Culloden 280th Anniversary - The Final Battle on British Ground
On a distant moor in a game of kings Where the cannon roar and the broadsword sings Nightmare sound, bodies all around At the final battle on British ground - from Redcoat by Forlorn Hope The King's Regiment and the Atholl Brigade at the Battle of Culloden, by David Rowlands Commissioned by the King's Regiment to mark its Tercentenary in 1985 On the 16th of April 1746, the “Final Battle on British Ground” was fought between British Government forces, led by William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, and the Jacobite rebels under Charles Edward Stuart, claimant prince to the thrones of England and Scotland. This was the final armed attempt to overthrow Britain's ruling sovereign. It will also serve as the culminating event in my upcoming novel, Crimson Empire: Echoes on the Moor . Few outside of Britain are even aware of Culloden, let alone its significance, unless they’re fans of the show, “Outlander.” While entertaining, like most films, it ridiculously romanticises the era, wi...