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the town of Prestonpans Preston pans
betwixt Col. Colonel Gardiners Gardners
house & and Portsetan P. Seton. We lay in sight of them till the Evening evening
when our people grew very impatient to be engadged but with difficulty
being restrained by Authority authority. both Armys armys lay upon their
continued under upon their Arms arms
all night, the .The Enemy enemy were
about 4000, drawn up on the field on the east of Preston village,
having that Village village on their right,
a broad & and deep
ditch in on their front, a small morass on their left,
and the firth Firth of Forth on the Rear their
rear, so yt that it was impossible to attack ‘em
them in front but at the greatest Risk risk. Their foot in the Center center were the regiments
of Murray & and Lascelles, 5 Companys companys
of Lee’s Lees’s, 4 Comps. companys of Guise’s, 3 Comp.
companys of Ld Lowdons
Lord Loudens Highland Regiment regiment,
and a number of recruitsers
recruits
for regiments at home or abroad and abroad;. Hamiltons & Gardiners
Dragoons Hamiltons and Gardners dragoons forming the
wings on the right and left, there
. There were besides, several Volunteers seceeders seceders
&c from Edr Edinburgh,. and Gentlemen
gentlemen at the head of their tennants tennents. Genl General Cope had Cannon
& Coehorns cannon and coehorns which were thrown
off during the night, and large fires were placed
made round his whole camp.
Our men keept
quiet all night, not aword a word was
heard. Saturday 21t Sepr. 21st of
September about ? three in
the morning We we changed our ground &
and marched eastward then turning North north formed
a 2
lines so as to prevent the enemys retreat through the East Country
east country, towards Haddington Haddingtoun on
the one hand, or on the other to steal a march
to prevent their steal-
Comments
In the Journal, the time could be 3 or 8, Lockhart says three.
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