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Craigmillar and its E7wirons. 



Seat, and 

 cessively oc- 

 the Braids, and 



that he died eight days afterwards. August 1650 

 must have been an exciting time for the^^^^M 

 inhabitants of Craicrmillar and its en- MMwIm^m 

 virons. Cromwell is beleaguering the ^^^^^fff 

 city. General Leslie has it strongly /"^^L. 

 defended — his troops and cannon sit- / ./ 

 uated on the Calton Hill, Arthur's m(? 

 Salisbury Crags. Cromwell sue- A,^/ 

 cupies Musselburgh, Niddrie, Jf^" 

 the Pentlands. Skirmishes A"^ / occur every day. 

 Parleys, too, are frequently ///^ held on Bruntsfield 

 Links and the Borough- /// moor, with no satis- 

 factory result. To //^ Cromwell's disgust, cau- 

 tious David Leslie //^ is not to be drawn from 

 his strong posi- ///^ tion. The castle defends 

 the west side /y^ of the city. Eventually Crom- 

 well has to ///^ fall back on Dunbar for supplies. 

 Before he /// has passed Niddrie, General Leslie's 

 cannon /// is hurrying his march by thundering 

 away // from the heights of Craigmillar. After 

 the / / battle, Cromwell, in his brief despatches to 

 the /-/ Speaker of the English Parliament, dated 



