Note 1043 — Chapter XXXIII
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There seems to be an apparent discrepancy between Lord George’s statement, (Jacobite Memoirs, p. 55,) and that of the Chevalier Johnstone, (Memoirs, p. 71,) relative to the conduct of the Duke of Perth: but the account in the text agrees with the account of Charles himself, (in Appendix, No. 33, to Home’s Works,) who says, that with the exception of himself, all the members of the council “were of opinion that the retreat was absolutely necessary.”