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DivisionsearlyshowedthemselvesintheChevalier’slittlearmy，notonlyamongsttheindependentchieftains，whowerefartooproudtobrooksubjectiontoeachother，butbetwixttheScotchandCharles’sgovernorO’Sullivan，anIrishmanbybirth，who，withsomeofhiscountrymenbredintheIrishBrigadeintheserviceoftheKingofFrance，hadaninfluencewiththeAdventurer，muchresentedbytheHighlanders，whoweresensiblethattheirownclansmadethechieforrathertheonlystrengthofhisenterprise。

Therewasafeud，also，betweenLordGeorgeMurrayandJamesMurrayofBroughton，thePrince’ssecretary，whosedisuniongreatlyembarrassedtheaffairsoftheAdventurer。Ingeneral，athousanddifferentpretensionsdividedtheirlittlearmy，andfinallycontributedinnosmalldegreetoitsoverthrow。

NoteT，p。<？p291>-Field-pieceintheHighlandArmy。

Thiscircumstance，whichishistorical，aswellasthedescriptionthatprecedesit，willremindthereaderofthewarofLaVende，inwhichtheroyalists，consistingchieflyofinsurgentpeasantry，attachedaprodigiousandevensuperstitiousinteresttothepossessionofapieceofbrassordnance，whichtheycalledMariaJeanne。

TheHighlandersofanearlyperiodwereafraidofcannon，withthenoiseandeffectofwhichtheyweretotallyunacquainted。ItwasbymeansofthreeorfoursmallpiecesofartillerythattheEarlsofHuntlyandErrol，inJamesVI。’stime，gainedagreatvictoryatGlenlivat，overanumerousHighlandarmycommandedbytheEarlofArgyle。AtthebattleoftheBridgeofDee，GeneralMiddletonobtainedbyhisartilleryasimilarsuccess，theHighlandersnotbeingabletostandthedischargeof_Musket’s-Mother，_

whichwasthenametheybestowedongreatguns。IninoldballadonthebattleoftheBridgeofDee，theseversesoccur：-

TheHighlandmenareprettymenForhandlingswordandshield，ButyettheyarebutsimplemenTostandastrickenfield。

TheHighlandmenareprettymenFortargetandclaymore，Butyettheyarebutnakedmen，Tofacethecannon’sroar。

Forthecannonsroaronasummernight，Likethunderintheair；

WasnevermaninHighlandgarbWouldfacethecannonfair。

ButtheHighlandersof1745hadgotfarbeyondthesimplicityoftheirforefathers，andshowedthroughoutthewholewarhowlittletheydreadedartillery，althoughthecommonpeoplestillattachedsomeconsequencetothepossessionofthefield-piecewhichledtothisdisquisition。

NoteU，p。<？p302>-AndersonofWhitburgh。

ThefaithfulfriendwhopointedoutthepassbywhichtheHighlandersmovedfromTranenttoSeaton，wasRobertAndersonjunior，ofWhitburgh，agentlemanofpropertyinEastLothian。HehadbeeninterrogatedbytheLordGeorgeMurrayconcerningthepossibilityofcrossingtheuncouthandmarshypieceofgroundwhichdividedthearmies，andwhichhedescribedasimpracticable。Whendismissed，herecollectedthattherewasacircuitouspathleadingeastwardthroughthemarshintotheplain，bywhichtheHighlandersmightturntheflankofSirJohnCope’sposition，withoutbeingexposedtotheenemy’sfire。HavingmentionedhisopiniontoMr。HepburnofKeith，whoinstantlysawitsimportance，hewasencouragedbythatgentlemantoawakeLordGeorgeMurray，andcommunicatetheideatohim。LordGeorgereceivedtheinformationwithgratefulthanks，andinstantlyawakenedPrinceCharles，whowassleepinginthefieldwithabunchofpeasunderhishead。TheAdventurerreceivedwithalacritythenewsthattherewasapossibilityofbringinganexcellentlyprovidedarmytoadecisivebattlewithhisownirregularforces。

HisjoyontheoccasionwasnotveryconsistentwiththechargeofcowardicebroughtagainsthimbyChevalierJohnstone，adiscontentedfollower，whoseMemoirspossessatleastasmuchofaromanticasahistoricalcharacter。

EvenbytheaccountoftheChevalierhimself，thePrincewasattheheadofthesecondlineoftheHighlandarmyduringthebattle，ofwhichhesays，Itwasgainedwithsuchrapidity，thatinthesecondline，whereIwasstillbythesideofthePrince，wesawnootherenemythanthosewhowerelyingonthegroundkilledandwounded，_thoughwewerenotmorethanfiftypa