Battle of Glen Shiel
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The Battle of Glen Shiel took place on 10 June 1719 in the Scottish Highlands, during the Jacobite rising of 1719. A Jacobite army composed of Highland levies and Spanish marines was defeated by British government troops.
The Battle of Glenshiel 1719, Peter Tillemans
William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine, Jacobite commander at Glen Shiel
A replica of the Coehorn mortars used by Wightman's troops, a weapon the Highlanders had not previously encountered
Battle of Glen Shiel Memorial
Jacobite rising of 1719
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The Jacobite Rising of 1719 was a failed attempt to restore the exiled James Francis Edward Stuart to the throne of Great Britain. Part of a series of Jacobite risings between 1689 and 1745, it was supported by Spain, then at war with Britain during the War of the Quadruple Alliance.
The Battle of Glenshiel 1719, Peter Tillemans
Charles XII of Sweden; his death in November 1718 ended Swedish participation, and the purpose of the Scottish rising
Eilean Donan, modern day
The Battle of Glen Shiel 10 June 1719