BattlefieldsWade road garrison action at Tummel Bridge 1752
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Wade road garrison action at Tummel Bridge 1752

1752
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Jacobite couriers
Forces
Jacobite couriers
VS
Victor
Government garrison
Forces
Government garrison at Tummel Bridge
Outcome
Dispatches seized; men detained and examined; continued monitoring of Atholl Jacobite sympathiser networks
The Battle

History & Significance

Government troops stationed at the Tummel Bridge road post intercepted a party of men believed to be carrying dispatches between Jacobite sympathisers in Atholl and contacts on the east coast; the interception was part of ongoing surveillance of remaining Jacobite networks

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