OF

THE REBELLION

IN

1745 AND 1746.

BY

THE CHEVALIER DE JOHNSTONE,

AID-DE-CAMP TO LORD GEORGE MURRAY, GENERAL OF THE REbel army,
ASSISTANT AID-DE-CAMP TO PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD,
CAPTAIN IN THE DUKE OF PERTH'S REGIMENT, AND AFTERWARDS
AN OFFICER IN THE FRENCH SERVICE.

CONTAINING A

NARRATIVE OF THE PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION,
FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT TO THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN;
THE CHARACTERS OF THE PRINCIPAL PERSONS ENGAGED IN IT, AND
ANECDOTES RESPECTING THEM;

AND VARIOUS IMPORTANT PARTICULARS RELATING
TO THAT CONTEST,

HITHERTO EITHER UNKNOWN OR IMPERFECTLY UNDERSTOOD.

WITH

AN ACCOUNT OF THE SUFFERINGS AND PRIVATIONS EXPERIENCED BY
THE AUTHOR AFTER THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN,

BEFORE HE EFFECTED HIS ESCAPE TO THE CONTINENT, &c. &c.

TRANSLATED FROM A FRENCH MS.

ORIGINALLY DEPOSITED IN THE SCOTS COLLEGE AT PARIS, AND NOW IN THE
HANDS OF THE PUBLISHERS,

Second Edition,

WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES, &c.

LONDON:

STOR

LIBRARY

NEW-YOR

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1821.

NEW YORK

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,
New-Street-Square.

BEM AOBK

ADVERTISEMENT

TO THE

SECOND EDITION.

THE HE rapid sale of the first edition of these Memoirs affords an unequivocal proof of their favourable reception. Anxious to throw as much light as possible on the subject of them, the Editor has on several occasions enlarged the notes, in consequence of recent information or further reflection. To John Young, Esq., Writer to the Signet, of Edinburgh, he has been indebted for many of these additions; and he gladly avails himself of this opportunity to request that gentleman to accept of his best thanks.

The work has been noticed in a number of Reviews and Journals; and though opinion has varied respecting the historical importance of the Memoirs, that they are highly interesting has been always allowed, and the labours of the Editor have almost uniformly been spoken of in a manner not