Bonnie Prince Charlie
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Don Jacobites, a Word Steeped in History
Jacobites wanted to restore the main stuart line, or james the seventh and second. Charles edward was seen as the best hope of the jacobite movement from the 17 thirties onwards. He got two ships, the elizabeth and the dutal, and sailed in them to scotland with originally 200 men in the irish brigades. By the time the standard was raised at glenfinnon on the nineteenth of august 17 forty five there had already been two successes in skirmishes,. Small military engagements, with british forces in the north of scotland. And that roll, of course, carried them right throughEdinburgh,
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