BattlefieldsUnited Scotsmen Glasgow suppression 1797
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United Scotsmen Glasgow suppression 1797

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

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
a 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 through 1798.
The Battle

History & Significance

Government militia and yeomanry dispersed a meeting of United Scotsmen in Glasgow. Radical societies with links to the United Irishmen had spread through Scottish manufacturing towns. The dispersal involved drawn swords and several injuries.

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