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exclaimed that he was "no way able to explain how, or by what it is so, but a silly affair it is". The
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without loss. Loudon's retreat had left him and his force 28 miles away from the Old Fort George in
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Fort George had somewhat cramped lines of defence, with the tower of the original tower house still standing inside the newer bastioned rampart. The governor of the fort, Major George Grant, had at his disposal two
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were managing perfectly on their own. O'Sullivan carried out his reconnaissance on the morning of 19 February and saw that the fort's double layered defenses were too formidable for the
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up beneath him, and therefore surrendered the fort on 21 February 1746.
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1180:War of the Austrian Succession
1150:Capture of Eilean Donan Castle
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123:Jacobite/French victory
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177:Commanders and leaders
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1160:Battle of Coille Bhan
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230:Casualties and losses
1388:"James III and VIII"
1155:Battle of Glen Shiel
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880:William III & II
552:Guise's 6th Regiment
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1215:Siege of Inverness
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1100:Siege of Inverness
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870:James II & VII
727:Duffy, Christopher
603:Battle of Culloden
594:Duke of Cumberland
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171:British Government
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1075:Earl of Mar
1065:…in England
1050:The Fifteen
860:Covenanters
855:Restoration
769:2 September
765:. Am Ballie
630:Fort George
444:Loch Ailort
429:Littleferry
379:2nd Ruthven
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329:1st Ruthven
107: /
1474:Categories
1423:"Mary III"
1085:Lord Lovat
906:Queen Anne
828:Clan chief
812:Jacobitism
643:References
624:after the
530:Sutherland
496:Background
324:Highbridge
92:57°35′02″N
53:, J. Clack
1413:"Mary II"
926:George II
599:hung fire
584:Aftermath
528:and into
510:Inverness
389:Inverness
364:Inverurie
95:4°04′04″W
75:Inverness
1234:Abortive
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729:(2007).
570:escalade
434:Culloden
374:Stirling
217:Strength
79:Scotland
70:Location
1190:Lochiel
1080:Rob Roy
931:Toryism
884:Mary II
469:Rannoch
449:Arisaig
419:Dornoch
369:Falkirk
349:Clifton
1458:Joseph
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