For centuries, the direction of Scotland's development was influenced by the outcome of the many battles which took place on her soil or over the Border in England. There were glorious victories and terrible defeats. Many, but not all battles, were fought against the English. But this one was! After the abortive Jacobite Uprising of 1715, the "Old Pretender" or James VIII, the exiled Stewart 'king', returned to France and then Italy. However, in 1719 he became involved in an armada from Spain which was to invade England. The main fleet was wrecked by storms and only a tiny diversionary force of two frigates and just over three hundred Spanish infantrymen arrived at Eilean Donan Castle at Loch Duich on the west coast of Scotland. The mixed force of Spaniards and around 1000 clansmen including the famous Rob Roy Macgregor and a handful of his men marched to Glenshiel Pass where they met a British government force of about the same size, which had marched down from Inverness to meet them.  On June 10th they fought in Glenshiel, where the Jacobites had erected rough defences. In a forewarning of what was to happen 27 years later at Culloden the government force brought artillery to bear on the enemy before routing them. The Jacobite clansmen disappeared into the Highlands; the Spaniards surrendered. The farcical 1719 'invasion' was over.

Title: Glenshiel Pass 1719 Battlesite between the troops of George the 1st of England and the Jabobite's of Scotland Location: Kintail, Wester Ross, Highlands, Scotland For more on the Battle of Glenshiel Pass go to : Scottish history-The Jacobite or to: Undiscovered Scotland-timeline Available in Mat Sizes: 16x20, 22x26, 28x32   Email us to order this print.