Battle of Prestonpans

E191532

The Battle of Prestonpans was a 1745 Jacobite victory in Scotland where Charles Edward Stuart’s forces decisively defeated the British government army early in the Jacobite Rising.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Prestonpans canonical 22
Battle of Gladsmuir 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Gladsmuir ⓘ
belligerent British government forces ⓘ
linked to: British forces

Jacobites ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite forces
campaign Jacobite campaign in Scotland 1745 ⓘ
casualtiesGovernment high casualties and many prisoners ⓘ
casualtiesJacobite relatively light casualties ⓘ
cause Jacobite attempt to restore the House of Stuart ⓘ
combatant British Army ⓘ
Jacobite army ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite forces
commander Charles Edward Stuart ⓘ
Sir John Cope ⓘ
commemoratedBy Prestonpans battlefield memorials ⓘ
annual reenactments ⓘ
conflict Jacobite rising ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite risings
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
date 21 September 1745 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Falkirk Muir ⓘ
Jacobite capture of Edinburgh ⓘ
governmentCommander Sir John Cope ⓘ
governmentSide British Army units from England and Scotland ⓘ
historicalSignificance demonstrated effectiveness of Highland tactics against regular troops ⓘ
key early success for the Jacobite cause in 1745 ⓘ
JacobiteLeader Charles Edward Stuart ⓘ
Lord George Murray ⓘ
location East Lothian ⓘ
Prestonpans ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
notableFor first major battle of the 1745 Jacobite rising ⓘ
rapid and decisive Jacobite victory ⓘ
use of Highland charge ⓘ
opponent House of Hanover ⓘ
partOf Jacobite rising of 1745 ⓘ
precededBy Jacobite landing in Scotland in 1745 ⓘ
representedIn Jacobite songs and ballads ⓘ
Scottish historical literature ⓘ
result decisive Jacobite victory ⓘ
strategicEffect boosted Jacobite morale ⓘ
undermined confidence in British government forces in Scotland ⓘ
strengthGovernment approximately 2,000–2,300 men ⓘ
strengthJacobite approximately 2,500–3,000 men ⓘ
tacticalOutcome rout of government forces ⓘ
terrain marshy ground near Prestonpans ⓘ
timeOfDay early morning attack ⓘ
weaponry broadswords ⓘ
muskets and bayonets ⓘ
year 1745 ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Edward, Duke of Albany → battle → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Jacobite risings → hasPart → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Jacobite rising of 1745 → notableEvent → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Prestonpans → knownFor → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Clan Cameron → foughtAt → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
The Young Pretender → battle → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Battle of Prestonpans → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Gladsmuir ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Prestonpans
Lord George Murray → battle → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Forty-Five Rebellion → notableEvent → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
The ’45 → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Jacobite forces → notableBattle → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Charles Edward Louis Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart → battle → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Charles Edward Stuart → battle → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
subject linked to: Severino
Bonnie Prince Charlie → battle → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Sir John Cope → notableFor → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Sir John Cope → militaryConflict → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Charles III of Scotland → relatedEvent → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
Battle of Falkirk (1746) → relatedTo → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
George Murray → militaryConflict → Battle of Prestonpans ⓘ
subject linked to: George