Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . , when theydecided to return to Scotland. There, in January, 1746, tookplace the indecisive combat of Falkirk, where the rain was sofurious that the mens powder and firelocks became damp andunserviceable. In April was fought near Inverness the battle ofCuUoden, where the hopes of the Stuarts were finally extin-guished. Charles Edward attempted to surprise the Duke ofCumberland at dawn, but lijs night march (
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . , when theydecided to return to Scotland. There, in January, 1746, tookplace the indecisive combat of Falkirk, where the rain was sofurious that the mens powder and firelocks became damp andunserviceable. In April was fought near Inverness the battle ofCuUoden, where the hopes of the Stuarts were finally extin-guished. Charles Edward attempted to surprise the Duke ofCumberland at dawn, but lijs night march (one of the mostdifficult operations in war) was a failure ; and the English general 1784] THJ^ ARMY. •25: had ample time to make his preparations before the enemyappeared. The artillery commenced to play upon the High-landers, which made them very uneasy, and, after firing aquarter of an hour, obliged them to change their situation andmove forward some hundred yards to attack our front line of EnglishHighlanders. CULLODEX. {From (t contemporary iiluii.) foot, which they did with more fury than prudence, throwingdown their firearms and advancing with their drawn were, however, repulsed, and ran off with the greatestprecipitation, and the dragoons, falling in among them, com-pleted the victory with much slaughter. While the fight lastedit was sharp. Out of one battalion of veterans from the Low215 258 AX ERA OF NEW DEPAliTUBES. IrregularWar withFrance inAmerica. [1742 less than 120 Countries, which went into action 850 strong, nowere killed or wounded. In 17-48 Europe, weary of bloodshed, cried truce, and patchedup a general peace at Aix-la-Chapelle, one of the clauses ofwhich provided for a restitution of conquests. In Asia Francereturned to England the settlement of Madras, wrested b}- hertraders from the East India Company. In America the Englishgarrison evacuated the fortress of Louisbourg, which had beencaptured in 1745, and the white ensign of France once more
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