The Army being in great want of Gunners and
other proper persons for the Artillery which was
to march the 15th; but could not get forward
’till these were provided Mr. Grosett by order
of Lord Justice Clarke and General Hawley went
to Borristownness, and brought from thence nine
or Ten Sailors for that purpose who had been
Gunners on Board of Men of War.
[Sidenote: No. 20]
Expended in this Service being obliged to
advance money to each of them to subsist
their Families in their Absence before they
would agree to go upon this service 16 8 0
Lord Justice Clarke having on Thursday the 17th
January in the morning received Intelligence of
Importance relating to the Motions and Designs
of the Rebells; Mr. Grosett was immediately
dispatched by his Lordship, to acquaint General
Hawley thereof. After the Battle which happened
that day, Mr. Grosett was sent back to acquaint
Lord Justice Clarke what had happened but more
especially to let his Lordship know that the
Kings Troops had at last beat the Rebells from
and kept the Field of Battle ’till obliged
to leave it for want of Provision, and leave
Seven of their Cannon on the Field for want of
Horses to carry them off. This Account gave
the greater Joy to Lord Justice Clarke, and
the other good Friends of the Government at
Edinburgh, as before that time they had, by
the Flight of the Troops to that Place, been
much alarmed with the Accounts they gave of the
Defeat of the Kings Army:[617] As the Troops
in their Flight to Edinburgh occasioned those
that had been sent from theme with Provisions
for the Army to return towards that place. Mr.
Grosett therefore by Order of Lord Justice
Clarke returned immediately on fresh Horses to
force them all back to Linlithgow there not
being a Morsel of Provision to be had on any
Consideration there for the Troops, who had all
of them been obliged to retire to that Place for
want thereof, and who by that means were well
supply’d. But as the General did not think it
advisable to remain there with the Troops, he
sent Mr. Grosett back to Lord Justice Clarke to
get Quarters provided for the whole Army against
their Arrival at Edinburgh and which was done
accordingly by the time they got there which was
about Four in the afternoon.
[Sidenote: No. 21]
Expended in this Service and for Assistance
to get forward the Provisions to Linlithgow 5 14 0
[Sidenote: Jan. 1745/6]
Lord Justice Clarke having formed a Scheme
to release the Officers of the Kings Troops,
who had been made Prisoners at the Battle of
Preston, and bring them by force from the
respective places to which they were upon their
Parole confined in that Part of the Country of
which the Rebells had at that time Possession.
In order thereto (after those at Glames
were brought to Edinburgh) a Company of the
Argyleshire Highlanders were (by Order of Lord
Justice Clarke and General Hawley [to Colonel
Campbell][618] of the 20th January) put under
Mr. Grosett’s Directions who crossed the Forth
with them in the Night at Queens Ferry, and with
their assistance secured and brought safely to
Edinburgh from different Parts of the Shires
of Fyfe and Perth, Colonel Halket, Captains
Stewart, Cochrane, and Dundas who at that
time were prisoners with the Rebells in these
Countries.[619]
[Sidenote: No. 22]
Expended in this Service for Boats, Freight
Horse hire 6 11 0
[Sidenote: Jan. 1745/6]
Lord Justice Clarke having on the 25th January
about Eight at Night received Information that
the Rebells had formed a Design of surprizing
the Kings Troops that night at Edinburgh, and
in particular the Argyleshire Highlanders, who
were the Advance Guard to the Kings Army, Mr.
Grosett accompanied by Lieutenant Campbell of
the Edinburgh Regiment, went by His Lordships
Orders, and acquainted Colonel Campbell, and the
other officers thereof who commanded the advance
parties some miles from the Town, to put them
upon their Guard, and at the same time employed
proper Persons to patrole the Country the whole
of that Night, to give timely Notice of the
Motions and Approach of the Rebells, and who
finding out had got Information of their Design
came no farther than Linlithgow.
[Sidenote: No. 23]