BattlefieldsCumberland sweep through Glen Affric 1746
Jacobite Risings

Cumberland sweep through Glen Affric 1746

1746
Scotland
Era
Jacobite Risings
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
armed Jacobite fugitives c.100
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Government sweeping columns
Outcome
Government patrol ambushed in Glen Affric; Jacobite survivors maintain armed presence in remote glen
The Battle

History & Significance

Government columns under Captain Caroline Scott and other officers penetrated Glen Affric from Fort Augustus in the weeks after Culloden. Glen Affric was (and remains) some of the most remote country in Scotland — a long narrow glen running west from Strathglass into Kintail. Jacobite survivors and fugitives had retreated into this wilderness. Government soldiers burned every settlement they found. Armed Jacobite survivors ambushed a government patrol in the narrow glen, killing two soldiers before retreating into the upper glen where pursuit was impossible. The remote country made Glen Affric one of the last areas pacified.

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