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XXXvi CONTENTS. Chapter TX. — continued. Papers of great value on the same subjects presented to oui War Department, ........ 322 Proceedings and Report of M'Neill aiul TuUocli, the Commis- sariat Commissioners, .....•■• 322 Their ' animadversions ' used by the 'Times 'as a gmund for reviving the attacks of the previous year, .... 322 Enquiry demanded, ........ 324 And granted, ......... «'24 Constitution of the Court of Enquiry, 324 Its proceedings in the great hall at Chelsea, .... 325 The Report of the Board on the ' animadversions,' . . . 328 And on the question of the road, ...... 329 The now cleared and narrowed state of the controvcr.«y respect- ing the cause of the ' avertible ' sufferings, .... 329 The wide import of a question which in terms only challenged MrFilder, 330 The part of the Report in which the Board showed the cause of the ' avertible ' sufferings, 330 Acquiescence of the State in this decision, .... 331 Vast accumulation of authentic materials for forming a judg- ment as to the cause of the sufferings, . . . .331 IX. The part taken by our clamourists at the time of the winter sufferings, 332 CHAPTER X. THE AI.LIEU ARMIES AFTER MID-WINTER RECOVERING HEALTH AND STRENGTH. I. The French losses much more than eompensatod by reinforce- ments, ........•• 33r> ir. The English, 33fi Their long-continued want of the liand.s required for making a road, .....•••••• 3<io