Morning and afternoon meetings among Generals and officers
The report describes a day of private council with Mr Lockyer, a spiritual discourse in Ecclesiastes, and a lingering day in quarters awaiting a delay of a fight due to lack of horsemeat. Intelligence notes impending moves by Middleton and Argyle, with skirmish possibilities and levies in the North and West. Lesley’s army is encamped near Sterling, while tensions rise between rival factions.