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Hilsea, Sept. 22nd, 1760.
A Field Day tomorrow, 7 O’Clock if the weather’s fair.
Whereas complaint has been made to the Commanding Officer by the Farmers Living aboute the Barracks that several soldiers have broke thair Hedges Taken away thair Walnuts Vig and done them other damages any man Found so Offending for the fewter will meet the sevearest punnishment—and for the better finding oute such offenders The Commanding Officer will Reward any person that Will Discover such Dishonest and un-Soldier like Behaviour the Non Commissioned Officers are desired to Examine what Wood or Other things are Brought into the Roomes and if thay find anything suspeceis to Report it to his Officer.
— Lloyd-Verney, Colonel George Hope (1894). Records of the Infantry Militia Battalions of the County of Southampton from A.D. 1757 to 1894. Longmans, Green, and Co. London. source
Pretty sure “Vig” is a typo here. If anyone knows what it might be, my email’s in the footer.