Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore

Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore
Part of the Jacobite Rising of 1745
Knoydart, Lochaber
Date 22 May - 31 August 1746 Location Lochaber and Shiramore (Badenoch), Scottish Highlands Result British-Hanoverian Government victory: the north and western highlands were cleared of Jacobite rebels, but the Jacobite leader Charles Edward Stuart escaped to France
Belligerents
British-Hanoverian Government	Jacobites
Commanders and leaders
General Humphrey Bland Colonel John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun Colonel Lord George Sackville Lieutenant Colonel Cornwallis Lieutenant Colonel Lord Albemarle Captain Norman MacLeod Captain George Munro of Culcairn Captain George Mackay of Skibo	Charles Edward Stuart Donald Cameron of Lochiel Coll MacDonell of Barisdale Aeneas MacDonnell Laird of Mackinnon
Casualties and losses
George Munro of Culcairn killed	Many surrendered and taken prisoner Some executed Some fled into exile

The Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore took place in the Scottish Highlands between 22 May and 31 August 1746 and were part of the closing operations of the British-Hanoverian Government to bring to an end the Jacobite rising of 1745. Sometimes referred to as the "mopping up" operations many rebels surrendered themselves and their arms, while others were captured and punished. It also included the hunt for the Jacobite leader Bonnie Prince Charles Edward Stuart otherwise known as the Young Pretender. Most of the work was done on behalf of the Government by the Independent Highland Companies of militia and also the Campbell of Argyll Militia.

The Jacobite rising of 1745 had ultimately been defeated at the Battle of Culloden that took place on 16 April 1746, not far from Inverness. On 7 May Lord Loudoun (John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun), supporter of the British-Hanoverian Government, left Inverness and ordered the independent companies to march to Fort Augustus. They arrived there from Urquhart and Beauly on 8 May. On 14 May George Munro, 1st of Culcairn's company reached Fort Augustus and by this time there were rumours that the Jacobite leader, known as the Young Pretender (Charles Edward Stuart) had got off a French ship and had been on the isles of Harris and Lewis. On 16 May Lord Loudoun made a return of the independent companies at Fort Augusuts which totaled 1,526 men. On the same day General Bland arrived at Fort Augustus with three battalions of Kingston’s Horse. On 19 May major-general John Campbell wrote from Fort William that the rebel Jacobite Coll MacDonell of Barisdale had gone to Loch Arkaig with 120 men and that the Glengarry folk were to join him, that there were new arms and Lochgarry, the Macphersons and Frasers were also expected. Lord Loudoun with the seventeen independent companies marched five miles from Fort Augustus to Aberchalder to make room for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland who was expected with the army. On 20 May, Lieutenant-Colonel Jack Campbell of Loudon's Highlanders Regiment, commanding 250 men of the Campbell of Argyll Militia arrived at Fort Augustus on his way to join his father at Fort William.

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