2 Batt. 3rd Foot, constituted 61 reg. " 4th " " 62 " " 8th " " 63 " " 11th " " 64 " " 12th " " 65 " " 19th " " 66 " " 20th " " 67 " " 23rd " " 68 " 2 Batt. 24th Foot, constituted 69 reg. " 31st " " 70 " " 32nd " " 71 " " 33rd " " 72 " " 34th " " 73 " " 36th " " 74 " " 37th " " 75 " The above 71st, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, and 75th regiments were disbanded in the Year 1763, after the peace of Fontainbleau. [10] 'Notwithstanding the loss they sustained before they could get up to the enemy; notwithstanding the repeated attacks of the enemy's cavalry; notwithstanding a fire of musketry well kept up by the enemy's infantry; notwithstanding their being exposed in front and flank, such was the unshaken firmness of those troops (12th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 37th, 51st, and brigade of Hanoverians) that nothing could stop them, and the whole body of French cavalry was totally routed.'--_Campaigns of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick._ [11] 'The brunt of the battle was almost wholly sustained by the English infantry and some corps of Hanoverians, who stood the reiterated charges of so many bodies of horse, the strength and glory of the French armies, with a resolution, steadiness, and expertness in their manœuvres, which was never exceeded, perhaps never equalled: they cut to pieces, or entirely routed those bodies. Two brigades of foot attempted to support them; but they vanished before the English infantry.'--_Annual Register._ 'Six regiments of English infantry, and two battalions of Hanoverian guards, not only bore the whole brunt of the French carabineers and gendarmerie, but absolutely broke every body of horse and foot that advanced to attack them on the left and in the centre.'--_Smollett._ [12] The six British regiments of infantry, which took part in the glorious battle of MINDEN, were the 12th, 20th, 23rd, 25th, 37th, and 51st regiments. [13] London Gazette. [14] Strength of the Garrison of Gibraltar at the commencement of the Blockade, 21st June, 1779:-- British. Officers. Men. Royal Artillery 25 460 Royal Engineers 8 114 12th Foot 29 570 39th " 29 557 56th " 27 560 58th " 28 577 72nd " (Royal Manchester Volunteers,) disbanded in 1783 33 1013 ---- ---- 4030 Hanoverian. Hardenberg's Regiment 29 423 Reden's " 27 417 De La Motte's " 33 423 ---- ---- 1352