Battle of Glen Shiel
| Battle of Glen Shiel | |||||||
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| Part of the Jacobite rising of 1719 | |||||||
The Battle of Glenshiel 1719, Peter Tillemans | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| British government |
Jacobites Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Joseph Wightman |
William Murray James Keith Cameron of Lochiel Nicolás Bolaño | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| c. 1,100 | 1,440 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 141 killed and wounded | c. 100 killed and wounded | ||||||
| Designated | 21 March 2011 | ||||||
| Reference no. | BTL10 | ||||||
The Battle of Glen Shiel took place on 10 June 1719 in the Scottish Highlands, during the Jacobite rising of 1719. A Jacobite army composed of Highland levies and Spanish marines was defeated by British government troops.
The Rising was backed by Spain, then engaged in the 1718–1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance with Britain. Originally intended to support a landing in south-west England, which was cancelled several weeks earlier, its failure was seen as having fatally damaged the Jacobite cause.
The battlefield is now included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland, and protected by Historic Scotland.