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| Tango01 | 02 Jun 2020 9:44 p.m. PST |
"In the early hours of the 13th February 1692, 120 Scots Army soldiers of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment of Foot from Fort William, carry out the Massacre of Glencoe. The troops had been billeted with the MacDonalds of Glencoe since early February and were under the command of Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon. They carry out the orders that were written by Major Robert Duncanson of Argyll's Regiment the day before: The Glencoe MacDonalds were a Jacobite clan, supporting the deposed King James VII/II, and had fought for him at the battles of Killiecrankie and Dunkeld. The Massacre was ordered by Sir John Dalrymple, Secretary of State of Scotland, as punishment for the MacDonald's chief, MacIain, not swearing the oath of loyalty to the new king, William of Orange, before the deadline of 31st December 1691. This was because MacIain, leaving it to the last minute, had travelled to Fort William instead of Inveraray to swear the oath…"
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