Sunday, 26 February 2012

Culloden battle field

The last pitched battle ever fought on British soil took place here.,The Battle of Culloden  was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. Taking place on 16 April 1746, the battle pitted the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart against an army commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, loyal to the British government.
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