David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ He was promoted to the Colonelcy of the 48th Foot on the 25th of April 1745; probably there was no vacant cavalry regiment at that date. The death of the lamented Colonel Gardiner at Prestonpans, on the 21st of September, created a vacancy in the 13th Light Dragoons. That regiment was given to Colonel Ligonier on the 1st of October, the king observing, “I will give them a colonel that will make them fight.” The 48th was not handed over to another colonel till April 6th, 1746, so that on the 17th January there fought at the battle of Falkirk both Ligonier’s foot and Ligonier’s dragoons. ”

“ He broke the first line, and did great execution; when Lieutenant-Colonel Whitney and several other officers were killed in the midst of the rebels, Colonel Jordan and others were wounded, and the squadron was repulsed by the enemy’s second line. ”