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Battle of Glen Shiel

The Battle of Glen Shiel, 10 June 1719, was the decisive military engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1719. Fought near Glen Shiel in the Scottish Highlands, a Jacobite army composed of Highland levies and Spanish marines was defeated by British government troops.

Battle of Glen Shiel
Battle of Glen Shiel · Peter Tillemans, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
10 Jun 1719
Where
Glen Shiel
Era
Early Modern

Topics

United Kingdom43 CE – todayKingdom of Great Britain1626 – 1838

Before and after

War of the Quadruple Alliance1718 – 1720Battle of Grengam1720Show on timeline

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