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Excerpt from The Black Watch: The Record of an Historic Regiment
Forbes, after the insurrection was quelled, was ex pected to take part in the prosecution according to law of the rebel prisoners in Carlisle Castle; but he declined that task, and even collected money for the support of the Scottish prisoners immured there. After the absurd expedition from Spain in 1719, which ended so dis astrously in the action fought in the valley and on the hillside of Glenshiel, a number of J acobites of high rank and position found themselves in a very precarious situa tion; for the Earl Marischal, resolute to burn his bridges, had sent his ships back to Spain, and, as Keith quaintly said, everybody took the road he liked best. But there was no great choice of roads in a country of which the Whig General Wightman reported that he was taking a tour through the difficult parts of Seaforth''s country to terrify the rebels by burning the houses of the guilty. Duncan Forbes was living at Culloden in 1719, and was furnished by the Provost of Inverness with full details of the affair of Glenshiel. He was a loyal servant of the Whig Government; but blood is thicker than water, and it remained that the leaders of the abortive expedition, after lurking for some time in Knoydart and Glengarry''s country, made good their escape, notwithstanding that there was a heavy price on their heads.
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Forbes, after the insurrection was quelled, was ex pected to take part in the prosecution according to law of the rebel prisoners in Carlisle Castle; but he declined that task, and even collected money for the support of the Scottish prisoners immured there. After the absurd expedition from Spain in 1719, which ended so dis astrously in the action fought in the valley and on the hillside of Glenshiel, a number of J acobites of high rank and position found themselves in a very precarious situa tion; for the Earl Marischal, resolute to burn his bridges, had sent his ships back to Spain, and, as Keith quaintly said, everybody took the road he liked best. But there was no great choice of roads in a country of which the Whig General Wightman reported that he was taking a tour through the difficult parts of Seaforth''s country to terrify the rebels by burning the houses of the guilty. Duncan Forbes was living at Culloden in 1719, and was furnished by the Provost of Inverness with full details of the affair of Glenshiel. He was a loyal servant of the Whig Government; but blood is thicker than water, and it remained that the leaders of the abortive expedition, after lurking for some time in Knoydart and Glengarry''s country, made good their escape, notwithstanding that there was a heavy price on their heads.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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.
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Language - English
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Archibald Forbes LLD
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ISBN - 9780266959687
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 326
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Archibald Forbes LLD
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ISBN - 9781331115960
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
Page Count - 328
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