Reply To: Bendooragh near Coleraine – first ‘Highland Charge’?

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Reading about the Karoliner, it sounds a lot like they fought like Vikings – only with guns…..

I haven’t done a really deep dive into the Jacobites, but I’ve seen a few documentaries and have a couple of books, but I’m still not entirely clear on why the charge at Culloden ever happened.

Running tired, hungry men armed with swords and shields up a muddy hill into the very teeth of artillery sounds like an excellent way of getting many of your men killed for nothing. Whoever ordered that assault should have been shot for treason (or sheer stupidity), preferably before the assault ever happened….