The story of the Battle of Falkirk II, 275 years on
Prisoners being led away at the Castle of Doune after the Battle of Falkirk in the second Jacobite Rising TO read many accounts of the 1745-46 Jacobite rising, you would think there were just two battles. These are Prestonpans and Culloden; the former a stunning victory for Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his army, and the latter a devastating defeat that ended all hope of the Stuarts regaining the throne and which led to attempted genocide of the Highlanders. Yet, another major battle took place during the Rising – and it is often ignored, probably because it does not fit the Unioni...
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