[582] Sir James Montgomery.
[583] Dr. Gilbert Burnet, the historian.
[584] Mackay’s Memoirs.
[585] No. 14 of Appendix to Mackay’s Memoirs, p. 245.
[586] Balcarras, p. 68. Stewart’s Sketches, vol. i. p. 62.
[587] No. 15 of Appendix to Mackay’s Memoirs, p. 246.
[588] Mackay’s Memoirs, p. 51.
[589] “Mackay’s force was certainly not double that of his adversary; but had it borne a far greater proportion, the trained warriors and command of the ground, when in the hands of one well fitted to use them, were advantages outweighing a large numerical preponderance.”—Burton’s Scotland from Revolution, vol. i. p. 131.
[590] Balcarras, p. 69.
[591] Dalrymple’s Memoirs, part ii. p. 56.