ceremony at the High Cross, as King of Great Britain and Ireland. Lieut.-General Sir John Cope, in the meanwhile, had marched with his troops from Inverness to Aberdeen, where they took shipping, and landed at Dunbar, twenty-seven miles east of Edinburgh, on the 18th of September, when he was reinforced by Brigadier-General Fowke, with two regiments of dragoons, from Edinburgh. The next day he advanced towards that city to observe the disposition of the rebels, who were now increased to upwards of five thousand men. On the 20th of September Lieut.-General Sir John Cope encamped in the neighbourhood of _Preston-Pans_,[9] near the sea, and seven miles from Edinburgh. His army consisted of the following regiments:-- Gardiner's (13th) and Hamilton's (14th) dragoons 567 Two companies of Guise's (6th) and eight of Lascelles' (47th) foot 570 Five companies of Lee's (44th) regiment 291 Murray's (now 46th) regiment 580 Highlanders 183 ----- Total 2,191 ----- Information being received of the approach of the enemy, Sir John Cope drew up his army at _Gladsmuir Heath_, between the hamlets of _Preston-Pans_ and Cockenzie. About three o'clock on the morning of the 21st of September, large bodies of rebel Highlanders were in motion, and before daybreak a chosen band of these hardy mountaineers advanced with great celerity and intrepidity to attack the royalists. As they drew near, they raised a fearful yell, fired a volley, threw down their muskets, and rushed sword in hand upon the troops which guarded the artillery. The sudden advance of the Highlanders in the dark, their superior numbers, and peculiar mode of fighting, dismayed the two hundred soldiers appointed to guard the artillery on the right, who saw themselves assaulted by more than three times their own numbers, and as they caught the gleam of steel flashing in their faces, gave way and fled. The two hundred and fifty dragoons on the right, seeing the artillery lost, became disheartened; they advanced to charge a large mass of Highlanders, but observing the disparity of numbers, they were seized with a panic and galloped from the field. This inauspicious commencement of the action damped the spirits of the infantry, and the panic spread from rank to rank; several companies made resistance, and feats of valour were displayed by individuals and small parties; all semblance of order was, however, soon lost, and a confused rout ensued. About four hundred of the royal forces were killed or wounded, and the prisoners, who amounted to nearly twelve hundred men, were removed to Edinburgh, and afterwards to the Highlands.