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

CHAPTER V

The Revival of the Military Spirit in England 279

The new type of Soldier introduced by Cromwell 280

Discipline of the Army 281

Incipient Organisation of a War Department 283

Stoppages of Pay; Barracks 284

Abolition of Purchase 284

Suppression and Revival of Fraudulent Practices 285

BOOK IV