University of Glasgow based historian Murray Pittock has claimed that the Battle of Culloden in 1746, which ended Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite claims to the throne for his father James VIII (& III), aka James the Old Pretender, was won by overwhelming numbers of redcoats using swords rather than muskets. The claims come in his new book,
Culloden, based on a reappraisal of contemporary sources and new battlefield archaeology finds.
For the full story, visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36791637.
Chris
For details on my genealogy guide books, including
A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923,
Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition),
Discover Irish Land Records and
Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit
http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.
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