Note 11 — HISTORICAL RECORD
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'The brunt of the battle was almost wholly sustained by the English infantry and some corps of Hanoverians, who stood the reiterated charges of so many bodies of horse, the strength and glory of the French armies, with a resolution, steadiness, and expertness in their manœuvres, which was never exceeded, perhaps never equalled: they cut to pieces, or entirely routed those bodies. Two brigades of foot attempted to support them; but they vanished before the English infantry.'—Annual Register.
'Six regiments of English infantry, and two battalions of Hanoverian guards, not only bore the whole brunt of the French carabineers and gendarmerie, but absolutely broke every body of horse and foot that advanced to attack them on the left and in the centre.'—Smollett.