Be this as it may, the pursuit was checked, and Charles reached Carlisle without further interruption.
End of the Third Book.
BOOK IV.
CARLISLE.
CHAPTER I.
COLONEL TOWNLEY APPOINTED COMMANDANT OF THE CARLISLE GARRISON.
On the prince's march south, three companies of Highlanders had been left at Carlisle under the command of Colonel Hamilton, but it was now proposed to strengthen the garrison by the addition of the Manchester Regiment, in case the town should be besieged by the Duke of Cumberland.
To this plan Colonel Townley raised no objection, as his men were disinclined to proceed further, and he doubted whether they could be induced to cross the Border. He was therefore appointed commander of the town garrison, while Colonel Hamilton retained the governorship of the citadel.
The Scottish army did not remain more than a day in Carlisle, and none of the men wished to be left behind.
On the contrary, it was sorely against their inclination that the three companies of the Duke of Perth's regiment remained with Colonel Hamilton.
On the morning of the prince's departure from Carlisle, the Manchester Regiment, now reduced to a hundred and twenty men, was drawn up on the esplanade of the old castle. With it was Colonel Townley, now commandant of the garrison. On the glacis, also, were ranged the three companies of Highlanders who were to be left with Colonel Hamilton.