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they having done, immediatly threw
down their guns and drawing their Broad Swords pour’d broadswords
rushed in upon them and like atorrent a
torrent and carried all before them. Our march up to the Enemy enemy till we came near
was without pipe or drum, in the most profound Silence silence
till the attack was begun, when then when all
our Instruments instruments tongues & and
hands were at work. As we were about to engadge Mcdonald
McDonald of Glenaladel, of Clanronald’s Clanronalds
Regimt regiment, was ordered wth orderd with a detached
party of 60 sixty chosen men double armed,
to take possession of the Enemys enemys baggage at
Portseton Preston as soon as he should perceive the
main bodys engadge engadged. As the Pr. The P. left his guard
in on the march to the attack, talking earnestly
with D. to the Duke of Perth & Clanr-d and
Clanronald &
giving and giveing his last Orders & orders
and injunctions Injunctions;,
And but
returning to his guard, as I happened to pass near by
him, he with aSmile a
smile said to me in Erse: “Gres-ort,
Gres-ort”,
yt that is make Make haste, make haste As in our march to the attack,
the right was obliged oblidged to stop a little
till the left should come up, at . At this time the
Enemys enemys guards first perceived us, for
we heard them call out ‘who “Who
is there? who
Who is there? Cannons, Cannons cannons, get
ready the Cannons cannons Cannoneers cannoneers;”, but our quick march &
sudden & and sudden and intrepid attack soon brought
us into the midst of our enemys, where we soon put them to
rout, the Genl. general and afew
a few
horse and officers . . . dly escaping
escapeing with difficulty to Berwick, Major Cawfield with
a few Dragoons dragoons to Leith & and
Edinburgh Castle.
(Para break in Lockhart)
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