Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 - 456 páginas |
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Página xxxviii
... Marshal Wade , who lay at Newcastle with a superior force , to come up with them , and proceeded without interruption to Derby , having gained a march on the Duke of Cumberland , who was at the head of another superior army in the ...
... Marshal Wade , who lay at Newcastle with a superior force , to come up with them , and proceeded without interruption to Derby , having gained a march on the Duke of Cumberland , who was at the head of another superior army in the ...
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... Marshal Wade was on his march to force us to raise the siege of Carlisle , and that he had already advanced with his army to the town of Hexham , the Prince left the Duke of Perth , with a small body of troops , to con- duct the siege ...
... Marshal Wade was on his march to force us to raise the siege of Carlisle , and that he had already advanced with his army to the town of Hexham , the Prince left the Duke of Perth , with a small body of troops , to con- duct the siege ...
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... Marshal Wade , generally allowed to be the best general officer in the service of England , did not ad- vance to Brampton , and endeavour to stop the progress of the Prince , by giving him battle , having an army of regular troops more ...
... Marshal Wade , generally allowed to be the best general officer in the service of England , did not ad- vance to Brampton , and endeavour to stop the progress of the Prince , by giving him battle , having an army of regular troops more ...
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... Marshal Wade is certainly inexplicable ; and , as it appears infinitely more censurable than that of General Cope , it is somewhat surprising that he was never called to an account for it . Carlisle is only about sixty miles from ...
... Marshal Wade is certainly inexplicable ; and , as it appears infinitely more censurable than that of General Cope , it is somewhat surprising that he was never called to an account for it . Carlisle is only about sixty miles from ...
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... Marshal Wade was in our rear , to cut us off from all communication with Scotland . But this intelligence from Lord John Drum- mond totally changed our views and the state of our affairs , by announcing three thousand men , and succours ...
... Marshal Wade was in our rear , to cut us off from all communication with Scotland . But this intelligence from Lord John Drum- mond totally changed our views and the state of our affairs , by announcing three thousand men , and succours ...
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Página xxxix - I heard three sensible middle-aged men, when the Scotch were said to be at Stamford, and actually were at Derby, talking of hiring a chaise to go to Caxton (a place in the high-road) to see the Pretender and Highlanders as they passed.
Página 102 - The children immediately left the press where she had concealed them, and threw themselves at his feet. They affirmed in the newspapers of London that we had dogs in our army trained to fight, and that we were indebted for our victory at Gladsmuir to these dogs, who darted with fury on the English army.
Página 203 - Our separation at Ruthven was truly affecting. We bade one another an eternal adieu. No one could tell whether the scaffold would not be his fate. The Highlanders gave vent to their grief in wild howlings and lamentations; the tears flowed down their cheeks when they thought that their country was now at the discretion of the Duke of Cumberland, and on the point of being plundered; whilst they and their children would be reduced to slavery, and plunged, without resource, into a state of remediless...
Página liii - He was vigilant, active, and diligent; his plans were always judiciously formed, and he carried them promptly and vigorously into execution. However, with an infinity of good qualities, he was not without his defects : — proud, haughty, blunt, and imperious ; he wished to have the exclusive ordering of every thing, and, feeling his superiority, he would listen to no advice.
Página liii - He was tall and robust, and brave in the highest degree; conducting the Highlanders in the most heroic manner, and always the first to rush sword in hand into the midst of the enemy. He used to say, when we advanced to the charge, ' I do not ask you, my lads, to go before, but merely to follow me...
Página 186 - Had Prince Charles slept during the whole of the expedition," says the Chevalier Johnstone, " and allowed Lord George Murray to act for him according to his own judgment, there is every reason for supposing he would have found the crown of Great Britain on his head when he awoke.
Página 122 - The most singular and extraordinary combat immediately followed. The Highlanders, stretched on the ground, thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses. Some seized the riders by their clothes, dragged them down, and stabbed them with their dirks; several, again, used their pistols; but few of them had sufficient space to handle their swords.
Página 101 - Lochiel entered the lodgings assigned to him, his landlady, an old woman, threw herself at his feet, and with uplifted hands and tears in her eyes, supplicated him to take her life, but to spare her two little children. He asked her if she was in her senses, and told her to explain herself; when she answered, that every body said the Highlanders ate children, and made them their common food. Mr. Cameron having assured her that they would not injure either her, or her little children, or any person...
Página 85 - As your Royal Highness is always for battles, be the circumstances what they may, I now offer you one, in three hours from this time, with the army of Marshal Wade, which is only about two miles distant from us.
Página 146 - There he laid an ambuscade, posting six of his companions, on each side of the highway, to wait the arrival of the detachment of Lord Loudon, enjoining them not to fire till he should tell them, and then not to fire together, but one after another. When the head of the detachment of Lord Loudon was opposite the twelve men, about eleven o'clock in the evening, the blacksmith called out with a loud voice, " Here come the villains; who intend carrying off our Prince ; fire, my lads, do not spare them...