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A Plan of the Field of Battle that was fought on ye 10th of Iune 1719, at the Pass of Glenshiels in Kintail North Britain with ye Disposition of his Majtys Forces under ye Command of Majr. Genl. Wightman, & of those of ye Rebels
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A Plan of the Field of Battle that was fought on ye 10th of Iune 1719, at the Pass of Glenshiels in Kintail North Britain with ye Disposition of his Majtys Forces under ye Command of Majr. Genl. Wightman, & of those of ye Rebels
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Bastide, John Henri (active 1718-1759)
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Bastide, John Henri (active 1718-1759)
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Wightman, General (active 1719)
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Wightman, General (active 1719)
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Keith, George, 10th Earl Marischal (b.1693, d.1778)
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Keith, George, 10th Earl Marischal (b.1693, d.1778)
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1719
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This map shows the progress of the battle of Glenshiel, which was fought on 10 June 1719, when a force of Spaniards sent over by James Francis Stuart, and a small number from the Highland clans, led by George Keith, the 10th Earl Marischal, were defeated by General Wightman. The draughtsman, John Henri Bastide, was at that time a lieutenant employed as a Board of Ordnance draughtsman. He was also engaged in the same year, on the plans for the construction of the four highland forts at Bernera, near to Glen Shiel, Ruthven, Inversnaid and Kiliwhimen. Towards the right side of the map, he shows the government forces as they were first drawn up. From there, a series of dotted red lines show how each section of the army moved and engaged the Stuart forces, until the Stuart forces were finally put to flight, towards the bottom left hand area of the map. He has drawn figures of the retreating soldiers fighting a rearguard action, including several vignettes of fallen men. He has added a note to the bottom of the 'References' box to the effect 'NB That the Ennemy in Their flight still fir'd & defended the places of difficult access'. There is a tall structure in the River Shiel, which he lists in his 'References to the Ennemy' as 'the Barricade that defended the pass of the River side'. In the middle of the map, just above the bend in the river, General Wightman is shown on his horse. Bastide also notes 'The Mount Call'd Skururan the Highest in Scotland Except Ben Nevis', which is Sgurr Fhuran, 3,505 feet high, in Glen Shiel.
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This map shows the progress of the battle of Glenshiel, which was fought on 10 June 1719, when a force of Spaniards sent over by James Francis Stuart, and a small number from the Highland clans, led by George Keith, the 10th Earl Marischal, were defeated by General Wightman. The draughtsman, John Henri Bastide, was at that time a lieutenant employed as a Board of Ordnance draughtsman. He was also engaged in the same year, on the plans for the construction of the four highland forts at Bernera, near to Glen Shiel, Ruthven, Inversnaid and Kiliwhimen. Towards the right side of the map, he shows the government forces as they were first drawn up. From there, a series of dotted red lines show how each section of the army moved and engaged the Stuart forces, until the Stuart forces were finally put to flight, towards the bottom left hand area of the map. He has drawn figures of the retreating soldiers fighting a rearguard action, including several vignettes of fallen men. He has added a note to the bottom of the 'References' box to the effect 'NB That the Ennemy in Their flight still fir'd & defended the places of difficult access'. There is a tall structure in the River Shiel, which he lists in his 'References to the Ennemy' as 'the Barricade that defended the pass of the River side'. In the middle of the map, just above the bend in the river, General Wightman is shown on his horse. Bastide also notes 'The Mount Call'd Skururan the Highest in Scotland Except Ben Nevis', which is Sgurr Fhuran, 3,505 feet high, in Glen Shiel.
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Glenshiel
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Glenshiel
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Ross and Cromarty
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Ross and Cromarty
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Scotland
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Scotland
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Sgurr Fharan
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Shiel River
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Glenshiel, Battle of, 1719
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Glenshiel, Battle of, 1719
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Jacobite Rebellion, 1715
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Jacobite Rebellion, 1715
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Battlefields
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Board of Ordnance
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Reference:
Robert Sibbald, 'Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern' [ca. 1682]., [1800], f.16 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281)
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Robert Sibbald, 'Atlas Scoticus, or, a Description of Scotland Ancient and Modern' [ca. 1682]., [1800], f.16 (Public Record Office: WO 55/2281)
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Rights Statement:
© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
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© 2002 Crown Copyright is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the National Library of Scotland
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