One of the rising's most extraordinary episodes. Lord Loudoun sent 1,500 men to capture Prince Charles sleeping at Moy Hall. A blacksmith named Donald Fraser and four companions intercepted them in the dark, shouted orders as if commanding a large army, and fired their guns. Loudoun's force panicked and fled — 1,500 men routed by five. The incident was immediately called "The Rout of Moy".
One government soldier killed by friendly fire
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