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The military history of the Jacobite risings and the wider Jacobite period from the Revolution of 1688 to Culloden in 1746 and beyond. Tweets by @NeilRitchie86 scottishhistory.org/jacobites Ayrshire, Scotland Joined May 2021-
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28 December 1745: Field Marshal Wade dispatched eight infantry battalions from Newcastle to reinforce Edinburgh after receiving a copy of the resolutions of the Council of War held by Lieutenant-General Joshua Guest at Edinburgh Castle on Christmas Day. RA CP/MAIN/8 f.143-143b
28 December 1745: Six 18-pounder guns began the bombardment of Carlisle Castle under the direction of Major William Belford. Cumberland reported to Marshal Wade that the foundry of Whitehaven could not keep up the supply of shot as fast as they were using them.
On 24 December 1724, Westmeath-born Major-General George Wade, MP for Bath, was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Scotland following his investigation and intelligence report on the situation in the Highlands. He took over from Lieutenant-General George Carpenter.
23 December 1745: Government highlanders commanded by Norman MacLeod of Dunvegan were defeated by a numerically superior Jacobite force led by Lord Lewis Gordon at Inverurie. Gordon's Jacobite force was predominantly lowlanders along with regular soldiers from the Royal Ecossais.
20 December 1745: The Earl of Loudoun dispatched a force of pro-Hanoverian highlanders from Inverness under Norman MacLeod of Dunvegan, George Munro of Culcairn, and James Grant of Grant to confront Lord Lewis Gordon and his Jacobite forces at Aberdeen.
18 December 1745: As Charles Edward Stuart's army continued its withdrawal back to Scotland, Jacobite forces under Lord George Murray fought a rearguard action against pursuing government dragoons commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Honeywood at Clifton, south of Penrith.
16 December 1745: Lieutenant-General John Murray, Earl of Dunmore commanding British and British-paid troops in Flanders was informed by William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington that the hired Hessian force of 6,000 would sail to Scotland and that transport ships were being readied.
8 December 1745: The Jacobite army marched from Leek to Macclesfield. From Meriden Common, the Duke of Cumberland set off in pursuit with Bland's Dragoons, Lord Mark Kerr's Dragoons, Cobham's Dragoons, Ligonier's Horse, Kingston's Horse, and 1000 mounted infantry.
In early December 1745, the Earl of Loudoun marched from Inverness with a force of pro-Hanoverian highlanders to relieve Fort Augustus which was blockaded by the Jacobites. By December, Loudoun commanded around 1,300 pro-Hanoverian clansmen raised by Duncan Forbes of Culloden.
5 December 1745: The Jacobites held a council of war at Derby. With Cumberland's army at Lichfield, Marshal Wade's army at Wetherby, and the Earl of Stair assembling a force to defend London, where King George himself took the field, it was decided to withdraw back to Scotland.
3 December 1745: The Jacobites marched from Macclesfield to Leek. As heavy snow continued to fall, the Duke of Cumberland deployed 11 battalions of foot and 6 regiments of horse and dragoons north of Stone, anticipating a clash with the Jacobite army. None was to come.
2 December 1745: As the Jacobites rested in Macclesfield, the Duke of Cumberland began to concentrate his forces on the snowy fields north of Stone. With heavy snow falling one soldier stated that it was the most "extreme cold Atmosphere that ever I felt".
1 December 1745: The Duke of Newcastle informed the Duke of Cumberland that Dudley Bradstreet, a government agent with the alias of Oliver Williams, was soon to infiltrate the Jacobite army to ascertain the "motions and design of the rebels". RA CP/MAIN/7 f.238-238aM.
27 November 1745: While the Jacobite army rested at Preston, Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Captain-General of the British Army arrived at Lichfield to take command of the government forces in Staffordshire, taking over from Lieutenant-General Sir John Ligonier.
25 November 1745: The vanguard of the Jacobite army marched from Garstang to Preston. Field Marshal Wade set off with his army from Newcastle towards Durham while Brigadier-General William Douglas and the Liverpool Blues demolished part of the Warrington Bridge over the Mersey.
