[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. CHAPTER IV From Paris to Bruxelles--Visiting the plains of Waterloo--The Duke de Berri at Lille--Beauvais--Return to Paris--Remarks on the French theatre-- Talma--Mlle Duchesnois--Mlle Georges-French alexandrine verse--The Abbé Delille--The Opéra Comique.