Bonnie Prince Charlie
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Cumberland and the Jacobites at Clifton
Cumberland was determined that the jacobites shouldn't go home. He gets them to delay from marching out of prest to try and get cumberland to catch up with thim so he can fight them. But in the end, he's forced further north. The advance guard of cumberland's army does make contact with the jACobites at clifton,. There's a skirmish, which is really a score draw, probably - but in which there's a lot of conspicuous bravery. In other words, they're looking to get closer to home because they feel more comfortable there. They feell more comfortable fighting on home soil, and they feel that,
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