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Featured battle : Killiecrankie

Part of Jacobite Rebellions

Date : 27 July 1689

Viscount Dundee, commanding the Jacobites,[nearly 3,000] decided to attack the Government force, under Mackay, [over 4,000] in spite of his inferior numbers. Mackay extended his line by thinning it. Dundee extended his line to match in length but by increasing the gaps between the highlanders. The Government troops were overwhelmed at specific points by the highland charge and the whole line collapsed in close quarter fighting. Only a quarter of the Government force made it back to Stirling 36 hours after the battle.

Featured image :

The Naseby battlefield - North

The Naseby battlefield - North

The battlefield of Naseby (14th Jue 1642) from the centre of the battlefield looking up towards the Parliamentarian position.

Gallery updated : 2022-04-04 08:33:43

Featured review :

The Civil War in Yorkshire, Fairfax vs Newcastle

Cooke, David
Good new work covering the Yorkshire battles of the Civil War and the struggle between the Earl of Newcastle and Lord Fairfax. Also includes a section giving suggested walks around several of the battlefields and plenty of photographs.
Pen and Sword, 2004

Reviewed : 2011-09-30 00:00:00