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Militia suppression of radical meeting Glasgow 1797

1797
Scotland
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Scotland
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
United Scotsmen meeting of several hundred workers
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Glasgow yeomanry cavalry and militia infantry
Outcome
Meeting broken up; several United Scotsmen organisers arrested; networks driven underground but continued to operate
The Battle

History & Significance

Government militia and yeomanry dispersed a meeting of United Scotsmen at Glasgow; radical societies with links to the United Irishmen had been spreading through Scottish manufacturing towns; the dispersal involved drawn swords and several injuries

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Scheduled Monuments near Militia suppression of radical meeting Glasgow 1797

Glasgow, remains of Bell's Pottery, Kyle Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Forth and Clyde Canal, Port Dundas canal basin, Glasgow
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Glasgow Cathedral, precinct and graveyard
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
Forth and Clyde Canal: Glasgow Branch
Scheduled monument · ~1.5 miles
North Woodside Flint Mills,Garriochmill Road,North Kelvin
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
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