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Gentleman's Magazine 1745 p.603
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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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