"The Massacre of Glencoe" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Mar 2021 9:35 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, 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: "You are hereby ordered to fall upon the rebells, the McDonalds of Glenco, and put all to the sword under seventy. you are to have a speciall care that the old Fox and his sones doe upon no account escape your hands, you are to secure all the avenues that no man escape. This you are to putt in execution attfyve of the clock precisely; and by that time, or very shortly after it, I'll strive to be att you with a stronger party: if I doe not come to you att fyve, you are not to tarry for me, but to fall on. This is by the Kings speciall command, for the good & safety of the Country, that these miscreants be cutt off root and branch. See that this be putt in execution without feud or favour, else you may expect to be dealt with as one not true to King nor Government, nor a man fitt to carry Commissione in the Kings service. Expecting you will not faill in the full-filling hereof, as you love your selfe, I subscribe these with my hand att Balicholis Feb: 12, 1692…"
Full article here
link Armand |
bandit86  | 26 Mar 2021 10:25 p.m. PST |
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| Porthos | 27 Mar 2021 2:33 a.m. PST |
Nice find, Armand ! I have bookmarked the site. I read about the Glencoe Massacre first in the great books by John Prebble, strongly adviced for those interested in Scottish history. |
| Cerdic | 27 Mar 2021 7:45 a.m. PST |
Maybe it's just me, but I hate when people write about history in the present tense. It really grates! It happened in the  in' PAST! USE THE PAST TENSE, YOU UTTER, UTTER MELT!!!!
(aaand, breathe…)
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| Tango01 | 27 Mar 2021 12:37 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Armand |
| Heedless Horseman | 01 Apr 2021 8:21 p.m. PST |
Result: the poor old Campbells got 'tinned'… and MacDonalds are EVERYWHERE! Just goes to show… LOL! |
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