Letter from a militia-man to his colonel : representing the inconveniencies that may attend a deviation from the regular establish'd exercise of the army : wrote with a design to promote the service of the militia

Letter from a militia-man to his colonel : representing the inconveniencies that may attend a deviation from the regular establish'd exercise of the army : wrote with a design to promote the service of the militia

[London? : s.n., 1760?]

15 p. ; 25 cm. (4to)

L2019F78 1760?

(OCoLC)33948122

Caption title.
Signed in ink on p. 15: Willm. Young; ms. inscription on p. 1: "From Major Young to Colo. Lord Bruce."
With: four mss. relating to Young's published works on General James Wolfe's drill and tactics insturctions: "Standing orders to be observed by the Wiltshire Regiment commanded by the Right Honorable Lord Bruce Colonel" (13 p.); "Instructions for the Sixty Seventh Regiment by Colonel Wolfe" (7 p.); Instructions for young officers by Colonel Wolfe" (2 p.); "His Majesty having been pleased to direct that when ever a regiment or battalion is form'd for firing, the captain and subaltern officers shall be distributed proportionally to the several parts of the regiment ..." ([32] p.): "By order of His Royal Highness the Duke, signed Robert Napier, Adjutant General" at end.
From the Cottesloe Military Library

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