Gents Mag 1745 p.624
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Gentleman's Magazine 1745 p.624
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1745 Rebellion
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From the London Gazette extraordinary. Whitehall, Dec. 18. ... ... ... The person call'd duke of Perth, with about 150 horse, left the rebel army upon the 11th at Lancaster, and took the road towards Carlisle, giving out, that he was going to fetch a reinforcement. Notice thereof has been sent to all the towns through which he was to pass, and it was hoped the country people would intercept him*. About twenty rebel stragglers have been pick'd up in different places. ... * Accordingly, as other letters add, the people fell upon this party at Kendal, took 3 men and 2 women, and some horses, but three of the town were killed. This was on the 14th at noon. - They marched to Shap that night, and lay there; and next day, believing they would be treated in the same manner at Penrith, they endeavoured to miss it, but were met by the country people on Lazenby-moor, on which they turn'd off to Temple Sowerby, and were hunted all day by the people, who took one of them, and were driven into Orton, at 6 in the evening; here they only staid to feed their horses in the street, and then set forward (having pressed a guide) to join their main body at Kendal, being pursued by the people from Appleby and Brough, who ('tis said) took the D. of Perth's mistress and another gentlewoman, and two horses, their chaise being broke down. -- All the towns which they pass'd, after this, felt their reinforcement to a very high degree, not only by plundering their houses and shops, but by destroying their goods, and by stripping many men of their shoes, stockings and breeches; sometimes also of their other cloaths. By advices from Preston of the 15th, the rebels began to march out of Lancaster at eight o'clock the night before, in a very great hurry; the baggage proceeded first. They were marching out in different bodies all night. The last of them left that town at eight o'clock in the morning of the 15th.‡ They took the road to Kendal. |
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‡ Letters from Lancaster say, That as the rear
of the rebels were marching out at one end of the town on
the 25th, Gen. Oglethorpe's horse enter'd the other,
and was to refresh in the street, and then proceeded; but he
was called back to Garstang that night, upon receipt
of an express of the French being landed, which was
afterwards contradicted, and the next day he was order'd to
push on again.
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