. The history of Scotland, its Highlands, regiments and clans . eout of his hat, except Lochiel himself. An accident occurred about the same time, whichhad a most prejudicial effect in thinning the ranksof the Highland army. The Highlanders, pleased withthe firearms they had picked up upon the field of battle,were frequently handling and discharging them. Afraidof accidents, the officers had issued orders prohibitingthis abuse, but to no purpose. One of Keppochsmen had secured a musket which had been twice aware of this circumstance, he fired off the piece,after extracting one of th
. The history of Scotland, its Highlands, regiments and clans . eout of his hat, except Lochiel himself. An accident occurred about the same time, whichhad a most prejudicial effect in thinning the ranksof the Highland army. The Highlanders, pleased withthe firearms they had picked up upon the field of battle,were frequently handling and discharging them. Afraidof accidents, the officers had issued orders prohibitingthis abuse, but to no purpose. One of Keppochsmen had secured a musket which had been twice aware of this circumstance, he fired off the piece,after extracting one of the balls, in the direction of someofficers who were standing together on the street ofFalkirk. The other ball unfortunately entered the bodyof iEneas Macdonell, second son of Glengary, who com-manded the Glengary regiment. He survived only ashort time, and, satisfied of the innocence of the manthat shot him, begged with his last breath that he mightnot suffer. To soothe the Glengary men, under theirloss, the prince evinced by external acts that he partici- 330. ENGLISH ARMY AT EDINBURGH pated in their feelings, and, to show his respect for thememory of this brave and estimable youth, attendedhis funeral as chief mourner; but nothing the princecould do could prevent some of the men, who felt moreacutely than others the loss of the representative oftheir chief, from returning to their homes. On Sunday the nineteenth, the prince returned toBannockburn, leaving Lord George Murray with theclans at Falkirk. At Bannockburn he issued, by meansof a printing-press which he had carried with him fromGlasgow, an account of the battle of Falkirk, a modestdocument when compared with that of Hawley, whogravely asserted that had it not been for the rain hisarmy would have continued in his camp, being mastersof the field of battle! After the battle of Falkirk, the Duke of Perth againsummoned the castle of Stirling to surrender, but thegovernor returned the same answer he had sent to thefirst mess
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