Dragoons of the Cinque Ports Cavalry charged on crowds in Tranent who were rioting against the Militia Act ballot; soldiers pursued fleeing civilians into fields and houses, killing twelve people including women; the Tranent Massacre was one of the worst acts of government violence against civilians in Scotland
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