(Designed as a continuation of Mr. Hume's history.)
WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
PUBLISHED BY LEVIS & WEAVER, NO. 193, MARKET STREET.
THOMAS L. PLOWMAN, PRINTER.
§ I. The rebels are totally defeated at Culloden. § II. The Duke of Cumberland takes possession of Inverness, and afterwards encamps at Fort Augustus. § III. The Prince Pretender escapes to France. § IV. Convulsion in the ministry. § V. Liberality of the Commons. § VI. Trial of the Rebels. Kilmarnock, Balmerino, Lovat, and Mr. Ratcliff, are baheaded on Tower hill. § VII. The States General alarmed at the progress of the French in the Netherlands. § VIII. Count Saxe subdues all Flan- ders, Brabant, and Hainault. § IX. Reduces the strong fortress of Namur, and defeats the allied army at Rau- соих. § X. The French and Spaniards are compelled to abandon Piedmont and the Milanese. § XI. Don Philip is worsted at Codogno, and afterwards at Porto Freddo. § XII. The Austrians take possession of Genoa. Count Brown penetrates into Provence. XIII. The Genoese expel the Austrians from their city. § XIV. Madras in the East Indies taken by the French. § XV. Expedition to the coast of Bretagne, and attempt upon Port L'Orient. § XVI. Naval transactions in the West Indies. Confer- ences at Breda. § XVII. Vast supplies granted by the Commons of England. XVIII. Parliament dissolved. § XIX. The French and allies take the field in Flanders. XX. Prince of Orange elected Stadtholder, Captain General, and Admiral of the United Provinces. § XXI. The Confederates defeated at Laffeldt. XXII. Siege
of Bergen-op-Zoom. XXIII. The Austrians under- take the siege of Genoa, which, however, they abandon. XXIV. The Chevalier de Belleisle slain in the attack of Exilles. XXV. 4 French squadron defeated and taken by the Admirals Anson and Warfen. § XXVI. Admiral Hawke obtains another victory over the French at sea. § XXVII. Qther naval transactions. § XXVIII. Congress of Ai-la-Chapelle. §.XXIX. Compliant temper of the new Parliament Preliminaries signed. § XXX. Preparations for the campaign in the Netherlands. § XXXI. Seige.of. Maestricht. Cessation of arms. § XXXII. Transactions in the East and West Indies. § XXXIII. Conclusion of the Definitive treaty at Aix-la-Chapelle.
§ I. IN the beginning of April, the duke of Cum- berland began his march from Aberdeen, and on the twelfth passed the deep and rapid river Spey, without opposition from the rebels, though a detachment of them appeared on the opposite side. Why they did not dispute the passage is not easy to be conceived: but, indeed, from this instance of neglect, and their subsequent conduct, we may conclude they were under a total infatuation. His royal highness proceeded to Nairn, where he received intelligence, that the enemy had advanced from Inverness to Culloden, about the distance of nine miles from the royal army, with intention to give him battle. The design of Charles was to march in the night from Culloden, and surprise the duke's army at daybreak for this purpose the English camp had been reconnoitred; and on the night of the fifteenth the High- land army began to march in two columns. Their design. was to surround the enemy, and attack them at once on all quarters but the length of the columns embarrassed the march, so that the army was obliged to make many halts : the men had been under arms during the whole preceding night, were faint with hunger and fatigue, and many of them overpowered with sleep. Some were unable to pro- ceed; others dropped off unperceived in the dark; and the march was retarded in such a manner, that it would have been impossible to reach the duke's camp before sunrise. The design being thus frustrated, the prince pretender
was with great reluctance prevailed upon by his general officers to measure back his way to Culloden: at which place he had no sooner arrived, than great numbers of his followers dispersed in quest of provision; and many, overcome with weariness and sleep, threw themselves down on the heath, and along the park walls. Their repose, however, was soon interrupted in a very disagreeable manner. Their prince receiving intelligence that his enemies were in full march to attack him, resolved to hazard an engagement, and ordered his troops to be formed for that purpose. On the sixteenth day of April, the duke of Cumberland having made the proper dispositions, decamped from Nairn early in the morning, and after a march of nine miles perceived the Highlanders drawn up in order of battle, to the number of four thousand men, in thirteen divisions, supplied with some pieces of artillery. The royal army, which was much. more numerous, the duke immediately formed into three lines, disposed in excellent order: and about one o'clock in the afternoon the cannonading began. The artillery of the rebels was ill served, and did very little execution; but that of the king's troops made dreadful havoc among the enemy. Impatient of this fire, their front line advanced to the attack, and about five hundred of the clans charged the duke's left wing with their usual impetuosity. One regiment was disordered by the weight of this column; but two battalions advancing from the second line, sustained the first, and soon put a stop to their career, by a severe fire, that killed a great number. At the same time, the dragoons under Hawley, and the Argyleshire militia pulled down a park wall that covered their right flank, and the cavalry falling in among the rebels sword in hand, completed their confusion. The French picquets on their left, covered the retreat of the Highlanders by a close and regular fire; and then retired to Inverness, where they surrendered themselves prisoners of war. An entire body of the rebels marched off the field in order, with their pipes playing, and the pretender's standard displayed; the rest were routed with great slaughter; and their prince was with reluctance prevailed upon to retire. In less than thirty minutes they were totally defeated, and the field covered with the slain. The road, as far as Inverness, was strewed with dead
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