THE BROME-WALTON FAMILY. 
477 
Siege of Carlisle. 
After loss of its guns at Prestonpans, Captain Cunningham’s com¬ 
pany was sent to London (Tower and Woolwich) for re-equipment; 1 2 
rejoined the army at Newcastle 3 ; and joined in the siege of Carlisle, on 
29th December, 1745, whither General Hawley had brought also six 
18-prs.—ship guns, from Newcastle, probably manned by the Navy 3 —- 
much to the astonishment of the Scottish garrison, who thought that 
Cumberland had now not any artillery. 4 In Carlisle fort were recovered 
the Prestonpans guns and howitzers, which the Scotch, in retreating 
northwards, had left behind with the garrison of Carlisle (the 4-prs. 
alluded to in “ Annals of War,” p. 91), and also three of the six 
Swedish field pieces, with detachment of French gunners, disembarked 
at Montrose on 11th October 5 6 ; and General Hawley (to whom the Duke 
of Cumberland had handed over the command) then marched in pursuit 
of the Scotch, whom he overtook at Falkirk, on 17th April, 1746. 
Battle of Falkirk. 
Artillery were not in action at Falkirk, on either side—the Scotch 
having left the seven Prestonpans 4-prs. and three Swedish field pieces 
in Carlisle; while Cunningham’s new guns failed to come into action 
through getting stuck inextricably in a bog on the field. 0 The high¬ 
landers made short work of the English infantry and cavalry, under 
General Hawley, of whom 400 were killed : the whole battle did not 
last much above half-an-hour. The dragoons fled into the same bog 
where the artillery lay engulphed. It was at this crisis that Captain 
Cunningham appears to have given the order to forsake his guns 
(which again fell into the hands of the rebels), and headed the flight 
referred to in “Proceedings” R.A.I., Yol. VII., No. 3, p. 143, note 5, 
for which he was sent prisoner to Edinburgh, and cashiered, on 25th 
April, 1746, by sentence of General Court-Martial at Perth, 7 having 
1 A pontoon equipment, of 8 pontoons and spare carriages, proceeded also, under Lieutenant 
and Bridgemaster N. Marsh. (Voucher of 10th January, 1746, attached to R.A. pay list). 
2 By R.A. pay lists, endorsed “ October to December, 1745,” the route was via Dunstable, Don¬ 
caster, .Northampton, Newcastle. Clearly, no blame attached to Captain Cunningham at 
Prestonpans; and the story narrated by Cust (p. 87), and repeated by artillery writers, refers to 
Falkirk, subsequently. 
The pay lists also contain charges for hire of wagons to convey the small-arms and gun detach¬ 
ments—to expedite the march. 
3 “The ship guns having been taken from Newcastle, General Wentworth requires 100 wall 
pieces in lieu.” (Letter from the Duke of Newcastle, Whitehall, to the Master-General of y e 
Ordnance, 17th February, 1745-6). 
4 “Annals of War,” 1745, p. 94. 
5 Ibid, p. 94, “ Memoirs of the Scottish Rebellion,” by the Chevalier de Johnstone, 2nd edition 
p. 64. 
6 Ibid, p. 96 : but the Chevalier de Johnstone’s account (p. 128 of his Memoirs) is that the 
English were unable to avail themselves of their artillery during the action, and to carry it away 
with them in their flight, and “we found next day ten field pieces (i.e. the seven 4-prs. and three 
howitzers) half way up a hill, not having had time to be drawn up to the top.” 
7 Several officers of the Royal army were likewise cashiered, and many soldiers sentenced to 
be shot. One of these execution parades, at Perth, gave occasion for the interesting foot note on 
p. 246 of “ Cleaveland MSS.,” relative to precedence of Royal Artillery with other Arms, which 
requires correction:— For 15th April, 1756, read 3rd April, 1746; for Major-General T. Patti- 
son, read Major James Pattison. The Duke of Cumberland died in 1753. The Major-General 
Brome was Joseph JBrome, the Culloden Adjutant. “3rd April, 1746. Parole, Northampton:— 
It’s the Duke of Montagu’s orders that Colonel Belford write to Captain Pattison to acquaint 
General Bland it’s H.R.H’s. commands that the Artillery take the right of all Foot on all parades, 
and likewise of Dragoons when dismounted.” 
