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Culloden, battle of
Culloden, battle of, 1746. Fought on Wednesday 16 April about 5 miles south-east of the Highland capital of Inverness. The retreating Jacobites occupied Inverness in February 1746. An attempted night attack on the advancing army of the duke of Cumberland failed on 15 April, and Charles Stuart decided to offer battle on the bare boggy Drumossie Moor above Culloden House, despite the view of Lord George Murray that less suitable ground for Highlanders was difficult to find. The Jacobites could assemble only 5,000 men. Cumberland had 9,000 men including many Scots. Unlike Charles, he had a good, well-served field artillery.
Cumberland's field guns decimated the Jacobite ranks for 20 minutes. Charles, in command for the first time, fatally delayed the order to charge. Lord George launched the Jacobite right and centre, but gallantry could not match discipline, canister shot from the guns, musketry, and ultimately the bayonet's superior reach to the broadsword. The Macdonalds on the Jacobite left rightly pulled back at first in good order, pursued by cavalry. Retreat became rout. Bruce Philip Lenman |
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JOHN CANNON. "Culloden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Culloden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Cullodenbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Culloden, battle of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Cullodenbattleof.html |
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Culloden, battle of
Culloden, battle of, 1746. Fought on Wednesday, 16 April, south‐east of Inverness. The retreating Jacobites occupied Inverness in February 1746. An attempted night attack on the advancing army of the duke of Cumberland failed on 15 April, and Charles Stuart offered battle on the bare boggy Drumossie Moor above Culloden House. The Jacobites could assemble only 5, 000 men. Cumberland had 9, 000 men including many Scots. Cumberland's field guns decimated the Jacobite ranks for 20 minutes. Charles, in command for the first time, fatally delayed the order to charge. When the Jacobite right was launched, gallantry could not match discipline. The Macdonalds on the Jacobite left rightly pulled back at first in good order, pursued by cavalry. Retreat became rout.
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JOHN CANNON. "Culloden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Culloden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Cullodenbattleof.html JOHN CANNON. "Culloden, battle of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Cullodenbattleof.html |
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Culloden, Battle of
Culloden, Battle of (16 April 1746) A battle, fought on a bleak moor in Scotland to the east of Inverness, in which the JACOBITE forces of Charles Edward Stuart, largely drawn from the Highland clans, were routed during a sleet storm by the English and German troops led by the Duke of CUMBERLAND. The battle was followed by ruthless slaughter of the Jacobite wounded and prisoners with survivors hunted down and killed, earning Cumberland the nickname ‘Butcher’. Culloden ended the FORTY-FIVE Rebellion and virtually destroyed the Jacobite cause. It was the last land battle fought in Britain.
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"Culloden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Culloden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-CullodenBattleof.html "Culloden, Battle of." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-CullodenBattleof.html |
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Culloden, Battle of
Culloden, Battle of (April 16, 1746) Decisive conflict of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Government forces under the Duke of Cumberland, son of George II, defeated the Jacobites (largely Highlanders) led by Charles Edward Stuart near Inverness. Culloden ended Stuart attempts to regain the throne by force. Ruthless subjugation of the Highland clans followed the conflict, the last pitched battle on the British mainland.
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"Culloden, Battle of." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Culloden, Battle of." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-CullodenBattleof.html "Culloden, Battle of." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-CullodenBattleof.html |
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Culloden, Battle of
Culloden, Battle of the last pitched battle on British soil, and the final engagement of the Jacobite uprising of 1745–6, fought on Culloden moor near Inverness. The Hanoverian army under the Duke of Cumberland crushed the small and poorly supplied Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart, and a ruthless pursuit after the battle effectively prevented any chance of saving the Jacobite cause.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Culloden, Battle of." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Culloden, Battle of." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-CullodenBattleof.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Culloden, Battle of." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-CullodenBattleof.html |
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Culloden Moor
Culloden Moor , moorland, Highland, NE Scotland. There, on Apr. 16, 1746, English forces under the duke of Cumberland defeated the Highlanders under Prince Charles Edward Stuart, thus ending the Jacobite uprising of 1745 (see Jacobites ). |
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"Culloden Moor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Culloden Moor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Culloden.html "Culloden Moor." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Culloden.html |
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