The Battle of Culloden: The Last Stand of the Jacobites

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  • @vorynrosethorn903
    @vorynrosethorn903 Год назад +15

    Several things:
    Most jacobites weren't Catholic, though some of the biggest supporters were, they were however marked by the religious belief in hierarchy and the divine right of kings, politically speaking they were opposed to the power of parliament. Ironically pirates (the stereotypically Caribbean kind) during this period were often also jacobites and it is odd that both are depicted as freedom loving and democratic when they were in fact ultra-conservative opponents of political liberalism (though for the pirates the religious motivations were somewhat overshadowed by the fact the Stuart's had been great supporters of privateering).
    Indeed the whole movement was a great deal more comparable to the Carlists in Spain than to modern political movements (though the Carlists were much more successful).
    The highland romanticism was primarily to do with Sir Walter Scott rather than Victoria, she merely made it the trend in English high society as well as Scottish. The bravery of highland troops also played a factor in the change in attitude, as the loyalty of such men was not to be questioned after their services to the nation.
    While that very same highland romanticism is popular among the independence movement I would argue that it is not the source of it. Due to the clearances most Scots are lowlanders and the lowlanders have a history of hatred of highlanders that the English never did, the romanticism means that Scots can forget the actual dividing lines that once existed but the redirecting into a sentiment of independence is very tied into the fortunes of empire. While the jacobites had loyalty to crown and concept of monarchy itself (many who were exiled to America ironically fought with the loyalists in the American revolution due to their deep opposition to republicanism), the lowlanders signed away the political independence of Scotland for commercial and financial reasons, this as it ended up suited them very well and they would take a very disproportionate role in the imperial enterprise of Britain. They would set up business and settle in every land the British touched and they would take a prominent role in every type of interaction, providing merchants, soldiers, diplomats, leaders, settlers, administrators, evangelists, national hero's and basically everything else the expansion of empire needed in great numbers, also as a result Scotland (along with many other parts of the British isles which are now neglected backwaters) boomed, it became a centre of education, commerce and culture and Edinburgh became the second city of the world.
    The first world war was a great upset, the economy was left in shambles, a massive number of Scots paid the ultimate price and despite the later stereotypes it was the political leadership of Britain and not it's generals that were almost solely responsible, it is unsurprising that when the rulership of the country continued to be abysmal (as it has to this day) that people in Scotland started thinking about constructing a new national identity and a myth to wreath it, they had been happy to strive for the engloryment of Britain when that meant their minority share was still of an ever expanding pie but they had never signed on to being shackled to a declining basket case and they very much preferred to not be dragged under with it. If course the problem they face is that their political class is not more competent than that in London and they will have to do more that romanticize past glories to institute the reforms necessary to ensure long term survival, due to the massive overlap within so many British institutions they are unfortunately fused into the problems and at this point independence will only localise them.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +2

      Some great points raised there. I enjoyed reading it. Very well put. 👍🏻

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 10 месяцев назад +3

      What utter nonsense 😂

    • @Semtex_1992
      @Semtex_1992 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@DiD86very one sided dialogue you deliver. Bias, and in a documentary that's quite poor. May I advise (although your bias will never leave you) to perhaps deliver a more in depth analysis rather than shitting on one side and praising the other?

  • @TheKlipparn
    @TheKlipparn Год назад +11

    Charlie, Charlie, wha wadna follow thee? ⁠King o' the Highland hearts, bonnie Prince Charlie!

  • @carolynjohnson6867
    @carolynjohnson6867 Год назад +12

    This was my first fully attentive watch of an episode ! What a surprise to find an intelligent voice, sharp mind with a sassy mouth! An amazing combo!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      Cheers. 👍🏻

  • @jackharrison6771
    @jackharrison6771 Месяц назад +2

    Another fantastic video, thanks again.
    There used to be a guide at the Culloden Battlefield visitor centre. Dressed in Highland uniform, he was a magnificent figure; completely into his subject and role. He showed great familiarity with his claymore, shield and dirk.
    Full marks for recommending the movie- Chasing The Deer.

  • @tommanning01
    @tommanning01 Год назад +10

    Huge fan of your videos man! They're excellent for listening to while working. I particularly enjoyed the weaponry details, very well researched indeed! Keep up the good work!!

  • @tedgarside6138
    @tedgarside6138 Год назад +2

    You mentioned William of Orange and then jumped to George. What about William's wife, Mary II, who was queen in her own right and reigned after her husbands death. Her sister Anne was the next monarch who reigned before George.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      Yeah I forgot completely. Mea culpa.

  • @louisavondart9178
    @louisavondart9178 Год назад +9

    Armchair Field Marshal here. Fighting in a bog is never a good idea unless you can draw the enemy cavalry into it. So the choice of battle site was a grevious error and gave Cumberland all the advantage. Not having experienced guides for the night march was the biggest one, however. Night moves are always dodgy, so that one was really badly organised. Had I been in charge, I'd have slunk off , in good order, leaving Cumberland wondering where the fight was going to be. However, if there was going to be a fight, I'd have used the fog to move the bulk of the Highlanders to Culloden park and attack the left flank of the redcoats, only keeping their attention to their front with the few cannons I had. Oid nooit be runnun over theyt bog, Laddie.

    • @raymondmcdonald355
      @raymondmcdonald355 6 месяцев назад +1

      The night march was a total disaster, arriving far too late at Nairn to effect a surprise attack, turning back, the jacobites were shattered physically and mentally.

