About the Beginning of July, 1746, one
Garnet, a Dragoon in Lord Mark Ker's
Regiment, &and Son of one Garnet, a Print-
er at Sheffield, came to the Printing-
[H]ouse of William Sands &and Company at E-
dinburgh; and, having been asked
several Questions in Relation to
the Battle of Culloden, said, That
he himself was engaged there; that
the Orders they received, were, To
make no Prisoners; that the Reason
of this Severity was, that the Duke
had got Notice, before the Armies
were engaged, that the Rebels had
given Orders, To kill Men Women &and
Children of their Enemies without
Distinction, for eight Days after the
Battle, in Case Victory should declare for 422 (422)
for them; that he himself went to
the Field of Battle the Day after the
Engagement, in the Forenoon; that, on
coming near it, he heard a doleful
Noise; that, on coming to the Place,
he found, that the Noise he ^ ^ ^had[] heard,
was, several of the Wounded Rebels,
who had crawled together, were be-
moaning one another's Condition;
that, in a short While after, he saw
some small Parties of the King's
Troops, with Officers on their Head, go
through the Field, &and shoot the wound-
ed Rebels; that six or eight of the
Soldiers fired together, at different
Rebels, but did not receive the Word
of Command from their Officers,
though they stood by, &and saw yethe Ser-
vice performed; that they went thro’through
the Field thus; that some of the
Rebels semedseemed pleased to be relieved
of their Pain by Death, while others
begged of the Soldiers, to spare them,
which,[] however, was no Ways regarded
that the Soldiers, employed in this
Service, were Foot, so that he him-
self was only a Spectator; that Sol-
diers went, a Day or two after, to the
Field, &and did the like; that such Severity 423 (423)
Severitywould not have been exercised against
a foreign Enemy, &and that, at this Time,
the French were treated with great
Humanity, as they are said to be re-
markably human, when Conquerors; &and
that a written Order was said to be
found, in the Pocket of one of the
Rebels, after the Battle, agreeing
with the Accounts above-mentioned
which the Duke had received before
the Engagement. This Dragoon, who
named &and designed himself as above,
seemed to be a discreet ingenuous
Man.

Edinburgh, OctrOctober 30th, 1746. An Officer
of the BroadalbineBreadalbane Militia (who was
among those, who made Openings in
the Stone-walls, through which
the Dragoons passed) being told
the Above did not believe it; and,
gave as his Reason, that a PræmiumPremium
having been given for every Gun
&and Sword, brought to the King's Camp
after the Battle, the Men under his
Command were so busied in carrying
Guns &and Swords from the Field of
Battle to the Camp, that he could
scarcely keep a sufficient Number
of them to do Duty, &and yet he never heard 424 (424)
heard of the Rebels being thus killed
in cold Blood; which, being a Thing
^very uncommon, he thought, his Men could
not miss to observe, &and to tell him of
it. This Gentleman added, That he
heard at that Time of the Order of
the Rebels for giving no Quarter;
that a particular SerjeantSergeant in a cer-
tain Regiment was said to have
it; that he asked it of him, but
was answered, he heard another
SerjeantSergeant had it, &and went to two or
three thus, &and always found less
Reason to believe, there ever was
any such Order.