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Oct 13, 2023 · The traditional Scottish band, Clann an Drumma, beautifully portrays the rich history and emotions associated with the haunting song, “Ghosts of Culloden.” The track captures the essence of the tragic Battle of Culloden, which took place on April 16, 1746, in Scotland.
The song Loch Lomond is well-known by Scots. Most of us learnt it as children. The lyrics are not immediately clear; it is a lament about “me and my true love” but it does not say who they were. The story behind the song is true. “Me and my true love” were Robert King and his wife Janet Kissock who lived in Renfrewshire from 1673 to 1746.
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Oct 25, 2023 · The Meaning Behind The Song: Culloden Field by Davie Simmons. Last Updated on October 25, 2023 / By Andrzej Arnold. The Meaning Behind The Song: Culloden Field by Davie Simmons. Culloden Field, penned and performed by Davie Simmons, is a powerful song that delves deep into the historical tragedy of the Battle of Culloden.
May 13, 2019 · Music In Time: The Battle of Culloden. Broadcast Sun 12 May 2019 at 10:00pm. Sorry, this audio is not yet available or has expired. Music In Time: The Battle of Culloden (The brutal clash between the Jacobites and British soldiers. A portrait of the Battle of Culloden, David Morier 1746 (source: Royal Collection Trust, via Wikimedia Commons))
- Why Did Charles Turn around?
- Victory and Retreat
- Highland Beserkers
- The Road to Culloden
- The Battle of Culloden: 16 April 1746
- New Bayonet Tactics
- No Mercy
- Treason Will Not Be Tolerated
There were several reasons. Promised French support had failed to materialise, while the recruitment drive for English Jacobites had also proved disappointing (only Manchester had provided a worthwhile number of recruits). There was also Dudley Bradstreet, an undercover government spy within the Jacobite camp. Bradstreet subtly spread misinformatio...
The war continued in Scotland as governmental forces followed in pursuit. Yet things did not start well for the Hanoverians. On 17 January 1746 a 7,000-strong loyalist army was decisively defeated at Falkirk Muir. The Jacobite army remained unbeaten. But Charles and his men were unable to capitalise on the victory. Within two weeks they had retreat...
The nucleus of Charles’s Jacobite army centred around his hardened Highland warriors. Trained in traditional arms, some of these men wielded muskets. Yet most primarily equipped themselves with a razor-sharp broadsword and a small round shield called a targe. The targe was a deadly weapon. It was made of three separate slabs of wood, covered in har...
On the night of 15 April 1746, Cumberland’s 25th birthday, the Governmental army pitched camp near Nairn, well-supplied and warm. Outnumbered, Charles’s Jacobites thus decided on a risky, but potentially decisive strategy: a night attack. That night, a section of the Jacobites attempted to surprise the Government army. It was a risk that did not pa...
On the morning of 16 April 1746 many of Charles’s men were exhausted from the failed operations of the previous night. Furthermore, many more were still scattered around the area and not with the main army. Cumberland’s troops, meanwhile, were fresh – well-supplied, well-disciplined and well-informed. Battle lines were drawn up on the Moor and Char...
Learning from past mistakes, Cumberland’s army had been trained in new bayonet tactics, designed specifically to counter the Highland charge. Rather than point their bayonet at the enemy in front of them, this new tactic focused on the soldier sticking his bayonet into the enemy on his right, thus avoiding the targe shield. Eventually, the Jacobite...
Many more Jacobites perished in the battle’s aftermath. For those wounded on the battlefield, there was no mercy for the English and Scottish Jacobites. In Cumberland’s eyes, these men were traitors. Cumberland did not stop there. Following the battle he raided and pillaged the Gaelic-speaking areas of the Highlands, committing several atrocities t...
The government intended their victory at Culloden to send a strong message to any pondering further dissent. Captured Jacobite broadswords were taken south, to the secretary of Scotland’s residence in London. There they had their tips and butts removed and were used as iron railings, left to rust. Several Jacobite lords were taken to London in the ...
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Jul 28, 2022 · 28 July 2022. New research has reshaped historians' understanding of the battlefield landscape of Culloden 275 years ago. The battle on 16 April 1746 saw forces loyal to Bonnie Prince Charlie ...
