Editor's Note

The front cover features an illustration from Maurice comte de Saxe (1696–1750), Reveries, or memoirs upon the art of war by Field Marshal Count Saxe ... To which are added some original letters, translated from the French [by Sir William Fawcett] (London: J. Nourse, 1757). Reproduced courtesy of McMaster University Library. Featured throughout this issue are details from "Military Utensils," plate 2 in vol. 2 of The Field of Mars: being an alphabetical digestion of the principal naval and military engagements, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, particularly of Great Britain and her allies, from the ninth century to the present period, 2 vols. (London, 1781). Reproduced courtesy of McMaster University Library.

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