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Gentleman's Magazine 1745 p.626
and the two cornets Owen and Hamilton. A
captain Hamilton of the rebels was taken prisoner
much wounded. After this action, the rebels retir'd to four
mile distance, and his royal highness intended to pursue
them as soon as possible.
From the London Gazetter, Dec. 24.
Penrith, Dec. 20.
THE rebels having carried off their killed and wounded, when
they were driven out of the village of Clifton by the
king's forces, it has not been possible to ascertain their
loss; but since that affair about 70 of their people have
been taken prisoners.
Of the king's forces, the regiment that suffer'd most was
his majesty's own regiment of dragoons, some officers of
which being wounded, the rebels cried, No quarter, -
murder them. - and they receiv'd several wounds after
they were down.
About ten o'clock on Wednesday night that corps of
the rebels which was at Penrith, and had order'd
their cannon and baggage to advance during the skirmish,
retired with the utmost precipitation to Carlisle,
where they arrived yesterday morning about ten. It was so
dark, and the country so cover'd, that it was not possible
to pursue them that night, and the troops being fatigued
with the forced marches they had made thro' very bad roads,
they halted at Penrith yesterday, and were joined
last night by the greatest part of the foot, and by the
remainder this morning.
By the best accounts the rebels are still at
Carlisle, but it is thought their intention is to go
off tomorrow, if the rivers and floods will permit them. If
they continue there, his royal highness proposes to invest
the town tomorrow with the troops now here, and the
detachment from Marshal Wade's army, and a train of
battering cannon from Whitehaven, which is to be this
day at Cockermouth. and has orders to move with the
whole posse comitatus, which will be assembled
tomorrow at Wigton.
Newcastle, Dec. 21. Marshall Wade arriv'd here
yesterday, and gave orders for the immediate march of 1000
foot, and 50 horse, to join his royal highness the Duke of
Cumberland in the neighbourhood of Carlisle.
Those troops march'd accordingly from hence this morning,
and will be tomorrow night at Haltwesel.
From the Gazetter extraordinary, Dec. 26.
Whitehall, Dec. 26.
LEtters receiv'd yesterday by express from Blichall
near Carlisle give an account, that upon the march
from Penrith thither, his royal highness the Duke had
receiv'd the news of the rebel army having quitted that
place, and left in it only 3 or 4 hundred men, who,
according to the best intelligence, consisted chiefly of
their English recruits, and Gordon of
Glenbucket's men, commanded by one Hamilton.
The king's forces arriv'd within sight of the town the 21st
about noon, and Major Gen. Bland had invested it on
the Scotch side with St George's dragoons, and
300 men of Bligh's regiment, with orders to prevent
any passage over the bridge upon the river Eden,
which leads directly to the Scotch gate. Major
Adams, with 200 foot, was posted in the suburbs of
the English gate, to prevent any of the garrison's
escaping that way; Major Meirac at the Irish
gate with the same orders, and Sir Andrew Agnew at
the Sally Port with 300. All the horse, and the foot-guards,
were canton'd round the town, at a mile or two distance. The
rebels, who, were left, made a shew of intending to defend
the place, firing their cannon upon everybody who appeared
in sight of it. The artillery from Whitehaven was
expected to arrive in a day or two at the army, and it was
proposed to have a battery erected by the morning of the
24th; after which it was not doubted but his royal highness
would be master of the town in 24 hours, in which he
intended to leave a sufficient garrison. The rebels left
their cannon behind them in Carlisle, excepting 3
pieces; and Major Gen. Bland had taken 16 carts laden
with tents.
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