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The Battle of Culloden

10 Slaughter on the battlei eld Hanoverians
As the smoke clears on the field, the order
comes down from Cumberland to execute any wounded Fall back!
Jacobite the government soldiers can find. In the following 09 Despite this, TROOPS 8,000
weeks, a vicious hunt is carried that sees both Jacobites
and with the Jacobite line
and locals murdered and imprisoned. This bloody act will crumbling before him, the
earn Cumberland the name ‘Butcher’.
Bonnie Prince, safe at his
vantage point at the rear of
the army, calls the retreat.
With a rearguard action being
fought by the Royal Ecossais
and Irish picquets, the
Jacobite army retires defeated
and bloodied from the field.

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Pressing the DUKEOFCUMBERLAND
advantage LEADER
10 Seeing the Jacobites’ Son of the monarch George II, the
left flank deteriorating,
duke was eager to prove himself on
05 Cumberland decides to the battlefield.
press the advantage. Strengths Strict discipline ensured
Dragoons are sent in to his men followed orders.
hound the struggling
Weakness His merciless treatment
Jacobites. The boggy of wounded men earned him enmity
ground does not lend
in both Scotland and England.
itself well to horses,
though, and they make
slow progress.

Breaking
07 07the lines
Fierce fighting rages as
both sides fight in a vicious
mêlée. The ferocious
Jacobites are formidable REDCOAT
warriors but are held at
bay by the disciplined UNIT
Redcoats. Some of the Trained to fight as a coh
Jacobites break through unit, the men of the king
the first government line regiments were ready to
but are met with a nasty
surprise. Anticipating the repel the Jacobite rebels
breakthrough, a second Strengths Rigid training
line has been drawn up ensured they fought as a
and peppers the Jacobites cohesive unit.
with musket fire, forcing Weakness Lacking the
them to withdraw to their individual prowess of a
04 own lines. Highland warrior.
MUSKET
06 The charge begins KEY WEAPON
The Jacobites rush forward and break upon the
government lines in a clash of steel and crack of musket Able to fire three rounds
a minute and coming wit
fire. The left flank is lagging behind with the McDonalds an attachable bayonet,
rumoured to have declined to charge, insulted that they
the musket was a versat
were not given a better position on the battlefield. This weapon on the battlefiel
would prove to be a fatal decision, as due to the greater
Strengths Massed fire
distance they had to cover, they would be cut down by
musket and cannon fire. could prove deadly to
advancing infantry.
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Weakness Its bulky
nature made it less
effective in close quarters.
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