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THE BROME-WALTON FAMILY. 
In January 1760, we find Captain Joseph Bronte again on the staff, 
as A.-D.-C. to the Marquis of Granby, the Commander-in-Chief; in 
February he returned to London with t'he Marquis and other Minden 
commanders and staff for the court-martial of 5th April—at which time 
letters from Mrs. Brome and Miss (Mary) Brorne, dated from St. 
James's Park, to Bichard Cox, Esq., the new Paymaster to the Boyal 
Artillery ( vice Cockburn), show that the family were occupying the 
official residence of the Master-Gunner of England. 1 These officers 
returned to Germany in April. 
In April 1760, both France and England made one more strenuous 
effort to augment their respective armies. The story of the incessant 
marches and combats until December 1 762, when the enemy were com¬ 
pletely driven across the Rhine—as told by the journalist of the 
campaigns—is ever that of endurance, discipline, mobility, and victory, 
whether in the depth of winter, when soldiers died by scores, of cold; 
or in summer, when they dropped dead on the field, through heat. 
For his services in the combats of 1760-61, particularly at Warbourg, 
and the bombardment of Fritzler, on 13th February, 1761, Captain 
Brorne was, at one bound, promoted from Captain to Lieut.-Colonel in 
the Army. 2 In all these operations, without being once mustered on 
the sick list, Lieut.-Colonel Brome was A.-D.-C. to the Marquis of 
Granby, who was the idol of the troops and “ truly merited the appella¬ 
tion of father of the army, not only animating the troops on all 
occasions by his presence and example, but, with the greatest humanity 
and unbounded generosity, supplying their immediate wants with 
necessaries and provisions at his private expense." 3 
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“ January 25th, 1763.— The first part of the first division of the 
British troops began their march through Holland; their route was 
through the province of Guelderland, Nimeugen, and Breda, to Wil¬ 
liam stadt, where the transports were ready to receive and convey them 
to England." 4 
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Of the two achievements of R.A. of special interest, that of War¬ 
bourg, with Phillips's famous cc gallop " ( Minden , however, having been 
the first recorded instance) has been enlarged upon by Lieut.-Colonel 
Hime and Major May 5 ; but the bombardment of Fritzler, on 13th 
February, 1761, holds such a happy typical mean between the siege 
artillery of the middle ages and of the moderns that one may be par¬ 
doned for concluding the present chapter by reference to this incident. 
In his caustic criticism of the artillery of the middle ages, the author 
1 “ Muster-Kolls and Pay Lists,” 1760, in B.A. record office. 
•London Gazette, 1761. <£ Cleaveland MSS.,” anno. 1761. 
3 “ Campaigns,” p. 287. The historic picture of the Marquis, in the presence of his staff, re¬ 
lieving a distressed soldier and his family, is in possession of General Milrnan, C.B., at the Tower. 
Lieut -Colonel Brome is in the group. 
4 “ Journal of the Campaigns of Prince Ferdinand,” p. 288. 
6 “ Proceedings ” B.A.I., Vol; VII., No. 7. j Vol., XIX. No. 9. 
