A chance to catch up with fellow cachers to have a chat and a laugh. The event is at the Bear Pub in Melksham from 7pm onwards so why not come along.
we will be around till 2200 (ish). Children under the age of 18 are allowed until 9pm
There is No raffles or games just chat.
The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force under Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, on Drummossie Moor near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. It was the last pitched battle fought on British soil
The Jacobites, with limited French military support, attempted to consolidate their control of Scotland, where, by early 1746, they were opposed by a substantial government army. A hollow Jacobite victory at Falkirk failed to change the strategic situation: with supplies and pay running short and with the government troops resupplied and reorganised under the Duke of Cumberland, son of British monarch George II, the Jacobite leadership had few options left other than to stand and fight. The two armies eventually met at Culloden, on terrain that gave Cumberland's larger, well-rested force the advantage.
The battle ground was a flat open moor meaning the the goverment troops could use cannon and guns with the best effect. The Jacobites had been using a sucsessfull type of gorrila tactics of hitting them from both sides in steep sided valleys then retreating. The battle lasted only an hour, with the Jacobites suffering a bloody defeat; between 1,500 and 2,000 Jacobites were killed or wounded, while about 300 government soldiers were killed or wounded. While perhaps 5,000 – 6,000 Jacobites remained in arms in Scotland, the leadership decided to disperse, effectively ending the rising.
Its steak night at the pub so there will be a fair few of us having food. Note no purchase is necessary. There is free Parking behind the pub in the supermarket Car park for 3 hours (during the shops opening times).