[327] The 28th.
[328] Killed—10 officers, 48 men; wounded—37 officers, 535 men.
[329] Secretary's Common Letter Book, 8th September 1759. 2150 drafts were sent.
[330] Whitmore (Louisburg) to Pitt, 22nd January 1759.
[331] Murray's Journal, 14th Nov. 1759. "So much drunkenness that I recalled all licences, and ordered every man found drunk to receive twenty lashes every morning until he acknowledged where he got the drink, and to forfeit his allowance of rum for six weeks."
[332] Murray's Journal, 14th, 17th, 24th December 1759.
[333] Murray to Pitt, 25th May 1759.
[334] A wounded Highland officer who had fought under Lord George Murray at Culloden was heard to ejaculate, "From April battles and Murray generals, Good Lord deliver us." Murray, who lacked neither humour nor generosity, came to see him next morning and wished him better deliverance and a different prayer in his next action.
[335] Pitt to Amherst, 7th January, 9th February 1760.
[336] 1st Royals and Montgomery's Highlanders. Amherst to Pitt, 8th March 1760.