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section eighth.
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Belcastel’s.
Sergeants. Drummers. Sentinels.
Company of Grenadiers 3 1 22
Colonel’s Company 3 1 29
Captain Le Maria’s (sen.) 2 1 27
Captain Sellerie’s 3 1 26
Captain Le Maria’s (jun.) 2 1 35
Captain Montainiace’s 1 1 23
Captain Tarrott’s 2 1 21
Captan le Menery’s 2 1 31
Captain Pontero’s 2 1 24
Captain Bourdigoe’s 2 1 25
Captain La Bastile’s 2 1 25
Captain Du Puy’s 2 1 20
Lieutenant-Colonel’s 1 1 20
27 13 328

The above lists of infantry contain Frenchmen only. The whole strength of the regiments may be stated thus:—

French. English. Scotts. Irish. Total.
La Melonière’s 433 2 0 3 438
Marton’s 381 5 9 9 404
Belcastel’s 368 9 13 8 398
1182 16 22 20 1240

List of the French Officers who were broken out of the Scotch regiments.

Captains. — Jaques Dandoins, La Benne, La Tour, Gignoux, Bacalan, Despierre, Sixte, Milon 3s. per day.
Lieutenants. — Claris, La Moriniere, Du Ry, Aymery 2s. ,,
Ensign. — Campage 1s. 6d. ,,

Note as to the year 1692.

The king having granted £300 to be distributed among French officers by the Marquis de Ruvigny, major-general commanding the forces in Ireland, the following two lists were drawn up by the major-general in his own handwriting, signed,

Ruvigny.

1. Officers from Ireland about to return.Captains de St. Maison, De Binestan.
Lieutenants. — De St. Sauveur, Cotereau.
Sub-Lieutenants. — Binyon, Payre, Bausobre, Lalegre.

2. Officers from France. — Captains De Crusel, De la Barthe, Du Joysel, De Madiane, Du Chesnoy, Moynier, D’Albenas, Darreau, Tremoulet, Cosautier.
Lieutenants Massé, Daldebert, Jourdan, Bourdenane, Du Faget, Du Pont de Lard.

Note as to the year 1699.

On 24th Nov. 1699 the Earl of Albemarle intimated to the Earl of Galway that Mr. de St. Maurie Monbrison was to succeed to the pension originally granted to his deceased brother.

5. Miremont’s Dragoons.

Armand de Bourbon, Marquis de Miremont, raised a regiment of horse in the English army under King James II., when his uncle, the Earl of Fevcrsham, was commander-in-chief. This was at the end of that reign. And this regiment, as the Marques de Miremont’s Horse, was recognised by the Prince of Orange, and had quarters assigned to it. I cannot find the date of his receiving the command of the French Refugee Dragoons. As we proceed, the reader will perceive an apparent indication that the French corps was originally under the command of a Colonel Karthazar, and that he was succeeded by the Marquis de Miremont Miremont’s Horse was probably soon disbanded, as King James seems to have left behind him an unnecessarily large squadron of heavy cavalry. Miremont’s Dragoons was in existence on 31st. Dec. 1695, as appears from the registration of the marriage of Captain Addée. And at all events it was a French regiment at the date of the peace of Ryswick, and was disbanded with the others.