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The average height of Jacobite prisoners awaiting transportation in October 1746 was 5 feet 4.125 inches: [59] 13.6% were 50 years old and upwards, while a further 8% were 16 and 17 year olds; contemporary observers commented on the "great number of boys and old men" in the Jacobite army. [60]
The hill passes listed are routes within the Lake District National Park between two different valleys where a pathway is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1:50000 or 1:25000 map. Passes to be considered may be listed as " pass " or " hause " in the Ordnance Survey 1:50000 gazetteer provided also that a route crossing the ridge is marked on the map ...
The Jacobite army and their leaders had regrouped at Ruthven Barracks where they had waited for word from Charles. His message for them arrived on 20 April, in which he stated "let every man seek his own safety in the best way he can". [4] [2] The departing Jacobites destroyed the barracks on 17 April 1746. [5] The ruins remain.
Map of the Battle of the Boyne. (South being up; west to the right.) 1. Drogheda 2. Jacobite army 3. Jacobite batteries 4. Donore 5. Oldbridge 6. William's line of march from Ardee 7. A small hamlet 8. The Williamite Camp 9. The hill whence William saw the Jacobite camp 10. Pass called King William's Glen 11. Place where William was wounded 12 ...
The Corrieyairack Pass (Scottish Gaelic – Màm Choire Ghearraig) is a 770 m (2526 ft) high pass in the Scottish Highlands at grid reference. It is notable for the presence of one of General Wade's military roads , built at the time of the Jacobite risings in the eighteenth century.
All of the government schemes to reinforce the outposts came to nothing and the Jacobite general, Lord George Murray, was then able to lay siege to Blair Castle for two weeks. [1] The Atholl raids proved Murray's contention that guerrilla warfare tactics were the best option, but left the Jacobite army spread out over the Scottish Highlands ...
After intense debate, in early November a Jacobite army of around 5,000 crossed into England, where Charles believed there was strong support for a Stuart restoration. [ 2 ] On 10 November, the Jacobite army reached Carlisle , which capitulated five days later; leaving a small garrison behind, they continued south to Preston on 26 November ...
A well-preserved section of General Wade's Military Road near Melgarve, leading to the Corrieyairack Pass. A network of military roads, sometimes called General Wade's Military Roads, was constructed in the Scottish Highlands during the middle part of the 18th century in the wake of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715.