21 September 1745
Battle of Prestonpans
Defeats General Copes dragoons
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Prestonpans in Scotland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeats General Copes dragoons
The first significant conflict in the Jacobite rising of 1745. The Jacobite army loyal to James Francis Edward Stuart and led by his son Charles Edward Stuart defeated the Government army loyal to the Hanoverian George II led by Sir John Cope
The Battle of Prestonpans sees the rout of John Copes (commander of the British Army in Scotland) forces by the Jacobites in a Battle that lasted no longer than fifteen minutes
The news of this Jacobite victory reaches London bringing with it shockwaves, Charles Yorke is amazed that Charles, despite landing almost alone in a remote corner of Scotland, could have accomplished so much in so short a space of time
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