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Siege of Fort Augustus (March 1746)
| Siege of Fort Augustus | |||||||
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| Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745 | |||||||
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Fort_Augustus_(old_fort).jpg) Fort Augustus | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Great Britain |
 Jacobites | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Major Hugh Wentworth |
 Colonel Stapleton Colonel James Grant | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 300 (estimated) | 1,500–1,800 (estimated) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | None | ||||||
The siege of Fort Augustus took place from 22 February to 1 March 1746, during the Jacobite rising of 1745.[1] After a short siege, the government garrison surrendered to a Jacobite force, which then moved on to besiege Fort William, using artillery captured at Fort Augustus.
- ^ Clark, p. 362
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