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The Scottish Jacobite Army 1745-46. Osprey. ISBN 978-1846030734. Riding, Jacqueline (2016). Jacobites; A New History of the 45 Rebellion. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1408819128. Robb, Steven (2023). James Nicolson, a Leith Jacobite Martyr. Book of the Old Edinburgh Club Vol 19. ISBN 978-0-9933987-8-0. Sankey, Margaret (2005).
History of the transactions in Scotland, in the years 1715-16 & 1745-1746; Volume II. Gilchrist & Heriot. Duffy, Christopher (2003). The '45: Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising. Orion. ISBN 978-0304355259. Elcho, David (2010) [1748]. A Short Account of the Affairs of Scotland in the Years 1744–46. Kessinger ...
The Highland Battalion: ~ 300 rank and file. The Highland Battalion consisted of eight companies of soldiers, some regular and some militia. [ 24 ] Four of these companies were from the Campbell of Argyll Militia , three of these companies were from Loudon's 64th Highland Regiment and one company was from the 43rd (Black Watch) Highland ...
The Jacobite Royal Scots, sometimes called the Royal-Ecossais, [a] Lord John Drummond's Regiment or French Royal Scots, was a French military regiment made up mostly of Scottish Jacobite exiles. Formed in 1744 under a 1743 order, they are perhaps best known for serving in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745.
One of the less successful uses of the Highland charge was in 1746 during the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Battle of Culloden. The battle pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commanded by Prince William, Duke of Cumberland loyal to the British government. The under-nourished and unpaid ...
Jacobite Songs and Ballads of Scotland from 1688 to 1746. Richard Griffin and Company. Mackenzie, Alexander (1898). History of the Munros of Fowlis. A. & W. Mackenzie. O'Callaghan, John (1870). History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France. Cameron & Ferguson. Reid, Stuart (2012). Cumberland's Culloden Army 1745-46. Osprey. ISBN 978 ...
The Jacobite rising of 1745 [a] was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart.It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.
The Battle of Clifton Moor took place on the evening of Wednesday 18 December during the Jacobite rising of 1745.Following the decision to retreat from Derby on 6 December, the fast-moving Jacobite army split into three smaller columns; on the morning of 18th, a small force of dragoons led by Cumberland and Sir Philip Honywood made contact with the Jacobite rearguard, at that point commanded ...