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Excerpt from The History of England, From the Revolution to the End of the American War, and Peace of Versailles in 1783, Vol. 4 of 6: Designed as a Continuation of Mr. Hume's History
That the reader may have the more difiinfi idea of the State of charge, it is nece?'ary'to remind him, that lord George him Sackville commanded the cavalry of the right wing, con lifting of Hanoverian and Britiih horfe, difpofed in two lihes, extending to the village of Hartum the Hanoverian cavalry forming the left, that reached almoft to an Open wood or grove, which divided the horfe from the line of infantry, particularly from that part of the line of infantry con?fiing of two brigades of Britifh foot, the Hanoverian guards, and Hardenberg's regiment. This was the body of troops which fuftained the brunt of the battle with the mo? incredible courage and prefeverance. They, of their'own accord, advanced to attack the left of the enemy's cavalry, through a moi't dreadful fire of the artillery and {mall arms, to which they were expofed in front and flank they withfiood the repeated attacks of the whole French gen darmerie, whom, at length, they totally routed, together with a body ofsaxon troops on their left, and to their va lour the vi&ory was chie?y owing. The ground from which thefe tr00ps advanced was a kind of heath or plain, which Opened a confiderable way to the left, where the tell: of the army was formed in order of battle but on the right it was bounded by the wood, on the other fide of which the cavalry of the right wing Was potted, having in fro nt the village of Halen, from whence the French had been driven by the piquets in the army there pofied, and in front ofthem a windmill, fituated in the middle {pace be tv�een them, and a battery placed on theleft ofthe enemy.
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