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The Jacobite Uprising and the Battle of Preston, 1715 - Aspects of History

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On the 13th November 1715, two battles took place concurrently on British soil. The first, at Sherrifmuir in Scotland, saw John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, with a Jacobite army of 12,000 men engage with a far smaller government force under the 2nd Duke of Argyll. After a day of heavy fighting, both armies were depleted but Mar chose not to press his advantage and allowed Argyll to withdraw his troops. Sherrifmuir ended in stalemate, but with the J…
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