Chapter I: Accession of William; Discontent in the Army 333

Mutiny of the First Foot 334

The First Mutiny Act passed 335

Increase of the Army 336

Seventh Dragoon Guards and Nineteenth to Twenty-fourth Foot
raised 337

Rottenness in the Military System 337

Marlborough's First Fight with a Marshal of France 338

The Rebellion in Scotland; Twenty-fifth Foot raised 338

Killiecrankie 339

Twenty-sixth Foot formed 340

Dunkeld 341

Socket Bayonet introduced by Mackay 341

Londonderry and Enniskillen 342

The Fifth Lancers, Inniskilling Dragoons and Twenty-seventh
Foot formed 342

Schomberg sails for Ireland 343

The Campaign breaks down 344

Disgraceful State of the Army 345

Preparations for a New Irish Campaign 348

CHAPTER II

The Theatre of War in the Low Countries 351

The French passion for a Siege 354

The old-fashioned Campaign as then understood 355

The Allies and French compared 356

Campaign of 1691 357

Campaign of 1692 358

Namur captured by the French 359-360

Battle of Steenkirk 360

End of the Campaign 367

CHAPTER III

Additions to the Army; Eighth Hussars raised 368

The Campaign of 1693 369

Battle of Landen 370

Increase of the Army for next Campaign; the Seventh Hussars 376

Tolmach's failure at Brest 377

Campaign of 1695 377

Siege of Namur 378

Peace of Ryswick 379