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upon which their advanced guard of 200 two hundred Horse
horse and the Argyleshire Cambels Campbells, as
Militia militia immediatly halted and drew up in order
also., but we perceiving their whole Army army
advancing advanceing retreated again. Cbd.
The Duke of Cumberland encamped on this ground and we marched
back to Colloden Culloden Muir muir on
the 14th fourteenth of April. Our Army army
had got no pay in money for a considerable some
time past, but meal only, which the men being obliged
oblidged to sell out & and convert into
money, which it went but ashort a
short way for their other needs, at which the poor Creatures
creatures grumbel’d grumbled exceedingly and
were suspicious yt that we the officers had detained detaind
it from them. To appease them we had obliged
oblidged us ourselves to promise give
them payment of all their Arrears arrears two
days befor before the battle, which we not being able
to perform now made the fellows refractory & and
more negligent of their duty; . However on tuesday
Tuesday the 25th fifteenth we lay under our
arms upon the hill all day expecting the Enemy enemy,
without any other provision but asea a
sea biscuit bisket to each man: In the Evening
evening it was resolved in a Council council of
War war that we should march under cloud of night
& and attack the Enemy enemy in
their Camp camp at Nairn, judging judgeing
yt that this being the D. of C.ds Duke
of Cumberlands birth day birth-day his Army
army would make merry and be less prepared for a Surprise
surprize. Accordingly
we began our March set sett out about
8 eight aclock o’clock that night,
with express orders to observe the
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