Life and diary of Lieut. Col. J. Blackader

CHAP. XIX. REBELLION IN SCOTLAND. 467
ing for action. The Earl of Mar being joined by most
of the Chiefs of the Northern Clans, had seen his army
augmented to above 10,000 effective men. Leaving
a garrison in Perth, he set out on the 10th, in order
to give battle. The two armies drew out upon an
irregular piece of ground near Dunblane, and had
scarcely time to form, when the action commenced.
On the right wing, where the Duke was in person,
the King's troops completely defeated the Rebels. But
the left, commanded by General Whetham, was thrown
into confusion ; many of them were cut to pieces, and
the rest with their General, ignorant of their success
on the right, and apprehensive of being surrounded,
fled towards Stirling, where they arrived about three
in the afternoon, to the great dismay of the inhabit
tants. The Duke and General Wightman having put
the left wing of the enemy to flight, and pursued them
to the river Allan, more than two miles distant, re-
turned to the field, and learning the fate of Whetham's
division, prepared to attack the other wing which had
formed on the top of a hill, to the number of 4000
men. But on his approach, the Rebels began to dis-
perse ; upon which the Duke retired to Dunblane,
where the soldiers lay on their arms all night, expect-
ing next day to renew the battle. The enemy, however,
having preferred retreating to fighting, he marched
for Stirling, carrying with him the standards, colours,
and prisoners he had taken. The killed and wounded
were nearly equal on both sides, being reckoned be-
tween six and seven hundred each. We now return
to notice how the Glasgow battalion acquitted them-
selves at their post.
November 13. Sabbath. Being under arms all night,