shifted to Antwerp. But by this time the requests for the return of troops to England had become urgent and imperative orders. First ten battalions were
Sept.-Oct. recalled, then the rest of the foot, and at last practically the whole of the army, including Cumberland himself.[1] The cause was the Jacobite rebellion which was stamped out by the victory of Culloden in April 1746.
[Authorities.—The official account of Fontenoy was drawn
up by Ligonier in French and translated into English, with
some omissions, for publication. The French version is far the
better and will be found in the State Papers. The account in
the Life of the Duke of Cumberland is poor, though valuable as
having been drawn up from the reports of the English Generals.
Of the French accounts Voltaire's is the best known, and, as
might be expected from such a hand, admirably spirited.
More valuable are the accounts in the Conquête des Pays Bas,
in the Mémoires du Maréchal de Saxe, where Saxe's own report
may be read, in the Campagnes des Pays Bas, and in Espagnac.
The newspapers furnish a few picturesque incidents of some
value.]
- ↑ Harrington to Cumberland, Sept. 4/15; Oct. 1/12, 19/30.
