Battle of Dunkeld (1689)

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The Battle of Dunkeld (1689) was a key engagement in the first Jacobite rising in Scotland, where government forces successfully defended the town of Dunkeld against a larger Jacobite army, halting their advance after earlier victories.

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Battle of Dunkeld (1689) canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
after Battle of Killiecrankie ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Dunkeld ⓘ
associatedWith James VII and II ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
attackers Jacobite Highlanders ⓘ
belligerent Jacobites ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite forces

Scottish government forces ⓘ
linked to: Scottish militia

Williamite forces ⓘ
campaign Scottish campaign of 1689 ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
chronology early phase of First Jacobite Rising ⓘ
combatantUnit Cameronian Regiment ⓘ
Jacobite Highland clans ⓘ
linked to: Scottish clans
commander Alexander Cannon ⓘ
Viscount Dundee’s former officers ⓘ
William Cleland ⓘ
conflict First Jacobite Rising ⓘ
conflictType Jacobite–Williamite battle ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
date 21 August 1689 ⓘ
defenders Covenanter Cameronians ⓘ
linked to: Cameronians
defensivePosition Dunkeld Cathedral area ⓘ
linked to: Dunkeld Cathedral

streets and houses of Dunkeld ⓘ
effect discouraged further large-scale Jacobite operations in Lowlands ⓘ
era Williamite–Jacobite War in Scotland ⓘ
historicalRegion Central Highlands ⓘ
legacy symbol of staunch Presbyterian resistance to Jacobitism ⓘ
location Dunkeld ⓘ
Perthshire ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
militaryTheater Scottish Highlands and Lowlands frontier ⓘ
linked to: Highland
outcome Jacobite advance in central Scotland halted ⓘ
partOf Jacobite risings ⓘ
politicalContext struggle over succession after deposition of James VII and II ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Killiecrankie ⓘ
relatedEvent Glorious Revolution ⓘ
religiousDimension Presbyterian government troops vs largely Episcopalian and Catholic Jacobites ⓘ
result Government victory ⓘ
significance checked Jacobite momentum after earlier victories ⓘ
secured government control of central Scotland ⓘ
strengthGovernment about 1,200 men ⓘ
strengthJacobite several thousand men ⓘ
tactics house-to-house combat ⓘ
urban defensive fighting ⓘ
year 1689 ⓘ

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

Battle of Killiecrankie → followedBy → Battle of Dunkeld (1689) ⓘ
Dunkeld Cathedral → damagedIn → Battle of Dunkeld (1689) ⓘ
Hugh Mackay of Scourie – Government → notableBattle → Battle of Dunkeld (1689) ⓘ