Yeah there were certainly a few beliefs I had about the battle that transpired not to be fully accurate (I'd always thought it was a stricter binary between Highlanders and Lowlanders, for instance).
1. Think it’s important to note the Duke of Cumberland’s tactic at Culloden to split his line into two parts, front and back, to essentially use his front line to absorb the shock charge from the Jacobites.
2. What do you think would have been the wider historical implications had the Jacobites won the battle or decided to move south of Derby?
For #2, I'm not sure, I suspect it would have been failure in the end, ultimately, even if they had advanced on London. Maybe if the cards had fallen well, things could have gone more in their favour, though the rebellion was always a gamble.
Really interesting piece that dispels a lot of what we learned. I do wonder how history would be different if the Jacobites had won. Enjoyed this!
Yeah there were certainly a few beliefs I had about the battle that transpired not to be fully accurate (I'd always thought it was a stricter binary between Highlanders and Lowlanders, for instance).
Good stuff!
1. Think it’s important to note the Duke of Cumberland’s tactic at Culloden to split his line into two parts, front and back, to essentially use his front line to absorb the shock charge from the Jacobites.
2. What do you think would have been the wider historical implications had the Jacobites won the battle or decided to move south of Derby?
Ha good point RE #1.
For #2, I'm not sure, I suspect it would have been failure in the end, ultimately, even if they had advanced on London. Maybe if the cards had fallen well, things could have gone more in their favour, though the rebellion was always a gamble.