Note 174 — Chapter IV
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Carteret to Stair, May 18 29 , May 23 June 3 , May 27 June 7 , May 30 June 10 ; Stair to Carteret, May 23 June 3 , May 27 June 7 , May 31 June 11 , June 2 13 . I have entered into some detail over Stair's part in the campaign, since he is charged, even by Lord Mahon, with the responsibility for the situation of the army just before Dettingen. "Lord Stair, whose military genius, never very bright, was rusted with age, appears to have committed blunder on blunder." Vol. iii. p. 218.