 Colonel Nicholas had brought with him of powder, ball, match and flint, and was under the command of Major-General Alexander Cannon.On the morning of 17 May 1689, 400 men of Colonel Purcell's regiment landed in small boats at Lochaber and escaped capture by Sir George Rooke by hiding in the mountains of Mull.On 12 July 1689 they landed at Duart in the Isle of Mull.