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The battle
A Jacobite army was defeated near Inverness on 16 April 1746
The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746 near Inverness. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was defeated by a government force under the Duke of Cumberland. It was the last pitched battle fought on British soil.
The night before
The night before, the Jacobite leaders planned an attack at Nairn
The main Jacobite army of about 5,400 assembled on the Culloden estate. The government army celebrated Cumberland's 25th birthday with brandy, and the Jacobite leaders decided on a night attack at Nairn.
5,400men in the main Jacobite army, about
The flight
Charles Edward Stuart spent five months in the Hebrides before leaving
After the battle Charles Edward Stuart made his way to the Hebrides. For five months he crisscrossed the islands, and he met Flora Macdonald, who aided his escape to Skye. He then boarded a French ship and never returned to Scotland.
The field now
A cairn from 1881 and a farmhouse mark the battlefield
A memorial cairn about 20 feet tall was erected by Duncan Forbes in 1881, and he also set headstones over the mass graves of the clans. The thatched farmhouse at Leanach stands where a cottage probably served as a field hospital.
The cost
Jacobite losses were between 1,500 and 2,000 killed or wounded
Jacobite losses were between 1,500 and 2,000 killed or wounded, many in the pursuit after the battle. Of 3,471 prisoners, around 1,200 were transported and 120 were executed.
Day 7, afternoon
It comes after Urquhart Castle. Then Inverness.
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