Letter from John and Francis Simpson, Newcastle
- Reference No:
- U DDSY3/1/60
- Dates:
- 19 Jan 1746
- Description:
- Rebels have evacuated Aberdeen, Montrose, Dundee and Perth and coming South to join those near Stirling. Army marched from Linlithgow to Falkirk on 16th, being joined there by the vanguard under General Campbell and artillery train. Hawley left Edinburgh for Falkirk on Thursday (i.e. 16 January), leaving Colonel Cochrane there to wait for the Prince of Hesse and his Hessians. Battle expected near Stirling. Sempil's regiment and Scotch Fusiliers would be in Edinburgh on 17th, and Cobham's dragoons marched through there for Linlithgow on the 16th
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- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
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Papers of the Sykes family of Sledmere
