These troops, with some 13,000 militia artillery and militia engineers, constitute the Home Army, under whose protection the Territorial field army is completing its organization.

Months must certainly elapse before portions of this army can strengthen the regular field army.

At the most 150,000 men may be reckoned upon for an English expeditionary force.

These troops compose at the same time the reserve of the troops stationed in the Colonies, which require reinforcements at grave crises.

This constitutes the weak point in the British armament.