[49] The force consisted of detachments of the 3rd and 4th Dragoons (now Hussars), 12th, 29th, Hamilton’s, Dormer’s, Johnson’s, Moore’s, Caulfield’s, Townsend’s, Wynne’s Foot. [50] See, for instance, the commendations of Feuquières. [51] 135 battalions, 260 squadrons. [52] 122 battalions, 230 squadrons. [53] These were, according to a contemporary plan (Fricx), the 16th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 24th Foot. [54] He is claimed as a Guardsman by General Hamilton (_Hist. Grenadier Guards_), though Millner assigns him to the 16th Foot. This is the only name of a man below the rank of a commissioned officer that I have encountered in any of the books on the wars of Marlborough, not excluding the works of Sergeants Deane and Millner. Littler was deservedly rewarded with a commission. [55] The Allied order of battle was peculiar. The artillery was all drawn up in front, in rear of it came a first line of 100 squadrons, then a second line of 80 squadrons, then a third line of 104 battalions, with wings of 14 squadrons more thrown out to the right and left rear. _Daily Courant_, 6th September 1708. [56] The five English regiments lost about 350 killed and wounded in this assault. This would mean probably from a fifth to a sixth of their numbers. _Daily Courant_, 6th September 1708. [57] I have failed, in spite of much search, to identify the British regiments present, excepting one battalion of the 1st Royals. Marlborough, as Thackeray has reminded us by a famous scene in _Esmond_, attributed the credit of the action in his first despatch to Cadogan. Another letter, however, which appeared in the _Gazette_ three days later (23rd September), does full justice to Webb, as does also a letter from the Duke to Lord Sunderland of 18th–29th September (_Despatches_, vol. iv. p. 243). Webb’s own version of the affair appeared in the _Gazette_ of 9th October, but does not mention the regiments engaged. Webb became a celebrated bore with his stories of Wynendale, but the story of his grievance against Marlborough would have been forgotten but for Thackeray, who either ignored or was unaware of the second despatch. [58] Notably Prendergast’s. _Gazette_, 25th November. [59] The British troops employed were the 6th Foot, 600 marines, and a battalion of seamen. [60] There are still some remains of the old walls of Tournay on the south side of the town, and the ruins of Vauban’s citadel close by, from which the extent of the works may be judged. [61] The British regiments employed in the siege were the 1st Royals (2 battalions), 3rd Buffs, 37th, Temple’s, Evans’s and Prendergast’s Foot.