   8th.      Sir Robert Pye.
   9th.      Whalley.
  10th.      Graves.
  11th.      Comm.-General Ireton.

The captain-general's bodyguard consisted of one troop, taken from
his regiment of horse, under Colonel Doyley.


DRAGOONS.

  Colonel Okey.

  Ten companies each of one hundred men, besides officers.

TRAIN.

  _Lieut.-General of the Ordnance_      Lieut.-General Hammond.
  _Controller of the Ordnance_          Captain Deane.
  _Engineer General_                    Peter Manteau van Dalem.
  _Engineer Extraordinary_              Captain Hooper.
  _Chief Engineer_                      Eval Tercene.
  _Engineers_                           Master Lyon, Master Tomlinson.
  _Master Gunner of the Field_          Francis Furin.
  _Captain of Pioneers_                 Captain Cheese.
  _A Commissary of Ammunition_
  _A Commissary of the Draught Horses_
  Two Regiments of Infantry                { Colonel Rainborough's.
                                           { Colonel Weldon's.
  Two companies of Firelocks.

[Sidenote: April 30.]

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A History of the British Army, Vol. 1: First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' WarFortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

History

A History of the British Army, Vol. 1: First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

Great Britain -- History, Military; Great Britain. Army -- History

(_Military Secretary_) _Secretary to the Council of War._--Mr.
  John Rushworth (civilian), with two clerks.

  (_Aides-de-Camp_) _Messengers to the Army._--Mr. Richard
  Chadwell, Mr. Constantine Heath.


FOOT.[173]

  _Major-General_                    Skippon.
  _Quartermaster-General_            Spencer.
  _Assistant-Quartermaster-General_  Master Robert Wolsey.
  _Adjutant-General_                 Lieutenant-Colonel Gray.
  _Marshal-General_                  Captain Wykes.

Ten regiments of foot; each regiment of ten companies; each company
of one hundred and twenty men, exclusive of the officers.

  REGIMENT.      COLONEL.
    1st.     { Sir Thomas Fairfax.
             { Lieut.-Colonel Jackson.
    2nd.     { Major-General Skippon.
             { Lieut.-Colonel Frances.
    3rd.       Sir Hardress Waller.
    4th.       Hammond.
    5th.       Harley.
    6th.       Montague.
    7th.       Lloyd.
    8th.       Pickering.
    9th.       Fortescue.
   10th.       Farringdon.


HORSE.

  _Lieutenant-General_     Oliver Cromwell.
  _Commissary-General_     Henry Ireton.
  _Quartermaster-General_  Fincher.
  _Adjutants-General_      Captains Fleming and Evelyn.
  _Marshal-General_        Captain Laurence.
  _Mark-Master General_    Mr. Francis Child.

Eleven regiments of horse; each of six troops; each troop of one
hundred men, besides officers.

  REGIMENT.  COLONEL.

   1st.    { Sir Thomas Fairfax.
           { Major Disbrowe.
   2nd.      Butler.
   3rd.      Sheffield.
   4th.      Fleetwood.
   5th.      Rossiter.
   6th.      Lieut.-General Cromwell.
   7th.      Rich.
   8th.      Sir Robert Pye.
   9th.      Whalley.
  10th.      Graves.
  11th.      Comm.-General Ireton.

The captain-general's bodyguard consisted of one troop, taken from
his regiment of horse, under Colonel Doyley.


DRAGOONS.

  Colonel Okey.

  Ten companies each of one hundred men, besides officers.

TRAIN.

  _Lieut.-General of the Ordnance_      Lieut.-General Hammond.
  _Controller of the Ordnance_          Captain Deane.
  _Engineer General_                    Peter Manteau van Dalem.
  _Engineer Extraordinary_              Captain Hooper.
  _Chief Engineer_                      Eval Tercene.
  _Engineers_                           Master Lyon, Master Tomlinson.
  _Master Gunner of the Field_          Francis Furin.
  _Captain of Pioneers_                 Captain Cheese.
  _A Commissary of Ammunition_
  _A Commissary of the Draught Horses_
  Two Regiments of Infantry                { Colonel Rainborough's.
                                           { Colonel Weldon's.
  Two companies of Firelocks.

[Sidenote: April 30.]

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A History of the British Army, Vol. 1: First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

A History of the British Army, Vol. 1: First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

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