Event    From 16/4/1746  To 16/4/1746

Battle of Culloden

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Scotland

Final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the last battle fought on British soil. The supporters of Bonnie Prince Charlie fought King George II's forces led by the Duke of Cumberland. The ill-matched battle lasted less than 1 hour.  Those killed or wounded on the Government side counted no more than 300; the Jacobites suffered almost 7 times that number. For weeks afterwards those supposed to support the Jacobites were persecuted and killed.

2024: We thank James Gormley for correcting us. He pointed out that the forces we had simplistically called 'English' were 20% Scottish, and the "Scottish" forces contained the remains of the Manchester Regiment.

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