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 in this action was only 30 men killed, including 3 officers, and about 70 or 80 wounded.

The army of the Prince after this victory increased in numbers every day, and soon amounted to from 4 to 5000 men. He then became impatient to enter England, and for that purpose assembled a council of all the chiefs, where his opinion was approved of by no one. King George had returned to London and alarmed at the defeat of General Cope he recalled the English troops from Flanders. The chiefs represented to him that nothing could be more ridiculous than to attempt an invasion of England with such a handful of men, when it was defended by 50 thousand regular troops, and numerous militia; some of whom told him, that they had taken arms and risked their fortunes and their lives only to seat him on the throne of Scotland. The Prince pretending that he had received letters from several English lords, assuring him, that he should find them in arms on the borders, ready to join him with a considerable force, the chiefs of the clans at length yielded, and gave their assent to the proposition. The army lay in the town of Dalkeith til the 3d November, when they set out for England; but before their departure, two vessels, laden with money, arms, military stores, and six Swedish field pieces, with a detachment of French artillery men, joined them there. The march was judiciously planned, and well executed:— the army was formed into 3 columns, each of which took a separate road on setting out from Dalkeith, with the view to keeping the enemy ignorant of the place where the Prince intended to enter England. This plan succeeded so well, that General Wade, who was at Newcastle with 11,000 men, including a corp of Swiss