BattlefieldsIndependent Companies suppression of cattle thieves Rannoch 1756
modern

Independent Companies suppression of cattle thieves Rannoch 1756

1756
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Rannoch cattle thieves
Forces
Rannoch cattle thieves and their communities
VS
Victor
Black Watch independent companies
Forces
Black Watch independent companies
Outcome
Several cattle thieves caught and tried; Rannoch policed more effectively with military road access improving government reach
The Battle

History & Significance

Black Watch independent companies conducted operations in Rannoch Moor against cattle thieves operating from the remote moorland; the operations combined pacification of post-Jacobite disaffection with policing of traditional Highland raiding patterns

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