19 November 1745: From Hexham, Marshal Wade informed the Duke of Newcastle that advance parties of the Jacobites were moving to Penrith and that he would return to Newcastle due to severe weather, lack of supplies, insufficient forces, difficult terrain and sick soldiers.
18 November 1745: Lieutenant-Colonel James Durand sent his report of the fall of Carlisle to Lieutenant-General John Folliot. In it, he blamed the Cumberland, Westmoreland and Carlisle militia for "having absolutely, to a man" refused to defend the place. RA CP/MAIN/7 f.44-44c
18 November 1745: The Jacobites held a council of war at Carlisle to discuss the next move. Some favoured a withdrawal back to Scotland, others wanted to hold their position for a while to see what Marshal Wade intended, but a march south into Lancashire was the final decision.
At midnight on 17 November 1745, Field Marshal Wade and the leading elements of his army arrived at Hexham. Wade received news that Carlisle had fallen to the Jacobites. Sickness was rampant in his army and Wade remained at Hexham until the 19th before heading back to Newcastle.
16 November 1745: Marshal Wade marched his British, Dutch and Swiss troops out from camp at Newcastle with the intention of marching via the Tyne Gap to intercept the Jacobites. Bad weather and poor roads would hamper the march, the Tyne Gap having snow drifts as high as 12ft.
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@JacobiteWars And a probable slave owner as indicated by the wee unnamed boy. In a Victorian version of his diary the boy gets removed.
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@JacobiteWars Killiecrankie, where it all started in 1689.
@JacobiteWars Ah that’s brill ta. I’ve always wondered. Thanks for clarifying that.
@JacobiteWars I was told a story by the late Blyth Wright coming back from work that a stand of Scots Pines near Laggan (just across from a bend in the A82) was known as Cope’s turn - which is where he (allegedly) received news of the Jacobites. But never seen that confirmed anywhere else.
@JacobiteWars Have heard differing reports on the religion of the Keppoch MacDonells - Was the chief an Episcopalian ?
@JacobiteWars Oh meant to say enjoying your series of excellent posts. Thank you.
@JacobiteWars Ah cool. Thx for the clarification. Ruthven close to where I live so it’s a regular haunt for myself and my 6 yr old daughter who loves playing in it. It’s a stunning location though must have been a cold and draughty post in winter.
@JacobiteWars That many? It’s hard to visualise the ‘fit’ - I was also thinking the infantry fitting in.
@JacobiteWars That would be a tight squeeze at Ruthven barracks.
@JacobiteWars And ps the formulation Fords of Frew is from Walter Scott’s Tales of a grandfather! It is singular.
@JacobiteWars In the far side is Stirling Bridge but with only one gate tower. Other later images show two towers and sentry positions. It had at least one locked gate. Of course the Jacobites crossed at the Ford of Frew on the way south. Blakeney cut the inner arch in December 1745.
@JacobiteWars Honestly not seen many myself. References to it (none to hand), but certainly Scottish ships drafted to RN flew it. I wonder too, what the various Scottish fleets flew in 1620s, 1690s and up to 1707. My notes are in storage alas, back in Scotland!
@JacobiteWars On and off, aye. Certainly there were orders for all merchant ships to desist from using it to seperate them from RN in 1634: x.com/prof_murdoch/s…
The banning of the Union Flag for non #RN ships in 1634 and early ref to South and North Britain #twitterhistorians
@JacobiteWars If under "English colours", then Wilson was right to be suspicious, what with the English colours being obsolete since Article 1 of the Treaty of Union in 1707 😉 #JustSaying #Jacobite #funwithflags #Vexillology
@JacobiteWars Or failing to complete the order? How many killed v how many got away?
@JacobiteWars The memorial of John Blackadder who fought at Dunkeld and held Stirling Bridge in the ‘15, from the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling.
Wow! Definitely worth going to Dunkeld for this!
The Erskine Regiment will re-enact the 1689 battle of Dunkeld at this year's Dunkeld Living History Event at the town's Stanley Hill Park (29-30 July). historicdunkeld.org.uk/events-posters/