A History of the British Army, Vol. 1: First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir · 1933

Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes themselves have been placed at the end of the book. This volume covers the period up to 1713 when the Julian calendar was still in use in England. The change to the Gregorian calendar took place in Europe beginning in 1582, though much later in Protestant regions, and not in Britain until 1752. This produced a difference of eleven days in contemporary documents and books using the Julian Old Style (OS) and those using the modern Gregorian New Style (NS) dates.…

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