Dragoons of the Cinque Ports Cavalry charged crowds in Tranent who were resisting the Militia Act ballot. Soldiers pursued fleeing civilians into fields and houses, killing twelve people including women. The Tranent Massacre was one of the worst acts of government violence against civilians in modern Scottish history.
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