BattlefieldsRaid on Ruthven 1715
Jacobite Risings

Raid on Ruthven 1715

1715
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Also known as: Jacobite raid Badenoch 1715
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Inverness-shire, Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Government
Forces
Government garrison c.12-20.
VS
Victor
Jacobites
Forces
Jacobites c.300-400
Outcome
Jacobites attack Ruthven Barracks in Badenoch; garrison holds
The Battle

History & Significance

During the 1715 rising, Jacobite forces attacked Ruthven Barracks in Badenoch but the small government garrison under Sergeant Molloy successfully repulsed them in the same barracks that would fall in 1746.

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