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Majr Bourn with his Party having with him Capt Bayley ordered to take with them 150 french Prisoners. march to Forte Lawrence & Take the Command Thereof and Secure the Prisoners there.
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Capt Cobb Saild yesterday From Forte Cumberland to take the Male Inhabitants of Shepody but returnd without Effecting anything they all being Fled into the woods.
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AFTER ORDERS.
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FORTE CUMBERLAND CAMP AUGST 11TH 1755.
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Whereas the Commanding officer has been Informed that Several of the Troops have been out Killing Sheep tis his posative orders that no one Pretend to Go beyound the advance Gaurd without his Perticular Leave.
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T. MONCREIFFE.
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To Colo Winslow or officer
Commanding in Camp. }
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This Last order being of So Exstrodenary a Nature that the officers were to be Confined by their own Gaurds which Never hapened to be in my time before, but in Special Casses Perhaps Might be right but the reason a1ledged that Several of our Troops had been out Killing Sheep and the whole Core officers & Men Confined to Prevent them from Sheep Stealing or otherwise for Stealing Gave Umbrage not only to me but to the whole Regiment Upon which on the Twelfth in the Morning I Causd a Strikt Enquiery to be Made Throh out the whole Troops (which are reported from the several Companys & on File) and Finde there was not the Least Foundation for Such a reporte. upon which I waited on Colo Monckton & acquainted him that I was Very Sorrey that we had Such Enemys as Should reporte to him Falce Facts as that with oblique Charging us with Sheep Stealing then From which Charge Nothing was more Insolent Even to the Last Individual & that Such Malissous Persons had thereby got Ye officers Confined by their own Gaurds and the men restraind from their Proper Exersise and beged to Know who those Falce Persons where or at Least that a Court of Enquiery Might be Convened that So the Facts Might be Examind into, and the Regiment Set Clear of So Falce and
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