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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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