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Jacobite Risings

Capture of government forage party in Glen Cannich 1746

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

Who Fought

Defeated
Government
VS
Victor
Jacobites
Outcome
Government forage party ambushed in Glen Cannich; officer killed; soldiers briefly taken prisoner.
The Battle

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Capture of government forage party in Glen Cannich 1746 was a Jacobite pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought in Scotland in 1746. The victor was Jacobites. Government forage party ambushed in Glen Cannich; officer killed; soldiers briefly taken prisoner.

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The ground they fought on

The site of Capture of government forage party in Glen Cannich 1746 lies on Glenfinnan Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is psammite.

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Scheduled Monuments near Capture of government forage party in Glen Cannich 1746

Badger Fall, still 150m SSE of, Glen Affric
Scheduled monument · ~4.8 miles
Comar Wood, dun 830m SW of Comar Lodge
Scheduled monument · Iron Age · ~6.7 miles
Balnacarn, township 550m WSW of
Scheduled monument · ~9.3 miles
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