Genealogical account of the Highland families of Shaw

92 GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SHAWS.
his brother Angus one of the lieutenants. Their uncle,
William Shaw, was quartermaster of the battalion.
One writer says that the clansmen composing this
battalion "were the most resolute and best armed of
any that composed the army j" 1 another that the
regiment " was reckoned the best the Earl of Mar had ;" 2
and the Eev. Kobert Patten, who was with the army in
England, speaks of their good order and equipment. 3
On the night of the 11th and 12th of October
six regiments — Lord Strathmore's, Lord Mar's, Logie
Drummond's, Lord Nairne's, Lord Charles Murray's, and
Mackintosh's — crossed the Firth of Forth under com-
mand of William Mackintosh of Borlum as Brigadier.
After threatening Edinburgh, they marched towards
England, and on the 22nd joined the forces of Lord
Kenmure and Mr. Forster. On the 10th November
they entered Preston, where, after standing a short siege
in which Mackintosh's regiment distinguished itself,
the whole force surrendered to the Hanoverian generals
Willis and Carpenter. Among the prisoners sent to
London were the chief of Mackintosh, Brigadier
Mackintosh, and Eobert and Angus Shaw. The chief
was at first lodged in the Fleet Prison, but afterwards
removed to Newgate, whence he was liberated in the
following August on the intercession of his wife, aided
by friends among whom was Simon, Lord Lovat. The
Brigadier was also confined in Newgate, and made his
1 Charles's Transactions in Scotland in 1715 — 6, vol. i. p. 283.
2 Rae's History of the late Rebellion (1718) p. 237.
3 Patten's History of the late Rebellion (1717) p. 6.