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- The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart fought loyalist troops commanded by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The Hanoverian victory at Culloden decisively halted the Jacobite intent to overthrow the House of Hanover and restore the House of Stuart to the British throne; Charles Stuart never mounted any further attempts to challenge Hanoverian power in Great Britain. The conflict was the last pitched battle fought on British soil.
Charles Stuart's Jacobite army consisted largely of Scottish Highlanders, as well as a number of Lowland Scots and a small detachment of Englishmen from the Manchester Regiment. The Jacobites were supported and supplied by the Kingdom of France and French and Irish units loyal to France were part of the Jacobite army. The British Government forces were mostly English, along with a significant number of Scottish Lowlanders and Highlanders, a battalion of Ulstermen and a small number of Hessians from Germany and Austrians. The battle on Culloden Moor was both quick and bloody, taking place within an hour. Following an unsuccessful Highland charge against the government lines, the Jacobites were routed and driven from the field.
Between 1,500 and 2,000 Jacobites were killed or wounded in the brief battle, while government losses were lighter with 50 dead and 259 wounded, although recent geophysical studies on the government burial pit suggest the figure to be nearer 300.
(This drama-documentary was made in 1964)
My dad told me about this when I was a teenager,Never thought I'd be watching it on TH-cam 40 odd years later.I can see why it impressed him when he saw it in the 60's.Quite a novel idea at that time to set it up as an interview in real time.
This documentary was really ahead of it's time, quite amazing in showing the gritty carnage and horrific reality of 18th century warfare aka so-called "gentlemen's war".
Also nice to see the lack of fat reenactors and farbs laughing and giggling while being charged at with swords or shot at with cannon fire and muskets.
Thanks so much for uploading this, I saw a minute of it and had to watch the whole thing. If I remember correctly it was originally was made by the BBC but banned because of the "Toubles" or something. Amazing film.
Well done docu-drama. Thanks for posting.
It was actually a BRITISH Government Army which included 5 Battalions of Scots opposed to Charles Edward Stuart.
In 1685 Clan Campbell supported the Duke of Monmouth’s Rebellion against King James, the Duke of Argyll was executed so they had no reason to support the House of Stuart whose supporters included their main rival The McDonalds. They were no better or worse than any of the other Clans.
This is amazing.
Now, I understand why Culloden, WV was named. Thanks!
Most realistic older combat scenes on film until Braveheart. Unbelievably realistic account of how awful and un-romantic the social and political circumstances were, as well. Tolstoy: "War is the worst thing there is."
John Doe Dunno if you should consider Braveheart as "realistic", let alone compare with this documentary. That movie was horribly inaccurate and sensationalist. Otherwise, this is a good documentary.
John Doe Also known is how badly Wallace mismanaged Falkirk. Practically what happened was Wallace allowed himself and his 6000 Scots to be challenged into combat against Longshanks's Army of 15000. The Scottish cavalry never betrayed Wallace and in fact charged the English cavalry but were forced to flee by the English's numerically superior cavalry. The STATIONARY schiltrons worked somewhat against the initial English cavalry charge, but were vulnerable against the Welsh bowmen, who had wiped out the Scottish archers earlier; the battle was lost the moment the first arrows fell on the Scots. The final cavalry charge practically concluded that battle as a bloodbath for the Scots. And no, there were NO IRISH in the English Army during that battle.
I kind of wished the movie was more about Robert the Bruce, because Bannockburn was amazing!
***** Another one (though I guess not as bad as Braveheart by a SLIGHT MARGIN) is The Patriot (ALSO starring Mel Gibson!).
Clan Campbell seems to come up often in history as a bunch of SOBs. No offense towards any Campbell intended. Just testifying what I've read and heard.
Yes Paul, this was made in 1964
@Rick H
G'day... Yay Team...! A very good bit of work... Somehow I'd been led to believe that John Prebble's work was considered a bit ground-breaking in the field, but this was like a Script written around his later book "Colloden" & this includes aspects of his "Highland Clearances, too.
Great film but could someone survive 800 lashes ?
Mary Earll yes, because it was rarely administrated all at once, that would be fatal. Usually it was done in stages over a period of several days. With the victim being given time to recover after each flogging.
Excellent film but really what were the Scot's thinking? Open ground and outnumbered.
Sure, but the nationality is irrelevant, and using it to describe the Jacobite army will just perpetuate the bullshit mythology that the '45 was 'Scotland vs England' or 'Scotland vs GB'
Their Flintlocks are trapdoor rifles with flint locks attached. Strange, why not just use flintlocks.