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Skirmish of Keith
| Skirmish of Keith | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745 | |||||||
 The Auld Brig (old bridge) at Keith | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 British-Hanoverians from:Campbell of Argyll Militia[1] |
 Jacobites from:Clan Stewart French hussars | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Captain Alexander Campbell[2] |
Major Nicholas Glasgow[3] Captain Robert Stewart[3] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 900 or 1,000 men[2] | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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9 killed[2] About 80 taken prisoner[2] Between 20 and 30 horses lost[2] | 1 Frenchman killed and a "good number wounded"[2] | ||||||
The Skirmish of Keith was a conflict that took place on the 20 March 1746 in Keith, Moray, Scotland and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745.[4]
- ^ McKerracher, Mairead (2012). Jacobite Dictionary. Neil Wilson Publishing. p. no page numbers. ISBN 9781906000257.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Forbes, Robert, Bishop of Ross; Blaikie, Waltar Biggar (1895). The Lyon In Mourning : or, A Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals etc. relative to the affairs of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Vol. 2. Edinburgh: Printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society. pp. 213-217.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b History of Stewarts – Battles and Historic Events stewartsociety.org. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ Duffy, Christopher (2007). The '45, Bonnie Prince Charlie and Untold Story of the Jacobite Rising. pp. 483–485, 487. ISBN 978-0-7538-2262-3.
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