THE HIGHLAND CHARGE
Extracted from A Memoir of the 'Forty-Five by Chevalier de Johnstone. The original manuscript of the Memoir is on display in this Museum. p.82
      "Their manner of fighting is adapted for brave but undisciplined men. They advance with rapidity, discharge their pieces within musket-length of their enemy and then, throwing them down, draw their swords and holding a dirk in their left hand with their target, dart with fury on the enemy through the smoke of their fire. When within reach of the enemy's bayonets, bending their left knee, they cover their bodies with their targets, which receive the thrusts of the bayonets, while at the same time raise their sword arm and strike their adversary. Having once got within the bayonets and into the ranks of the enemy, the soldiers have no longer any means of defending themselves, the fate of the battle has been decided in an instant and carnage follows -- the Highlanders bringing down two men at a time, one with their dirk, in the left hand, and another with the sword.