The history of the rebellion in the year 1745 . ground there were a great many cuts anddrains which had made fome parts of it more firm; andin thefe places there were feveral fmall inclofures withhedges, dry ftone dykes, and willow trees. In the front,and but a few paces from the front of the Kings army,there was a ditch, with a thick and ftrong hedge. The diftance between the two armies, that were fepa-rated by this uncouth piece of ground, was little morethan half a mile. In number they were nearly equal; thefuperiority, though but fmall, was on the fide of therebels *. Lord George Murray, L
The history of the rebellion in the year 1745 . ground there were a great many cuts anddrains which had made fome parts of it more firm; andin thefe places there were feveral fmall inclofures withhedges, dry ftone dykes, and willow trees. In the front,and but a few paces from the front of the Kings army,there was a ditch, with a thick and ftrong hedge. The diftance between the two armies, that were fepa-rated by this uncouth piece of ground, was little morethan half a mile. In number they were nearly equal; thefuperiority, though but fmall, was on the fide of therebels *. Lord George Murray, Lieutenant-General of the * Sir John Copes army, when he avoided an engagement with the rebels polledat Corryarrak, confifted only of 1400 men. In marching to Invernefs, and from In-vernef3 to Aberdeen, he met with two companies of Guifess regiment, which hebrought with him to Dunbar. At Dunbar he was joined by the two regiments ofdragoons, amounting to 600 men ; ? fo that his army, at the battle of Prcfton, confuted of 4 /Are /,r,/,- /,!,/.. Unden,faitiffUitJim\ss$l0r>>i,$vGri/eti&,/)M>i<it,Siranit-. THE REBELLION, 1745. 111 the Highland army, examined feveral people of the neigh-bourhood about the ground between the armies, to learnwhether or no the Highlanders could make their waythrough the morafs, and clofe with the Kings troops. Theaccounts which he received were not favourable to hiswillies. To make himfelf fure, by the report of a militaryman, he fent an officer to view the ground: this officer(known afterwards to be Ker of Gradon) came down fromthe Highland army alone; he was mounted upon a littlewhite poney; and with the greateft deliberation rode be-tween the two armies, looking at the ground on each handof him. Several fliot were fired at him as he went alono-;when he came to a dry ftone dyke that was in his way, hedifmounted, and pulling down a piece of the dyke, led hishorfe over it. He then returned to Lord George Murray,and allured him that it was imp
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