Conflict: The Forty-Five (1745-1746)
Combatants: English vs. Scots
Location: Scotland
Outcome: English victory
Despite defeating the English at Falkirk, the Prince Charles Edward's Scottish Jacobites were pursued by George II's son William Augustus ,the Duke of Cumberland, with 10,000 men. Cumberland forced the Scots into battle at Culloden Moor. Using well-placed artillery and cavalry, the English repulsed every Highlander charge. Cumberland then ordered a cavalry charge which dispersed and slaughtered the fleeing Scots. The rebel army was destroyed and Charles Edward narrowly escaped capture by the English. The English lost some 300 soldiers in the engagement.
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Cumberland's "no quarter" victory earned him the moniker of "Butcher".
The Stuart line was never restored; Charles Edward died in 1788 without heirs.
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Sources:
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.