Bonnie Prince Charlie
Dan Snow's History Hit
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What Happened to the Second Line of the British Army?
The jacobite army smashes through the first line of the british army. They were extremely tired, and they couldn't coordinate the charge across the front line because the right hand and the left hand couldn't see each other. But their second line was nugatory. They did some sterling fighting. There was a prolonged fire fight carried out by franco irish but basic it was simply allowing people to get away. Ut once the front line had failed to carry the day, there wasn't any way the jacobites could win. It wasn't, however, a turkish shoot the teeth things are.
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