Battle of Prestonpans
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battle-of-prestonpans-230-3608308
title:
Battle of Prestonpans
text:
The Battle of Prestonpans, also known as the Battle of Gladsmuir, was fought on 21 September 1745, near Prestonpans, in East Lothian, the first significant engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Jacobite forces, led by the Stuart exile Charles Edward Stuart and George Murray, defeated a government army under Sir John Cope, whose inexperienced troops broke in the face of a Highland charge. The battle lasted less than thirty minutes, was a huge boost to Jacobite morale, and established the rev
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description:
Battle in Scotland during the Jacobite rising of 1745
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Prestonpans
date created:
2004-05-10T13:30:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T15:44:49Z
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