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french
French with Ingineers ingineers &
and Artilery; artilary.
Fort Augustus was taken & and demolished,
but we were not so Successfull successfull at Fortwilliam
Fort William, we not being properly provided
for such an ane Interprise enterprize .
(Para break in Lockhart)
Whilst our Low country army lay at Aberdeen
some ships from France had landed with money and arms, together
with about three hundred of Fitz James’s dragoons, but mostly dismounted;
and now they left Aberdeen altogether February twenty third and
marched to Elgin and the nighbourhood in the country of Spy. Their
orders was * As our Army from Aberdeen left yt place Feb 23 took possession of Elgin & the Spey the Country of Spey to defend the passage of that Spey river
agt against the D. Duke of Cumbd.
Cumberland who had by marched from Stirling by the
East east Coast coast with his whole
Army army towards Aberdeen, having haveing
sent detachmts detatchments from Perth to Dunkeld,
& Castle Menzies &
and Bl Blair of Athole, And and
befor before he left Perth, about 6000
six thousand Hessians had
landed at Leith and marching Westward westward
by Sterling Stirling were ordered orderd
to take up their quarters at Perth & and the
neighbourhood
nighbourhood in
order to secure the retreat on purpose
to prevent the return of our Highlanders to the Low country
Lowcountry again, if we should attempt it.
(No para break in Lockhart) In our return fm Sutherland to Inverness from Ross-shire we learnt learnd yt
that the D. of C. Duke of Cumberland was marching
with his whole Army army from Aberdn Aberdeen
in order to cross they the Spey
Spy & and give us battle, understanding,
no doubt, of that our Army army being
was much dispersed & and partys out upon
different Command commands. in different
places parts we . We therefore hastened
hastned our march back to Inverness . and In in a few days after we had joined the Army
P. again we were ordered to March march to
Nairn & and from thence to Elgin to join those
who were appointed to guard to the passage of
the Spey Spy. Our Bat.
(Lockhart ignores the line drawn
in the Journal and continues as if it were not there)
About this time the Hazard Sloup (which the Ps freinds had made themselves
masters of at Montrose whilst
he was in England and was
now employed in his service) had come from France to the North with
money, and being chased by some of the Government ships of war into
the Murray firth, was driven on shoar, whereby the Money fell into
the hands of Lord Raes People then in arms for e the Government,.
a loss which might have been prevented if Lord Cromarty in the Ps
service in that country had done his duty. This loss at so criticall
a time contributed much to our future misfortunes, we being at this time
in great want of pay
which we had got very regularly hitherto.
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