THE ULTIMATE
On this day, 16th April, 1746 the Scottish Jacobite forces of Bonnie Prince Charlie were defeated by the English army at the Battle of Culloden.
Tha battle fought near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands lasted less than an hour with around a thousand Scottish Jacobite soldiers killed and only 50 English soldiers. Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped the battlefield, fleeing to the coast and thence with the help of Flora Macdonald over to France. Bonnie Prince Charlie was leading the second attempt to restore the Catholic Stuart line to the throne, after James II had been replaced by William and Mary in 1688/9. The first attempt was in 1715, being remembered as the first Jacobite Rebellion (Jacob being Latin for James). The Second Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, saw Bonnie Prince Charlie's Scottish forces invade England and reach as far south as Derby, leading to panic in London. However, on pulling back his forces the English under the Duke of Cumberland pursued the Jacobites into the Highlands, leading to the Battle at Culloden.
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