DivisionsearlyshowedthemselvesintheChevalier’slittlearmy，notonlyamongsttheindependentchieftains，whowerefartooproudtobrooksubjectiontoeachother，butbetwixttheScotchandCharles’sgovernorO’Sullivan，anIrishmanbybirth，who，withsomeofhiscountrymenbredintheIrishBrigadeintheserviceoftheKingofFrance，hadaninfluencewiththeAdventurer，muchresentedbytheHighlanders，whoweresensiblethattheirownclansmadethechieforrathertheonlystrengthofhisenterprise。
Therewasafeud，also，betweenLordGeorgeMurrayandJamesMurrayofBroughton，thePrince’ssecretary，whosedisuniongreatlyembarrassedtheaffairsoftheAdventurer。Ingeneral，athousanddifferentpretensionsdividedtheirlittlearmy，andfinallycontributedinnosmalldegreetoitsoverthrow。
NoteT，p。-Field-pieceintheHighlandArmy。
Thiscircumstance，whichishistorical，aswellasthedescriptionthatprecedesit，willremindthereaderofthewarofLaVende，inwhichtheroyalists，consistingchieflyofinsurgentpeasantry，attachedaprodigiousandevensuperstitiousinteresttothepossessionofapieceofbrassordnance，whichtheycalledMariaJeanne。
TheHighlandersofanearlyperiodwereafraidofcannon，withthenoiseandeffectofwhichtheyweretotallyunacquainted。ItwasbymeansofthreeorfoursmallpiecesofartillerythattheEarlsofHuntlyandErrol，inJamesVI。’stime，gainedagreatvictoryatGlenlivat，overanumerousHighlandarmycommandedbytheEarlofArgyle。AtthebattleoftheBridgeofDee，GeneralMiddletonobtainedbyhisartilleryasimilarsuccess，theHighlandersnotbeingabletostandthedischargeof_Musket’s-Mother，_