A History of the British Army, Vol. 1 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War
CHAPTER IV
The West Indian Expedition 258
The Plan of Campaign 259
Faults in the Composition and Direction of the Force 260
Refusal of Barbados to assist 261
Failure of the Attack on St. Domingo 262
Capture of Jamaica; the bulk of the Expedition returns to England 263
Frightful Mortality among the Troops in Jamaica 263
War with Spain; Six Thousand men sent to Turenne in Flanders 266
Excellence of their Discipline 267
Their Mad Exploit at St. Venant 268
Sufferings of the Troops in Winter Quarters 268
Sir William Lockhart appointed to Command 269
The British Regiments in the two contending Armies 270
Battle of Dunkirk Dunes 271
The King's English Guards 273
Further Exploits of the Six Thousand 273
Death of Oliver Cromwell 274
Richard Cromwell resigns; the Officers restore the Rump 274
Monk concentrates at Edinburgh and moves South 275
The Camp at Coldstream 276
Monk's March to London 276
The Rump dissolves itself under Monk's pressure 277
The Restoration 277