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Continuation of the Complete History of England
Continuation of the Complete History of England Author:Tobias George Smollett Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: An. 1757- lifhing orders and regulations which do credit to his judgment, and would have been highly ufeful there ever been qccafian to ptit them in exe;- cut... more »ion The reader may be pleaf- ed with the perufal of the orders iflued on the twenty-firft by lieutenant-general Sir Johtv dordaunt, fo well calculated to preferve good difcipliiie, and infpire the officers and foldiers with that fpirit of glory, which is the foulof all military operations. " Whereas his majefty has, by his royal fign manual, au- thnrifed me to publifh fuch rules and orders as are proper -to be obferved by all officers and foldiers under my command ; as alfo to punifh any :offenders or tranfgiefTors by death, or otherwile according .to the nature of their offence : -and whereas the fuccefs of this important defcent on the coaft of France, may greatly depend (in the good order and diicl- pline to be obferved by the officers and foldiers : J judge it quite neceflary for thejuft Execution of his msjefty's orders, and for the fafety and honour of the troo] s under my command, to eft.iblifh the fol- Jowire ruies and ordinances ; and at the fame time to declare that no offender againft them fluli meet v.ith any pardon. No foldier fhall pafs by day or by night beyond the cen- trits of the camp, but with an pffier : every nap.that at tempts it, will immediately b (hot. Whenever the army marches, the ftricteft order is to be obferved j and if any foldier leaves his place wjihout per- miffion from his officer, upon any or.cn.fion, he fhall fuller death. When any private man has leave from his officer to quit his platoon, ordivifion, a non- commiffioned officer fhall be left to bring him up. All marauding and plundering, without the perrniffion of the commander in chief, will be f unifhed with de...« less