    • @nickdarr7328
      @nickdarr7328 4 месяца назад +2

      And don't forget how dangerous that bog will become generations later for any travelers, whether man, orc or hobbit. Bogs have always been known for their almost supernatural ability to preserve a corpse. We don't need the spirits of those fallen to tempt and trick the unweary with lights, lights which lead them to their doom. Unless you happen to have a guide who likes his fishes raw and riggling. So for the sake of Frodo, Sam and Gollum avoid battles in bogs

  • @TheUsagiNew.
    @TheUsagiNew. Год назад +12

    I will be extremely honest I have never clicked on a video so fast in my life after getting a notification that it's on!!
    What an extremely interesting topic! I was waiting for you to cover it and I will be honest: as a foreigner I first heard of it while watching the TV series "Outlander". 😅😊
    Once again, this was wonderfully narrated!
    A million thanks!!!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +3

      I really need to watch Outlander! I’ve heard it’s decent!

    • @TheUsagiNew.
      @TheUsagiNew. Год назад +1

      @@DiD86 (I'm still listening to the video as I'm recording the comment, damn it your accent and the way you're utilizing the language will never cease to amaze me!)
      Yes Outlander is decent! The first three seasons are really good! I stopped watching after that as it is not my cup of tea. However, I think you will enjoy at least the first three seasons! ☺️

    • @Damien_Clarke
      @Damien_Clarke Год назад +2

      I know, right! I have subscribed to many, many channels w/ notifications, but DiD is by FAR my favorite!

  • @gregorydixon4689
    @gregorydixon4689 2 дня назад +1

    Great video. I live in Texas, USA. I have visited the battlefield three times. Prince Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria Stuart should have recognized that he was setting the Scots up for slaughter. He should have retreated and made the Brits follow them into the Highlands. They could have broken up the troops into smaller groups and fought guerilla warfare style.

  • @_renaissance.girl_
    @_renaissance.girl_ 6 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you for such an interesting video. My ancestors fought in this battle with Clan Robertson. Sending you hugs from New Zealand 💕

  • @Scott-vc7ro
    @Scott-vc7ro 11 месяцев назад +1

    I always wondered how my Scottish blood found it's way to Northern USA, someday I'll have my DNA test done and gain much wanted ancestry revealed. Great video,

  • @jodifritz9456
    @jodifritz9456 9 месяцев назад +1

    Naturally, as a cousin of MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS 👑I'd side with BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE, A STEWART❤

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  9 месяцев назад

      I would’ve been a Jacobite, too but I wouldn’t have fought on that moor. It really was and still is a stupid place to pick for a scrap.

  • @dopechannoodles9791
    @dopechannoodles9791 Год назад +3

    Im born and raised in South Carolina and from what I understand both sides of my family (Hunter and Tucker) are from Scotland so this may explain how I got here lol. Just found your channel and love it. subscribed

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      One of my best friends is a Tucker. Lol

  • @jamesgraham6122
    @jamesgraham6122 Год назад +1

    The parallels with Brexit are quite amazing.. The Catholics were quite prepared to be subservient to a Popish rule that was essentially political, not as we see it today as a purely religious function. England was determined to remain free of Catholic oppression.

  • @TheScotsalan
    @TheScotsalan Год назад +3

    As a Scot,brought up close to the site of the 2nd battle of Falkirk, I was brought up on a diet of the hero young pretender. Weirs way was on telly, and Macgreggors series too. It was taught in School too. As a Campbell, it was a bit awkward for me. However, what you are missing here, is the same as Tom Weir and STV missed. This was not about a hero fighting for Scottish independence. It was about the Catholic Church. The Jacobites wanted Papist control. For sure, there was Hanovarian issues etc, but that does not change the truth. This was a religious war. 👍

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +2

      I did mention it at the beginning but I admit, I should have reinforced that point at the end.

    • @TheScotsalan
      @TheScotsalan Год назад +2

      No prob 👍😁. Its interesting cos its actually connected to the whole US evangelical thing. James 1st done his bible to show god annointed kings, and not the Pope. Then the reformation, and ppl discovered life was better with a minimal church. The industrial revolution kicked off, the fundies set sail on the Mayflower, the Hanovarians were installed.. and the Catholics had one last go to make the Pope the top dude. Ireland, and the Highlands were Catholic. As a Campbell, if it happened again I would take the current Kings side. I am really just posting this so your US viewers might google it 👍

    • @TheScotsalan
      @TheScotsalan Год назад +1

      Timestamp 46 mins. Re the Highland Clearances. It was for sure a shameful episode of Brit history. But it should be noted, America did not want them too. Catholics were seen as a threat. Indentured servitude awaited them. The federalist papers specifically excluded Catholics from the 2nd amendment decades later, and even today, 100s of years later, the first Catholic POTUS is treated with suspicion. This whole story is a lot more complex than it appears at first. 👍.

    • @sugarkane4830
      @sugarkane4830 Год назад +1

      @@TheScotsalanyou know they didn’t treat the English poor much better.

    • @wboyle9721
      @wboyle9721 Год назад +1

      As a Campbell you have had bad press true a Campbell was in charge at glencoe but the soldiers were lowlanders of many surnames some soldiers tipped off the McDonald's the sad event occurred with a late oath and bad weather king William must take. Bad press for this massacre it was a dark day for scotland

  • @ThunderingWargamer
    @ThunderingWargamer 8 месяцев назад +2

    Great video, did my dissertation on Culloden and it's aftermath many years ago. Charlie did step back on British soul after Culloden though, he returned and made a secret trip to London in about 1750 before leaving again.

  • @colindunnigan8621
    @colindunnigan8621 Год назад +2

    No, no, no, it's not Brian Blessed, man! It's BRIAN BLESSED!!!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +2

      GORDON’S ALIVE???!!!😂😂😂😂😂

    • @colindunnigan8621
      @colindunnigan8621 Год назад +1

      @@DiD86 BB does snooker commentary:
      ruclips.net/video/YP11L9jRW94/видео.html

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler 7 месяцев назад +1

    This is the first of your videos that I have seen, and I'm very impressed with it! New subscriber!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  7 месяцев назад +1

      Welcome to the Dark Legion!

  • @mr.pradorobledo
    @mr.pradorobledo Год назад +1

    Blanca, Silver. #BS

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Год назад +3

    Remember they used part of Hadrian's Wall to build a military road up into Scotland after this Rebellion.

    • @TheScotsalan
      @TheScotsalan Год назад +1

      Wades roads. Never heard about the Hadrians wall thing, but the roads were built after the 1715. The Jacobites actually used them in the 1745. Its why there was so much distance between battles👍. From memory, so might be wrong. Wade actually done very few roads. It was a Major Cauldfield who built most of them. I dont think there was any in the borders thinking about it. It was central belt to the north. 👍

  • @cliffordfreeman7829
    @cliffordfreeman7829 Год назад +2

    Another great history video.Everyone i learn how much i did not know.That poem had me laughing quite a bit.

  • @deanbuss1678
    @deanbuss1678 Год назад +2

    Very interesting WELL narrated video.
    GOOD SHOW!

  • @suzannewilliam-james9744
    @suzannewilliam-james9744 Год назад +2

    Thank you DiD for another great video 👍

  • @moomyung9231
    @moomyung9231 9 месяцев назад

    I only have the slightest, tiniest amount of Scottish ancestry. They didn't leave because of Culloden, they were in America before 1700. So I definitely side with the English here, I have at least a measurable amount of English, plus I'm 7/8 Protestant background with only a Catholic great-grandma. I don't like Catholicism to be in charge of government affairs. That ended badly in France and Spain.

  • @Dav1Gv
    @Dav1Gv Год назад

    A great video but it WAS NOT the last battle on British soil. The Castlemartin Yeomanry had the battle honour Fishguard for defeating a very cack-handed French invasion in 1797 (?), the only battle honour awarded for an action on British soil. Also, Jemima Nicholas, a blacksmith by trade but also, it is said, employed part-time as a chucker out at pubs in the town, armed with a pitchfork led the women of the town out to round up the French. Her exploit is commemorated by a tapestry in Fishguard and a (very good) locally brewed beer called Jemima's Pitchfork (often available in the Six Bells, Penmark, Nr Barry where I live).

  • @MySamurai77
    @MySamurai77 2 месяца назад

    All them Highlanders were even worse than the English Aristocrats. You would have just replaced one group of brutal ruler's with another even more brutal group of ruler's. They would have crapped all over us lowlanders and made the Clan Chiefs our oppressors.

  • @AlfieTheHammer363
    @AlfieTheHammer363 Год назад +2

    I would have fought with Cumberland against the pretender but massacre of the wounded should not have been allowed or the Highland clearings but different times when even children in London were allowed to starve

    • @sugarkane4830
      @sugarkane4830 Год назад

      The it was the excepted thing for the time.

  • @tymstewart
    @tymstewart Год назад +2

    Great video. Very thorough and detailed and in depth. I think I had family on the Stewart Of Appin side, but I am not 100% sure. We were also part of the Stewarts to go to northern Ireland during the plantation (? I forget if that's the correct word). I think I would have to be on the Jacobite side even though I think it's stupid, but I'm looking back on it with a historical perspective.

  • @annastark3786
    @annastark3786 Год назад +3

    Thank you for this video. I am an Australian of Scots ancestory. Great to learn about my family history. I know my great great ++ uncle was a member of Bonnie Prince Charlie's council and fought at Culloden.

    • @sugarkane4830
      @sugarkane4830 Год назад +1

      Nothing to be proud of

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 10 месяцев назад

      Member of the army that invaded England and slaughtered whole towns and cities and took hundreds of slaves just before England found them hiding in Scotland and destroyed them. You need to research all history not just what suits your little fee fees.

    • @BingoFrogstrangler
      @BingoFrogstrangler 5 месяцев назад

      Couldn’t have fought very hard.

  • @markus000karkus
    @markus000karkus 2 месяца назад

    Enjoyed the episode a great deal. You didn't mention the post battle genocide and the sacking of Inverness though.

  • @jamespfp
    @jamespfp Год назад +1

    21:01 -- RE: "... the first model had a barrel length of a staggering..."; Yeah, it wasn't the only thing staggered when you fired it neither. :D

  • @mattosullivan9687
    @mattosullivan9687 7 месяцев назад

    I have some old family papers passed down that refer to O'Sullivans who served in the French army at that time and fought in Scotland

  • @diggerbrains1967
    @diggerbrains1967 Год назад +1

    Walked the battlefield numerous times and it was a.shocking poor decision to have fought on .....the outcome may have been different if the advantages the Jacobites army had to better use on flatter open area....

  • @macdiggitty
    @macdiggitty Год назад +3

    Great video DiD! Well put together and comprehensive to a yankee like me haha. Looking forward to your future videos!!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +2

      More to come, don’t you worry about that.
      I’m looking forward to covering some American battles, although that will open me up to writing about British defeats and a load of (hopefully) friendly jibes from my US viewers. 😂😂😂
      I still love the USA and it’s people, nonetheless. 😁

    • @macdiggitty
      @macdiggitty Год назад +1

      @@DiD86 can’t wait to watch those!!
      I remember learning about a few battles in school so I’d be very interested to see you cover them or maybe ones I never even knew about. Much love to you and yours, though we split culturally long ago we’re still all brothers and sisters on this earth! 😁

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      I agree! 😇👍🏻

  • @mattosullivan9687
    @mattosullivan9687 7 месяцев назад

    I would love to see you do some about Ireland, the Boyne and more modern like the Easter Rebellion

  • @avago2day
    @avago2day Год назад +1

    My paternal grandmother was a Douglas, so yes I have something of the Scots in me. Jane ❤

  • @philipgolding3672
    @philipgolding3672 3 месяца назад

    My great great Grandfather was a Mac Donald who came to New Zealand on the first Immigrant ship 'the Phillip Laing to Otago in 1848. So that s about 80 years later

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  3 месяца назад +1

      I hope they found a better life than they had in Scotland.

  • @derekmanthey8811
    @derekmanthey8811 Год назад

    Do you realize you forgot about Queen Anne 1702-1714. Come ON !!!!!!!!!!!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Yes, I did. As others have said. Mea Culpa.

  • @Veronicastacxj
    @Veronicastacxj Год назад

    I'm an American with supposedly 1/4 Scottish Ancentry. I have often wondered how and when my ancestors arrived. Turns out they were probably displaced by sheep. Wonderful.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Weren’t the English just the nicest? 😏
      One of many shameful acts down the years.

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpy Год назад +1

    That wasn't so long ago that bayoneting wounded men could be looked at as anything but butchery.

  • @Marcus_McCormick11
    @Marcus_McCormick11 Год назад +2

    Really good video but the history around the jacobite weapons is a tad incorrect.
    The Jacobites infact had a large number of firelocks (muskets). Some French but mostly captured Hanoverian arms. There is a fair bit if evidence to support the theory that the jacobites actually exchanged fire with the government troops for some time apose to the traditional theory of it being a melee force vs musket and bayonet.
    When it comes to jacobite melee weapons. There havent been any lochaber axes found at Culloden. There also have been very few broadswords found but this may he due to them being taking as prizes or saved due to there cost.
    As for targes the term buckler refers to a much smaller shiled that covers not much more than the hand. The term boss refers to the central metal reinforcement found in most but not all shields.
    You are correct about the majority of the jacobite army being armed with farming tools and improvised weapons but broadsword ls wherent just used by chieftains. Infact most of the front rank would have been made up if taxman. These where the tax collectors of the clan and the better of Clansman.
    I really don't want to come across as a "ummMMmm actually" but thought you might find these wee tip bits interesting. Again sorry if this was annoying and thank you for the wonderful video.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +2

      The thing with the Lochaber axe and the older muskets comes from a quote from a burgess of Edinburgh, whose name escapes me at the current moment, who made particular note of the arms the Jacobite army carried.
      It is of course possible that they were able to upgrade in the intervening time, but I went with a primary source for the purpose of accuracy with an asterisk, if you follow my meaning?
      I should have further mentioned that the arrival of the French regulars proved a bit “chalk and cheese” to the Jacobites as they’re differing ways of fighting did not gel very well, hence why they were held in the reserve. But they did of course prove their worth in spades when called upon!

    • @Marcus_McCormick11
      @Marcus_McCormick11 Год назад

      @@DiD86 thank you for the reply my man :)
      Fully get where you are coming from. With the asterisk and always best to go with primary sources. I'm just particular interested in warfare of the era especially the jacobite conflicts (teach who to use the swords for a living 😅)
      On the whole fantatsic video as always and I look forward to the next one.

    • @damionkeeling3103
      @damionkeeling3103 Год назад

      @@DiD86 No French were sent from what I've read. The two units that arrived were what remained after the main part of their regiments were either captured or turned back at sea. One regiment was Scottish and the other Irish. Technically French but actually made up of exiles. They were treated as French captives after the battle and returned to France.

  • @wildcolonialman
    @wildcolonialman Год назад +1

    Fascinating. And recent, as such, this telling battle, I was aware of, and now the details. Thank you.

  • @LloydEWatson1983
    @LloydEWatson1983 Год назад +2

    Brilliant, thank you 👌

  • @mauricedavis2160
    @mauricedavis2160 Год назад +1

    Excellent episode Sir, thank you!!!🙏🦉❣️

  • @thePrussian
    @thePrussian Год назад +3

    Enjoyed this! I shared with my Templar brothers. I’m sure there will be an interesting comment from our N.I. Priory head, as he is an Ulster Scot.

    • @TheScotsalan
      @TheScotsalan Год назад +2

      Whatever your lodge decides to do, please dont donate to the SNP. Although I am a Scottish Nationalist who voted SNP whenever I could, lets not give them more money for campervans 😂

    • @TheScotsalan
      @TheScotsalan Год назад

      Ulster Scots. From the implantation of the Scots. Proddies. They would have been on the Hanovarian side. 👍.

    • @thePrussian
      @thePrussian Год назад

      @@TheScotsalan Not a lodge. Freemasons are not Templars. Be assured that KTI does NOT support Socialist parties such as the SNP. Deus Vult!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +2

      😂😂 oooooh nice burn! 😂

    • @Damien_Clarke
      @Damien_Clarke Год назад

      Templar, eh? Mason here! Hello Brother.

  • @andrewmaccallum2367
    @andrewmaccallum2367 Год назад +2

    Good work 👏👏👏

  • @Damien_Clarke
    @Damien_Clarke Год назад +1

    Excellent Video, As Always!
    Thanks for the recommendation for the "Chasing the Deer." Not only did it have the great Brian Blessed, but also Fish. I named by daughter after the Marillion song, "Kayleigh."

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      Yes, I did think about naming him also but I can’t get over the fact that the guy is named Fish!
      James Darcy is also worthy of note as a well beloved and much missed Scottish actor. I remember him as Pete the Jakey in Still Game. If you’ve not watched that, do yourself the biggest favour you can and watch that series! It’s HILARIOUS!!!

  • @oldmacdreadapexriddims1460
    @oldmacdreadapexriddims1460 Год назад

    After the grapeshot barrage there was nothing left 🙏

  • @JUANORQUIO
    @JUANORQUIO Год назад +1

    W❤️W! That’s Incredibly Awesome! 🤗❤️✨

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      Thank you. I thought so, too. But then I’m a BIT biased! 😂😂😂

  • @loushky619
    @loushky619 3 месяца назад

    Thanks mate
    Can you tell if there was any welsh involment in this upsrising? Famius soldiers on either side or revellion in wales as a link to this
    Thanks

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  3 месяца назад +1

      Not that I’m aware of but I could never rule it out.

  • @james3368
    @james3368 Год назад +1

    Well told story 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @calummcnab3222
    @calummcnab3222 7 месяцев назад

    I liked your admission of your Clan fighting on the Government site. I am a McNab and my ancestores fought in the government forces of the Hanovariens at Culloden but, also fought for the hammer of the Scots " Edward the 1st" , in the wars of independance in the 13th and 14th hundreds. I love this Channel.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  7 месяцев назад

      You misunderstood, my clan were Jacobites.

    • @raymondmcdonald355
      @raymondmcdonald355 6 месяцев назад

      There was more Scots fighting for the Crown than in the Jacobite army, mainly from the lowlands

  • @silvanski
    @silvanski Год назад +1

    Another splendid documentary.

  • @briansmith1055
    @briansmith1055 Год назад

    Should have kept going..not turned back at Derby

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +3

      There is an argument for it but attempting to take a city of (then) five million inhabitants with just five thousand men?
      Not easy. Even if one percentage resisted, that’s still far over what they could comfortably deal with.

  • @stephenwise3635
    @stephenwise3635 Год назад +1

    Grapeshot, that's one thing I'd never heard of. Cheers DiD for your usual extensive research and due diligence. As always, stay safe :)

  • @peregrinemccauley5010
    @peregrinemccauley5010 Год назад +3

    Those Catholics just wouldn't leave England alone . Catholicism , the scourge of mankind .

  • @terryl858
    @terryl858 4 месяца назад

    Weather conditions please at the battle before after during battle

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  4 месяца назад

      I’m honestly not sure. But given that area of Scotland it wouldn’t shock me if they were facing drizzle and cold.

  • @roytetwart
    @roytetwart Год назад +1

    An excellent video. Thank you!

  • @papapabs175
    @papapabs175 Год назад

    18.46 the inside of the shield (😂) there is a small horizontal pouch, what is it, can. Anyone inform 😁

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      It’s there to store a boss spike when not in use.

    • @papapabs175
      @papapabs175 Год назад +1

      @@DiD86 Ah, thanks. Great video, really enjoyed that 👏🏼

  • @TheSqeela
    @TheSqeela Год назад +1

    What a perfect voice for a gripping narration!

  • @raymondmcdonald355
    @raymondmcdonald355 6 месяцев назад

    I had ancestors who fought and died at Culloden Moor

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  6 месяцев назад

      A sad day for highlanders. 😔

  • @mairiconnell6282
    @mairiconnell6282 Год назад +6

    Stinky Billy is still remembered today. The Duke of Cumberland. This is a fantastic honest account. I learned from this video. My son and I enjoyed watching this as he has a strong military understanding. Normally when anything to do the with Clans comes on, we have our own opinions. As a historian myself this is a great in detailed account of the 45 rebellion. Both my son and I ate dinner together in harmony, watching, agreeing and disagreeing.

    • @SheppeyRed
      @SheppeyRed Год назад

      Wah, wah, wah - why not cry some more. You started a war then cry that you lost and had to suffer the consequences. Typical Scot.

  • @skullcowboy9609
    @skullcowboy9609 Год назад +1

    Awesome as always. Every new vid is a treat.

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpy Год назад +1

    Well I wouldn't have picked a bog for my battle for one. But that would have been as good for the enemy so who knows. I can say for sure i would not have bayoneted a wounded man who was likely already dying.

    • @barbararice6650
      @barbararice6650 Год назад +1

      It's easy, try it out on your cat, put your boot on its head while it's subdued poke in the knife you've tied onto a broom handle a couple of times 😐
      What 🙄
      of course you couldn't stick a bayonet into an enemy, you've spent the whole of your life eating peanuts on a sofa watching the TV, threepence on the pay would get me to do it happy as Larry, in fact it did😑

    • @robertalpy
      @robertalpy Год назад

      @@barbararice6650 well aren't you uppity. I never said I couldn't stick a bayonet in an enemy I said I couldn't do it to a man who was no longer an enemy but a prisoner in every sense of the word.
      You know nothing about me. Who I am, where I've been and what I can and can't do. That you could kill someone who is surrendering means you are disturbed. I'd shoot you if I were your commanding officer.

  • @jamescorlett5272
    @jamescorlett5272 Год назад

    Have not watched yet but I have an interest in the 45 and Charles Edward Stuart - I've never come across a satisfactory answer as to the behaviour of Lord George Murray ? his own bravery is not in doubt yet the are many questions about him that to me make him well ( this is were his role makes ķnow sense ) a traitor to the cause or at the very least a man who hated Charles and seems to have been a pain in the Princes arse from the time Charlie landed - what was he all about ? - surely others can't have helped but notice - no wonder the Prince thought himself betrayed .

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      An interesting question. One I haven’t considered before.
      I think he was a man torn. Torn between his loyalty to his King and the foppish, effeminate son who made the wrong decision at nearly every turn due to listening to the wrong people, particularly O’Sullivan.
      Nothing qualified O’Sullivan to be Charlie’s advisor as he was nothing more than a quartermaster. Ok for organising horses and supplies but absolutely no authority on fighting strategy and tactics.
      So, I suppose that’s the basic answer that I can come up with at 11:35PM on a Sunday. 😅

    • @jamescorlett5272
      @jamescorlett5272 11 месяцев назад

      @DiD86 how odd that Charles and Charles only new that at Derby it was now or never - of course Another wrong decision that was taken by the Scots not Charles - the Clans we're finished from that stupid cowardly and self serving decision .

  • @Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933
    @Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933 Год назад +1

    Speaking of the horrific damage that can be done with grapeshot, have you ever considered doing a video on the 1825 Decemberist Revolt in Russia? It's quite the story.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      I am not familiar with it but I can certainly look it up. 👍🏻

    • @Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933
      @Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933 Год назад +1

      @@DiD86 TL;DR, the time that a group of army officers tried to coup Tsarist Russia after the death of Alexander I.

  • @coyotemojo
    @coyotemojo Год назад +1

    this was very well done. more like this, please.

  • @Votereform81
    @Votereform81 25 дней назад

    They should of came by dingy

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  25 дней назад

      😏😏😏

  • @iggit2
    @iggit2 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you DID!.. you truly are a master at this!..

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  8 месяцев назад +1

      😇 I try my very best.
      Thank you

  • @davidknox5929
    @davidknox5929 Год назад

    V clear.Thx

  • @Dav1Gv
    @Dav1Gv Год назад

    And, of course, a later Lord Elcho was to die in the Middle East in the First World War serving with the Gloucestershire Hussars. His family seat Stanway House, near Cheltenham is well worth a visit and has the highest natural fountain in Europe - it's fascinating to see,

  • @deeayenn
    @deeayenn Год назад +1

    I have never before seen one of those 'all steel' pistols and I instantly want one.
    Thank you for bringing them to my attention. I will add them to my list of historical weapons I should not be able to afford..

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Same! I REALLY want one.
      Better still, two!

    • @deeayenn
      @deeayenn Год назад

      Go halves? Although a set of two will probably cost more..
      I keep an eye out for historical weapons via auction houses. Lucky enough to grab a few swords, some of which are linked back to names individuals.
      Flintlocks seem to carry a premium though, unfortunately. There's only so many times one can state 'no food this week, there are weapons to be bought'.

  • @tomjacobs2032
    @tomjacobs2032 Год назад +1

    That was a great video. while I was watching , I was thinking how great it would be to be in a pub with a nice pint listening to you do this show. Well maybe more than a one pint .

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      A live reading with booze? I’m in! 😂

    • @tomjacobs2032
      @tomjacobs2032 Год назад

      @@DiD86 Brilliant!🍻

  • @cardboardempire
    @cardboardempire Год назад +1

    I have read in several ghost story books that the site of this battle is highly haunted.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      Yes, I’ve heard so.

    • @cardboardempire
      @cardboardempire Год назад +1

      @@DiD86 Great video. Sorry about your soggy shoe.

  • @chesspiece81
    @chesspiece81 Год назад

    DiD I can't tell you how much I enjoy your channel, but why is the first part of every word when you start a new section the introduction is always cut off? Like when you introduce "Background," all that comes across on the video is "ground" or "round." Aside from that, every upload is extremely enjoyable. Thank you for the content.

  • @jamespfp
    @jamespfp Год назад +1

    1:50 -- RE: The Latin Word for James, Jacobus; There may be an obvious reason why I had noticed this a long time ago (I'm a Junior, BTW, Dad was also a James but his university degree saw right through that) but it took me a much longer period of time to figure out the wheres and the why-fors of how it turned into James from Jacob.
    One of the best pieces in the puzzle comes from Shakespeare. The play "Othello" has a variation on it which is downstream of Latin and intermediary to modern Spanish and English. That name is Iago. And consequently, also via Spanish is Jaime which seems to be considered an alternative form, perhaps a little like how Williams become Bills.
    Many languages with PIE roots have a tendency to use multiple letters for the same sounds; compare Caesar to Tzar, or perhaps even better Zeus to Theos to Deus to French's "Dieu".

    • @jamespfp
      @jamespfp Год назад +1

      ^^ And oh yeah, Seamus! Another glorious example.

    • @jamespfp
      @jamespfp Год назад +1

      ^^ And Speaking of Billy; see also Guillaume which is French, via German.

    • @jamespfp
      @jamespfp Год назад

      And Oh! RE: Getting up in the morning...; I have some personal wisdom to share in this regard too. When I was younger and engaging in pursuits etymological and otherwise I was in the habit of consuming great quantities of coffee. In short, I gave up coffee in favor of tea (which I already quite liked anyhow) and didn't drink much coffee at all for a decade or more.
      I used to consider myself an insomniac. I now understand better what effect the coffee was having on my late nights, not to mention the all-nighters. More recently, I heard an aphorism which made a lot of sense in relation to the coffee. Every hour of sleep a person gets before midnight is worth 2 hours after midnight. That's definitely true the further north in latitude we go.
      *And then,* the best part of the wisdom. After I had turned 40, I re-discovered what coffee is for. A former housemate left behind an espresso machine, and I re-acquired the habit of getting up early to put on the Morning brew. Since it was espresso for a while, I settled on having large americanos cutting the product with hot water. After a time, I settled on a French press instead, and to be honest, I prefer that. And cousin, there is nothing better than that for an alarm clock.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Remember though, no J in Latin. It’s Iacobus.

    • @jamespfp
      @jamespfp Год назад +1

      @@DiD86 Oh Yes, Exactly! Thus, Iago. The C became a G sound, too.

  • @sirleroyale4412
    @sirleroyale4412 Год назад

    3:12

  • @KatieSandell-o2o
    @KatieSandell-o2o Год назад

    The confession *snicker*
    P.S. The one about being late all the time

  • @snakes3425
    @snakes3425 Год назад

    war...war never changes.

  • @Sassymouse88
    @Sassymouse88 Год назад +1

    7 shades of shite 🤣🤣😂 love it! Adding that to my list of expressions!

    • @Sassymouse88
      @Sassymouse88 Год назад +2

      I have Scottish, English, Welsh & Jewish ancestry. Scottish on Mum's side and the rest on Dad's side. My Dad (and therefore me too!) is a direct descendant of a Marine who came out to Australia on the first fleet. My ancestor married a convict, a Jewish woman charged with theft & sentenced to transportation. Mum's side is clan Mackenzie (sp?).
      I'm so white I'm almost transparent!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      I’m glad I can add to your vocabulary of vulgar terms.
      What I like to call a Profanisaurus. 😏

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      So why you’re almost transparent! 😂😂😂
      A very good phrase, but I’ll raise you this one…
      I’m so white my heart pumps ranch dressing! 😂😂😂

    • @Sassymouse88
      @Sassymouse88 Год назад

      @@DiD86 brilliant!! 😂

    • @Sassymouse88
      @Sassymouse88 Год назад

      @@DiD86 😂🤣😂 that’s very American-white tho!
      Maybe it should be something related to white sauce or potatoes 😂

  • @carolynjohnson6867
    @carolynjohnson6867 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Thank you very much 😇👍🏻

  • @shirleymental4189
    @shirleymental4189 Год назад +2

    Princess Charlie and the men with Nae troos.

  • @fourmilier.
    @fourmilier. Год назад +3

    The Stuarts were always a disastrous Royal house and always proved bad luck for the Isles of Britain.

    • @damionkeeling3103
      @damionkeeling3103 Год назад +1

      James VI/I and Charles II were pretty good kings who did a lot of good for the British Isles. The House fell apart because Charles II married a Catholic who raised her son to be one which resulted in the law that Catholics could never be king, a law only recently undone.

  • @AlMount
    @AlMount Год назад +2

    Very interesting and informative
    My heritage goes back to County Cork in Ireland. Their name was O'Rariden. Once in Ameerica they dropped the O, for the Irish were not well thought of in New York. Thus the reason so many found work as Policemen and Firemen.

  • @robertalpy
    @robertalpy Год назад +2

    In New York we managed to preserve most of the Adirondack forest that falls within the Adirondack state park. So large it can fit all the federal parks within it.
    It's thanks to teddy Roosevelt that it was saved. I'm sure the Canadian lumber industry is glad for it too.
    Roosevelt oddly did not allow the federal government to claim the Adirondack park as a federal park. Probably because it covers a third of the state. So private property is allowed within it but there a strict limits to what can be done with that land. Most having little more than hunting lodges and cabins on them.

  • @longkeithdiablo8812
    @longkeithdiablo8812 Год назад +1

    Sassenachs 😂😂

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Aye, they don’t like ‘em much. Lol

  • @Seansaighdeoir
    @Seansaighdeoir Год назад +2

    The Catholic / Protestant thing has a long history but there was much more to the 'Glorious Revolution' than simply the deposing of James 2/7 who was after all the rightful heir to the throne of England.
    What William III brought with him was the Venetian financial oligarchy who previously ensconced in Venice had move to Amsterdam which became the primary financial hub after previously Antwerp had lost this place.
    That brought the beginnings of rule by finance and the beginning of bankers wars. They also enabled the BEIC together with its corporate bedmate the Dutch EIC began to loot and plunder the world and brought fortunes to those involved through slavery and tyranny.
    The country changed enormously as a result and great fortunes were made but it has been rule by oligarchy ever since.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Yes, but for the purposes of expediency, I went with the much truncated and simple to understand approach

    • @Seansaighdeoir
      @Seansaighdeoir Год назад

      @@DiD86 appreciate the reasoning and not trying to be deliberately critical.
      Just wishing to point out that so many people actually have no understanding or knowledge of these events. Most simply accept things as a religious thing when it was really so much more which you kind have endorsed in comments.

    • @sugarkane4830
      @sugarkane4830 Год назад +1

      It was a European power struggle. Louis wanted to rule the Europe But wasn’t going to be.

    • @Seansaighdeoir
      @Seansaighdeoir Год назад

      @@sugarkane4830 I agree it was a power struggle. Ever since the treaty of Westphalia the formation of the nation state led by France was a threat to the 'internationalists' who ran the Dutch and English East India Companies.
      One of the reasons the moved from Amsterdam was because of the threat to them from France.
      Ever since then they vowed to destroy the monarchies that thwarted them particl
      ularly France as was finally achieved in 1789 and also Russia.
      Russia took a bit longer though but the destruction was more complete.

  • @mcdufflives2719
    @mcdufflives2719 Год назад

    You skipped Queen Anne.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +2

      So I did. I completely forgot about her! My apologies.

    • @aaronbasham6554
      @aaronbasham6554 Год назад +1

      ​@@DiD86you will now face Queen Anne's Revenge. I hope you are ready

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Shouldn’t be a problem, that’s been a rotting wreck for centuries! 😂

    • @aaronbasham6554
      @aaronbasham6554 Год назад

      @@DiD86 okay, I'll organize the cage fight.
      Alternative is it would be interesting hearing the history of the ship

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      Absolutely! Blackbeard is a great candidate for the channel.

  • @davidsellars646
    @davidsellars646 Год назад +2

    My preference would probably be the Scots. Genealogy suggests that I would have been on the other side.

  • @MikeHunt-fo3ow
    @MikeHunt-fo3ow Год назад +1

    i never heard of a jacobites guess im dumb

  • @andrewemery4272
    @andrewemery4272 Год назад +5

    Culloden holds an important place in social history. It gives the Jocks something to whinge about whilst lying face-down drunk on the road in a pool of their own vomit.

    • @JohnMacleod-sl3qr
      @JohnMacleod-sl3qr Год назад

      Rat

    • @james3368
      @james3368 Год назад +1

      That’s a horrible comment 😦🥲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @JohnMacleod-sl3qr
      @JohnMacleod-sl3qr Год назад +2

      Here at least we know to celebrate the English canna handle there drink 😂😂😂😂

    • @timsytanker
      @timsytanker Год назад

      God bless the English bayonet

    • @james3368
      @james3368 Год назад

      @@timsytanker our poor brave men lying wounded,and butchered without mercy 🥲🥲🥲🥲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @free_at_last8141
    @free_at_last8141 Год назад +1

    I'm glad to have found your channel, I'm happy to subscribe. I think that your work would be improved with some music, please keep up the great work.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      Lots of people have commented that they prefer the fact that I don’t have music, so I’m loathed to change. But I take your point in the spirit in which it was offered. 😁
      Welcome aboard.

  • @TheKiltedVengeful
    @TheKiltedVengeful Год назад +1

    Can you please do einsatzgruppe

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      That will be coming very soon.

  • @localbod
    @localbod Год назад

    I have visited the Culloden battlefield site and this video presentation was interesting and informative.
    At 23:23, you surely meant the English army and not the British?

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад +1

      Due to the Act of Union, I felt fairly confident in saying British but of course throughout that time the two words were kind of interchangeable for the most part.
      But I know what you’re driving at.

    • @damionkeeling3103
      @damionkeeling3103 Год назад

      Units like the Campbells and Kerr's Dragoons were Scots, not English.

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      This is why I mostly used the term “government army” instead.
      Campbells…🤬 damned collaborators!

  • @EmmaRoyd-t3z
    @EmmaRoyd-t3z Год назад +2

    With my family being Irish and Welsh, I would have fought on the side with the Scots

    • @sugarkane4830
      @sugarkane4830 Год назад +1

      The Scots fought on both sides. Protestants did not want BPC

  • @barefoofDr
    @barefoofDr Год назад +1

    Never give an Englishman Quarter. We will Never Forget or Forgive.

    • @sugarkane4830
      @sugarkane4830 Год назад +4

      We don’t care.

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 10 месяцев назад

      The Scots invaded England and slaughtered many people just before they got smashed.

    • @britishpatriot7386
      @britishpatriot7386 10 месяцев назад

      Ridiculous little crybaby 😂😂😂

    • @stevebuk100
      @stevebuk100 10 месяцев назад +2

      Grow up

    • @peter1886
      @peter1886 10 месяцев назад

      Keep bowing to humza. Jacobite scumbag.

  • @madaro504
    @madaro504 Год назад

    Thought it was a match report from Scottish premier league match at first..

    • @DiD86
      @DiD86  Год назад

      😂😂

  • @jimbell4864
    @jimbell4864 Год назад

    Butchery in the name of Bronze Age fairy tales

  • @anthonyhudson3136
    @anthonyhudson3136 Год назад

    once again a vid that shows that cancer is nothing but cancer to humankind.

  • @elsbet1656
    @elsbet1656 Год назад +1

    🖤