APPENDIX D. BRITISH ARMY, AT VARIOUS DATES. The British Official Records show that the entire British force in America, including troops in Canada, Florida and the Bahama Islands, hardly exceeded, at any one time—and then not until 1780—42,000 men. Some of the regiments appear upon the maps as participants in battles from the attack upon Breed’s Hill until the final surrender of Cornwallis. The colonels of these regiments, under British regulations, held command as general officers; but the regiments retained their personal relation to the commanding officer, although the lieutenant-colonel commanded the battalions in the field, one recruiting battalion always remaining at the home depot. The following Tables have peculiar value, being compiled direct from original sources: 1. British regiments assigned to America, 1776. 17th Dragoons Preston’s. 4th Foot Hodgsin’s. 5th Foot Percy’s. 10th Foot Sanford’s. 22d Foot Gage’s. 23d Foot Howe’s. 35th Foot F. H. Campbell’s. 38th Foot Pigot’s. 40th Foot Hamilton’s. 43d Foot Cray’s. 44th Foot Abercrombie’s. 45th Foot Haviland’s. 47th Foot Carleton’s. 49th Foot Maitland’s. 52d Foot Clavering’s. 63d Foot T. Grant’s. 64th Foot Pomeroy’s. 65th Foot Armstrong’s. The above were stationed in Boston, with five companies of the Royal Artillery. On their passage from Ireland to Boston: 17th Foot Monkton’s. 27th Foot Massey’s. 46th Foot Vaughn’s. 53d Foot James Grant’s. Then, in Canada: 7th Foot Berlier’s. 8th Foot T. Armstrong’s. 26th Foot Lord Gordon’s. 2 Companies Royal Artillery. Ready to sail for America, from Cork: 15th Foot Caven’s. 33d Foot Cornwallis’. 37th Foot Coote’s. 42d Foot Lord Murray’s. 54th Foot Frederick’s. 57th Foot Irwin’s. Ordered for Boston: 16th Dragoons Burgoyne’s. King’s Guards 1,000 men. Ordered for Quebec: