Battle of Glenshiel

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The Battle of Glenshiel was a 1719 engagement in the Scottish Highlands in which British government forces defeated a Jacobite and Spanish force, effectively ending that year’s Jacobite rising.

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Battle of Glenshiel canonical 2

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

Jacobites ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite forces

Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
campaign Jacobite campaigns in Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite risings
casualtiesAndLosses heavier for Jacobite and Spanish forces ⓘ
light for government forces ⓘ
category 1719 in Scotland ⓘ
Battles involving Great Britain ⓘ
Battles involving Spain ⓘ
Battles of the Jacobite risings ⓘ
linked to: Jacobite risings
combatantStrength approximately 1000–1200 Jacobite and Spanish troops ⓘ
approximately 1000–1200 government troops ⓘ
commander Don Nicolás de Castro, Duke of Liria and Jérica ⓘ
George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal ⓘ
James Keith ⓘ
Joseph Wightman ⓘ
William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine ⓘ
conflict Jacobite rising of 1719 ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
date 10 June 1719 ⓘ
followedBy collapse of the 1719 Jacobite rising ⓘ
foughtFor restoration of the House of Stuart ⓘ
hasParticipant Highland clans ⓘ
linked to: Scottish clans

Spanish marines ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
historicalRegion Great Britain ⓘ
location Glenshiel ⓘ
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
opponent Jacobite and Spanish force ⓘ
opposedTo Hanoverian government of Great Britain ⓘ
partOf Jacobite rising of 1719 ⓘ
precededBy Spanish landing at Eilean Donan Castle ⓘ
relatedEvent Battle of Culloden ⓘ
Battle of Sheriffmuir ⓘ
result Government victory ⓘ
significance effectively ended the Jacobite rising of 1719 ⓘ
last close engagement of a foreign force on mainland Britain ⓘ
terrain mountainous glen ⓘ
theatre War of the Quadruple Alliance ⓘ
weaponUsed cannon ⓘ
muskets ⓘ
year 1719 ⓘ

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Battle of Glen Shiel → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Glenshiel ⓘ
Clan MacRae → notableBattleParticipation → Battle of Glenshiel ⓘ