Bloody Culloden
Directly below is Bonnie Prince Charlie, further down on the left the Duke of Cumberland and to the right Lord George Murray general of the highlander army.
http://www.nts.org.uk/Culloden/Home
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/culloden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle of Culloden
The battle of Culloden took place on Doumassie moor Inverness on april 16th 1746. It signalled the final defeat of the Jacobite cause and was the last full scale battle to be fought on British soil.
Charles Edward Stuart known to history as Bonnie Prince Charlie was the grandson of James 2 of England, the term Jacobite is from the latin Jacobe for James and the attempt was to restore the Stuart monarchy by ousting the Hanoverian line of George 2 from the throne.
The battle of Culloden pitted the highland clans who supported the Jacobean cause against the army of the Duke of Cumberland which was purpose built and trained to defeat the uprising and outnumbered the highlanders by 8000 to 6000. The leadership of the Scottish clans were not at all united in stratedgy nor were conditions at Culloden [which was miry] at all in favour of the highlanders tactics of basically head on charge into the ranks of the Hanoverians. Cumberlands artillary cut into their ranks severely even before the order to charge was given and when they did charge it was disorganized and they were simply blasted by the steady fire of the stationary dragoons. The ensuing rout and pursuit was brutal and without mercy as was the subsequent subjugation of the highland clans, earning Cumberland the nickname “butcher.” Bonnie Prince Charlie skipped back over the channel to France to resume his life of drunkeness and debauchery.
Isn’t there a song about Bonnie Prince Charlie on a boat or something?
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The lovely story is and it’s true of scots lassie Flora McDonald who aided the young pretender’s escape by rowing him across [dammit, have to think] some Isle to escape, she was imprisoned but not for long, I am sure there are songs if you browse her name. love GD
Hello to you, gentledove,
One of my favorite posters on another site is a photographer who has given us an “armchair tour” of England. She’s a former teacher who does well at educating us, and you are doing the same. Very interesting!
Linda
I love history with a passion, it’s so sad that so much history is about war, suffering and oppression and yet behind the battles oft times are enormously high principles and out of them heros and legends are made, attitudes are formed which continue to this day to affect the way nations and people conduct their relationships with each other. America’s history too though young is thrilling as well as thought provoking.
The Scottish monarchy has a peculiarly bloody history, even more so than its English counterpart. Few may realize that Scotland’s royal history can be traced back farther than England’s,