quite dark, they coming very close to us, we only heard the
noise of their boots, and could plainly discern their yellow belts. We
first received their full fire, which did us little damage. We
immediately gave them ours, and then attacked them sword in hand, and
oblidged them to retreat with a considerable loss.

Lord George then marched with us and the M^cPhersons into the town,
where we found the whole army ready to march for Carlisle, so that we
had neither time to refresh ourselves, or men. So you may judge our
condition, having marched t[w]o days without resting from Kendal to
Penrith, which is long 20 miles, and, without halt, 16 more on to
Carlisle, all without any sleep and very little provision; yet we brot
all the artillery safe, and lost very few men at the attack at Clifton.
I received a small wound there myself in the knee, and no other
gentleman touched. We stay'd two days at Carlisle. The third day in the
morning by break o' day we marched, expecting surely to meet Cumberland
that day to give him battle; but perceiving no enemy, march'd forward,
and that night crossed the Esk. H.R.H. continued on his march without
any remarkable occurencies till he arrived safe with his army at
Glasgow.

FOOTNOTES:

[97] December 6, "Black Friday."

[98] Shap.

[99] _I.e._, without undressing.

[100] Troublesome.

H. THE BATTLE OF FALKIRK (JANUARY, 1746).

+Source.+--_The Lockhart Papers: containing ... also Journals and
Memoirs of the Young Pretender's Expedition in 1745, by Highland
Officers in his Army_, vol. ii., p. 499. (London: 1817.)

On the sixth of January we marched from Glasgow to Cumbernauld and from
thence to Falkirk. Next day orders were sent to the army at Perth to
join us and with the artillery to invest Stirling Castle. After staying
about a week, four of our six Highland regiments which were in England
were ordered to march to Linlithgow under night, both to levy the
publick money and carry off the provisions which had been ordered to be
provided for the English army now convened about Edinburgh under the
command of General Hawley who was advancing towards us.... The Duke of
Perth commanded the siege of Stirling Castle, the Prince's headquarters
being at Bannockburn near Falkirk....

General Hawley (who had been joined by the Argyleshire Highlanders to
the number of about twelve hundred under General Campbell) with the
Government's troops encamped a little northwest fr