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The Life of Major-General James Wolfe, Founded on Original Documents and Illustrated by His Correspondence; (mit 1 Porträt.)
The Life of MajorGeneral James Wolfe Founded on Original Documents and Illustrated by His Correspondence - mit 1 Porträt. Author:Robert Wright General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1864 Original Publisher: Chapman and Hall Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you ca... more »n select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. NEWCASTLE. -- FALKIEK. -- CULLODEN. -- LONDON. 1745-1746. Prince Charles Edward, notwithstanding the failure of his attempt to invade England in 1744, when backed by the power of France, re-encouraged by the result of the battle of Fontenoy, landed with half-a-dozen followers in Moidart, on the 25th of July, 1745. So imperfect were the means of communication in those days, that three weeks had elapsed before tidings of the event reached the Commander-in-chief at Edinburgh. On the 19th of August -- the very day on which the Stuart standard was raised in Glenfillan by the Marquis of Tullibardine -- Sir John Cope, after having collected his troops at Stirling, set out from the capital with about 1500 men. He directed his march towards Fort Augustus, -- the most central point of the Highlands, -- but finding the pass of Corryarrack defended by the rebels, he altered his course and made for Inverness. f Mean- Moidart, a district in the south-west corner of Inverness-shire, lying between Loch Shiel and the west coast. It is indented by Loch Moidart, a bay rendered interesting by its singular and deceptive intricacy. (Chambers's Gazetteer of Scotland.) t See ' Waverley,' ch. xxxii. while, the Young Chevalierhad begun his descent upon the Lowlands, and arrived in Perth, where he was joined by the Duke of that ilk, and Lord George Murray. Continuing his progress, each day bringing new adherents, he entered Stirling on the 14th of September, and three days later took possession of the palace of his ancestors in Edinburgh. Cope, too late to hinder the advan...« less