The Battle of Culloden mb-code IX001507 November 1943

November 1943

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View of the entrance of St Bartholomew's Hospital from Smithfield

'The butcher'

Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin

The Battle of Culloden mb-code IX001507 November 1943'The Battle of Culloden, 1746', (c1850s). The last military clash ever to be fought on mainland Britain, between the English under the Duke of Cumberland and the Jacobite rebels commanded by Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie). The outcome was a decisive defeat for the Scots, effectively ending the Young Pretender's claim to the throne. Colour plate taken from the book Pictures of English History, George Routledge And Sons, (London, New