They spread themselves o’er hill and vale:
And some by Moffat took their route;
Although it was some miles about.
In this order they march’d along,
Only about sev’n thousand strong.
Chief in command was duke of Perth,
And Lord George Murray of noble birth;
Lord Elcho son to the Earl of Wemyss,
Col’nel of the Life-guard it seems;
The Earl Kilmarnock, in this cause,