We continued, however, at Strytem, neither reporting to, nor receiving orders from, Lord Edward; nor did we ever join the division until 21st June, near Mons, whence we marched with them to Paris, and then again separated. Of the field-artillery I know very little, but remember that, about the beginning of June, Sir Augustus Frazer, who was Sir G. Wood’s _right-hand man_, told me that, including the horse-artillery, there were then twenty brigades of British artillery, or 120 pieces, ready to take the field. More arrived, I believe, after this; I know Beane’s troop of horse-artillery did. What number of Hanoverian, Dutch, Belgic, &c., there might be, I never knew. Whence it originated, I cannot conjecture, but, certes, much indecision did exist about this time as to our armament. Shortly after our arrival at Strytem, we were ordered to send our light 6-pounders to Ghent, there to be exchanged for _heavies_. These, after a few days, were to be sent back and replaced by the 9-pounders, which eventually we kept. These changes, whilst in progress, cost me considerable anxiety, from the dread of a move taking place whilst my guns were absent--an event the more to be dreaded, since the Duke never attended to any justification if anything went wrong; nor would he have looked to my superiors, but myself alone, and thus I should have borne the whole weight of his anger. At length, about the beginning of June we were complete, when my troop establishment was as follows, viz.:-- 5 guns, 9-pounders, and 1 heavy 5½-inch howitzer--8 horses each, 48 9 ammunition-waggons--viz., 1 to each piece, and a spare one per division--6 horses each, 54 1 spare-wheel carriage--6 horses, 6 1 forge, 1 curricle-cart, 1 baggage-waggon--4 horses each, 12 --- Total in draught, 120 6 mounted detachments--8 horses each, 48 2 staff-sergeants, 2 farriers, 1 collar-maker, 5 6 officers’ horses, lent them by the Board of Ordnance, 6 6 officers’ mules, for carrying their baggage, 6 --- Total, 185 Additional horses unaccounted for above, spare, &c., 30 --- General total of animals, 215 Besides which, each officer had his own two horses, and the surgeon one, making 11 more--so that, including these, we had 226 ===