[17] There is no parallel in history of an army like the English marching through the South of France, then an enemy’s country, observing such rigid discipline and order that everything was paid for as scrupulously as if it had been in England; and that even the French officers and soldiers told the inhabitants not to quit their houses on the absence of the English army, as they had nothing to fear. I may be induced to make this remark, as none of the authors who have written on these campaigns have sufficiently dwelt on this important feature of the British army. It is a fact, that commissaries were left behind to pay for every article consumed by our army. [18] In confirmation of this it may be mentioned, that when the late Emperor Alexander of Russia gave a grand review to the Duke of Wellington, at Vertus, about eighty miles from Paris, of 130,000 Russians, picquets were driven into the ground at every wheeling point. How widely different are the movements of the British army! Some time afterwards, when the whole army under the command of his Grace were reviewed in presence of the allied Sovereigns, Field-Marshals, and Commanders, he moved the whole of his forces from the position they had taken, to nearly a quarter of a mile in the rear, no doubt with the view of showing that there were no picquets driven into the ground to direct the movements of the troops. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE The roman page numbering at the front of the book goes from i to xix, then from v to viii; this has not been changed. Several illustrations have a printer’s note in the caption that says “(To face page n)”; this page number n is sometimes incorrect but has not been changed. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. Pg v: ‘Returns to England 5’ replaced by ‘Returns to England 15’. Pg viii: Entries for the first two Plate illustrations in the book have been inserted in the list of Plates. Pg viii: ‘Colours and Uniform of Officers’ replaced by ‘Uniform of Officers’. Pg 41: ‘sland of St.’ replaced by ‘island of St.’. Pg 63: ‘to Bourdeaux,’ replaced by ‘to Bordeaux,’. Pg 89: blank space for a missing date replaced by ‘____’. Pg 98 Footnote 17: ‘as scruulously as’ replaced by ‘as scrupulously as’. Pg 100: ‘the the brilliant’ replaced by ‘the brilliant’. Pg 100: ‘had been drank’ replaced by ‘had been drunk’.