The monthly Army Returns
reported on the strength of each regiment, including total numbers of men
present, absent, sick, or on extra daily duty, as well as giving a report of
officers and some categories of enlisted men. They were a very useful and effective
planning tool in eighteenth-century combat operations and are still in
practical use throughout today's armed forces.
Ten soldiers of...
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Major Abercrombie's Letter to Earl of Loudoun, Sep. 1763
Transcription of a letter giving details of military affairs in America at the end of the French and Indian war, sent to Earl of Loudoun as former commander in America. Parson Robert Macpherson returned home in September [prior to the mutiny at Quebec], having obtained leave from General Murray, while the main body of the 78th Regiment departed Quebec in early October, arriving at Glasgow...