Letter from John Neilson, Glasgow

Reference No:
U DDSY3/1/59
Dates:
17 Jan 1746
Description:
6 regiments of foot, the remains of Gardner's and Hamilton's dragoons and 13 companies of volunteers from Glasgow and Paisley marched from Edinburgh to Linlithgow on the 13th, where they surprised 300 foraging rebels from Falkirk, capturing 11 prisoners. 6 other regiments of foot with about 10 cannon also gone from Edinburgh to Linlithgow; and Colonel Campbell with 900 militia from Argyllshire marched there from Glasgow on the 14th. Hawley still at Edinburgh, believed waiting for 2 regiments of horse. Rebels, about 6,000, about Stirling and Bannockburn and seemed determined to stand for battle. If they crossed the Forth, half of them would desert. Most of the men and a good many officers were heartily weary of the enterprise when at Glasgow. They had been forced into war by their masters and only wanted to get home again
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere