account of.

Pragmatic Army lifted itself accordingly,--Stair, and the most of
his English, from Ghent, where the wearisome Head-quarters had
been; Hanoverians, Hessians, from we will forget where;--and in
various streaks and streams, certain Austrians from Luxemburg (with
our old friend Neipperg in company) having joined them, are flowing
Rhine-ward ever since March 1st. ["February 18th," o.s. (Old
Newspapers).] They cross the Rhine at three suitable points;
whence, by the north bank, home upon Frankfurt Country, and the
Noailles-Broglio operations in those parts. The English crossed "at
Neuwied, in the end of April" (if anybody is curious); "Lord Stair
in person superintending them." Lord Stair has been much about, and
a most busy person; General-in-Chief of the Pragmatic Army till his
Britannic Majesty arrive. Generalissimo Lord Stair; and there is
General Clayton, General Ligonier, "General Heywood left with the
Reserve at Brussels:"--and, from the ashes of the Old Newspapers,
the main stages and particulars of this surprising Expedition
(England marching as Pragmatic Army into distant parts) can be
riddled out; though they require mostly to be flung in again.
Shocking weather on the march, mere Boreas and icy tempests;
snow in some places two feet deep; Rhine much swollen, when we come
to it.

The Austrian Chief General--who lies about Wiesbaden, and consults
with Stair, while the English are crossing--is Duke d'Ahremberg
(Father of the Prince de Ligne, or "Prince of Coxcombs" as some
call him): little or nothing of military skill in D'Ahremberg;
but Neipperg is thought to have given much counsel, such as it was.
With the Hessians there was some difficulty; hesitation on Landgraf