British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir
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British Campaigns in Flanders 1690-1794: Being Extracts from "A History of the British Army"
Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir
Flanders -- History, Military; Great Britain -- History, Military -- 18th century
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FOOTNOTES
[1] Four troops of life guards, ten regiments of horse, five of
dragoons, forty-seven battalions of foot.
[2] I had almost written that France was then, as always, the first
military nation; and though Prussia wrested the position from her under
Frederick the Great and again in 1870, the lesson of history seems to
teach that she is as truly the first military, as England is the first
naval, nation.
[3] Belhomme, p. 153.
[4] Feuquières.
[5] That is to say, of land-transport. After the sad experience of the
Irish war the marine transport was entrusted to an officer specially
established for the purpose.—_Commons Journals._
[6] I spell the village according to the popular fashion in England,
and according to the Flemish pronunciation. So many names in Flanders
seem to halt between the Flemish and the French that it is difficult to
know how to set them down.
[7] Fifty-three battalions of infantry and seven regiments of
dragoons.—_Beaurain._
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