Crucible of the Jacobite '15
Crucible of the Jacobite '15 Just over three centuries ago, there was a major battle in Scotland that was to decide the fate of the newly established - and bitterly contested - union of England and…
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Crucible of the Jacobite '15
Just over three centuries ago, there was a major battle in Scotland that was to decide the fate of the newly established - and bitterly contested - union of England and Scotland. Facing them was a small, but better experienced and officered British Army. On one hand there was a numerically superior army, trained and armed but officered by men of varying experience.
Victory to either side meant control of the gateway from the Highlands to the Lowlands and then England, where the political prize awaited.The battle's importance can only be appreciated by an examination of its context, in what happened in the campaign before the crucial clash of arms and in the months that followed it. Both armies; one entirely Scottish and the other a mixture of Scots, English and Irish were led by Scottish noblemen. Furthermore, an examination of the officers and men who made up the two armies is