Skirmish of Tongue

Skirmish of Tongue
Part of the Jacobite Rising of 1745
The Kyle of Tongue
Date 25 – 26 March 1746 Location Tongue, Highland, Scotland Result British-Hanoverian Government victory
Belligerents
Scottish Hanoverians from: Some from Loudon's 64 Highlanders Regiment and Two Independent Highland Companies from: Clan Mackay Clan Sutherland.	Jacobites Scottish Jacobites French soldiers Spanish soldiers
Commanders and leaders
Sir Harry Munro, 7th Baronet (Loudon's regiment) Captain George Mackay (Independent Company) Captain Hugh Mackay (Independent Company)
Strength
80	160
Casualties and losses
Unknown	4 or 5 killed. 8 wounded 156 captured

The Skirmish of Tongue was a battle that took place in March 1746 near Tongue in the Scottish Highlands during the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

On 25 March 1746 a French ship named the Le Prince Charles, formerly HMS Hazard, which carried £13,000 in gold, arms and other supplies to Inverness for the Jacobite leader Charles Edward Stuart ran into the Kyle of Tongue while being pursued by the British frigate HMS Sheerness. During the night the crew and soldiers disembarked carrying the money, however the following day Captain George Mackay, son of the chief of the Clan Mackay, who supported the British government confronted them at a place named Drum Nan Coup and after a short fight Mackay captured the men and the money.

An account of the fight was reported in the London Gazette of 15 April 1746:

Aberdeen, April 6. Captain Mackay, Lord Reay's son, and Sir Henry Munro, son of the late Sir Robert, both Captains in Lord Loudon's regiment, are just come hither with letters from Captain O'Brian of Sheerness man of war, now off this place giving an account that after chasing the Le Prince Charles above 56 leagues he drove her ashore and obliged the French and Spaniards who were in her to quit her and to land, which they did with five chests of money to the value of £12,000 and upwards, in order to join the rebels; but the Lord Reay (Mackay) in whose country they were landed and whose house Captain Mackay, Sir Henry Munro, Lord [?Captain] Charles Gordon, and Captain MacLeod with some others of Lord Loudon's regiment were, with about 80 men of said regiment, who had been driven thither by the rebels, marched out and attacked them, and after killing three or four, and dangerously wounding eight, took the remaining 156, officers, soldiers, and sailors prisoners, who were immediately embarked on board the Sheerness, and the prize with the Highland officers and men who made the capture are now here.....The money that was landed out of the Hazard sloop, was taken by Lord Reay's men

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