A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans, Vol. 3Inexplicable conduct of Marshal Wade - Charles holds a council of war which resolves to march South Departure of the Highland army from carlisle-arrives at Man chester - Formation of the Manchester regiment - Departure of the Highland army from Manchester, and arrival at Derby - Alarm at London - Council of war held at Derby - Determination of Charles to march to London - He is overruled by his coun cil, which resolves to retreat - Proposal of Charles to march into Wales also rejected -_extraordinary conduct of Sir Thomas Sheridan, Secretary Murray, and others Second meeting of the council - Resolution to retreat adhered to - Negotiations of the Chevalier's agents with France - Arrival of Prince Henry, brother of Charles, in France - Treaty of Fontainebleau - French expedition under Lord John Drummond -his arrival and proceedings - Retreat of the Highland army to Scotland - Skirmish at Clifton - Re-capture of Carlisle, pp. 139 - 168.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.