Gents Mag 1745 p.603

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1745 p.603 ... ... Nov. 9. By an express just arriv'd from the North there is an account, that a quarter master from the rebel army was come the 5th Inst. to Moffat to demand quarters to be ready that evening for 2000 foot and 600 horse. From the Gazette. Nov. 12. Whitehall, Nov. 10. By letters from the North of the 6th Inst. there is advice, that that part of the rebel army which came to Kelso, continued there till nine that morning; their numbers were between 3 and 4000. At ten they began to pass the Tweed, and continued passing till after it was dark; they took the road to Jedburgh, and by the motions of the other two columns, as well as by what they gave out themselves, they were marching towards Langton for Carlisle. Marshal Wade was at Newcastle upon the 7th, and it was thought would continue there till their designs could be more certainly known; ... ... Advices from Berwick of the 7th Inst. say, that that part of the rebel army which took the rout to Peebles, were believ'd to be by that time near Carlisle: That the other part who were at Kelso, after having staid two nights there, march'd on the 6th in the morning towards Jedburgh. Many of the rebels have deserted on their march from Edinburgh, and particularly at Kelso, and many stragglers with their arms have been seiz'd, and deliver'd by the country people into the castles of Edinburgh and Stirling, or to the commander's of his majesty's ships. Nov. 12. By letters from Carlisle, dated the 9th Inst. receiv'd late last night, there is advice that part of the rebel army encamp'd that evening on a moor within two miles of that city. By an express this morning from the North there is an account, that upon the 9th in the afternoon, about 50 or 60 of the rebels, well mounted, and thought to be officers, appear'd on a hill call'd Stanwix-Bank, close by Carlisle; that the castle of Carlisle fir'd upon them, and that after some time they retreated: That there were accounts of different bodies appearing in different places near Carlisle: that their main army was at Ecclefeighton, 16 miles from thence: That they could not get their artillery and baggage forwards for want of horses, but that they were collecting all they could get every where, and that it was talk'd amongst them, that they were to push on Southwards. The whole militia of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland were in garrison at Carlisle. From the Gazette, Nov. 16. Whitehall, Nov. 15. Letters of the 9th from Berwick mention ... And letters of the 11th ... The following account of the motions of the rebels from the 7th to the 10th Inst. was receiv'd by the same express. On Thursday the 7th of November the rebels march'd from Hawick to Holyhaugh, where the pretender's son lay that night. On Friday the 8th they march'd, part of the cavalry to Longholm, and infansry (sic) to Cannoby, on the Scotch side, and the rest of the cavalry cross'd the river and lay at Longtown, and the pretender's son lay at Mr David Murray's at Ridding. On Saturday the 9th they march'd towards Rowcliff, where they cross'd the river within four miles of Carlisle, and thence pursued their march to Murray's on Brough side, where they lay that night, about four miles Southward of Carlisle; and that afternoon part of the corps which took the rout by Moffat, with the artillery, join'd them, and all the rest next day, except about 200, which could not join before the 11th. On Sunday the 10th part of their corps approach'd the walls of Carlisle, first bending towards the Irish gate, but afterwards march'd round to the English gate, in order to reconnoitre the place as it was judged, during which motions they were fired at from both town and castle, and it was suppos'd they intended to make a vigorous attack in the night between the 10th and 11th, the firing con[tinuing]
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	-- Carlisle
	-- Longtown
	-- "Ridding" -- Riddings
	-- "Rowcliffe" -- Rockcliffe
	-- Stanwix Bank

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