Download or read book Where are the Highlanders or Highland Regiments and Highland Clearances written by Alexander ROBERTSON (of Dun Donnochy.) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Where are the Highlanders Or Highland Regiments and Highland Clearances written by Alexander Robertson (of Dun Donnochy.) and published by . This book was released on 186? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Where Are The Highlanders Or Highland Regiments And Highland Clearances written by Alexander Robertson (of Dun Donnochy ) and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this seminal work of Scottish history, author Alexander Robertson explores the complex interplay between the Highland clans, the British army, and the forces of economic and social change during the 18th and 19th centuries. Drawing on extensive research and a deep understanding of Scottish culture and society, Robertson offers readers a masterful analysis of a pivotal moment in Scottish history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Where are the Highlanders or Highland regiments and Highland clearances written by Alexander Robertson (of Dun Donnochy.) and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of the Scottish Highlands written by Sir John Scott Keltie and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scottish Highlanders and Their Regiments written by Michael Brander and published by Barnes & Noble Incorporated. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783 written by John Patterson MacLean and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mutiny written by John Prebble and published by Harvill Secker. This book was released on 1975 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highland soldiers were Britain's earliest colonial levies, first raised to police their own hills, then expended in imperial wars. The Gaelic people of the 18th century, three percent only of the population, nonetheless supplied the Crown with sixty-five regiments, as well as independent companies, militia and volunteers. Contrary to romantic belief, the Highlander was rarely a willing soldier, his songs lament the day he put on a red coat. He was often recruited by threat, sold by the chiefs he trusted. Promises made to him were cynically broken, his pride was outraged by the lash, by contempt for his fierce attachment to his language and dress. The family he hoped to protect by enlistment was frequently evicted in his absence and replaced by sheep. Mutinies were thus inevitable. This is the first account of them, much of it in the words of the soldiers and their officers. It begins with the noble revolt of the Black Watch at Finchley in 1743 and ends with the mutiny of starving Fencibles on Glasgow Green in 1804. It tells how the Seaforths stood in defiance on Arthur's Seat for three days until their demands were met, how Atholl Highlanders held Portsmouth for a week until they received their promised discharge. Angered by brutal floggings, Argyll Fencibles closed Edinburgh Castle and threatened the security of Scotland. Refusing to march into England against the terms of their enlistment, Strathspey men defied their officers from the walls of Linlithgow Palace, and soldiers of the Black Watch and Fraser's fought a bloody battle in Leith, dying by musket and bayonet rather than abandon their native dress. It is a subject that has been curiously ignored by historians. John Preeble properly sees it as essential to an understanding of the destruction of the Highland clans, the story of which he began in Culloden, continued in The Highland Clearances and Glencoe, and now completes in this book."--Book jacket.

Download or read book A History of the Scottish Highlands Highland Clans and Highland Regiments With an Account of the Gaelic Language Literature and Music written by John Wilson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Download or read book History of the Scottish Highlands written by Sir John Scott Keltie and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Highlander written by Tim Newark and published by Constable. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Highlanders have long been among the most feared soldiers in the world and Tim Newark's book admirably tells their stirring tale. A great read!' Bernard Cornwell On the fields of Waterloo, the deserts of Sudan, the Plains of Abraham and the mountains of Dargai, the trenches of Flanders and the jungles of Burma - the great Highland regiments made their mark. The brave kilted troops with their pipes and drums were legendary, whether leading the charge into the thick of battle or standing fast, the last to leave or fall, fighting against the odds. Acclaimed historian Tim Newark tells the story of the Highlanders through the words of the soldiers themselves, from diaries, letters and journals uncovered from archives in Scotland and around the world. At the Battle of Quebec in 1759, only a few years after their defeat at Culloden, the 78th Highlanders faced down the French guns and turned the battle. At Waterloo, Highlanders memorably fought alongside the Scots Greys against Napoleon's feared Old Guard. In the Crimea, the thin red line stood firm against the charging Russian Hussars and saved the day at Balaclava. Yet the story is also one of betrayal. At Quebec, General Wolfe remarked that, despite the Highlanders' courage, it was 'no great mischief if they fall'. At Dunkirk in May 1940, the 51st Regiment was left to defend the SOE evacuation at St Valery; though following D-Day the Highlanders were at the forefront of the fighting through France. It is all history: over the last decade the historic regiments have been dismantled, despite widespread protest. Praise for The Mafia at War: An engrossing history that reads like a thriller. 'The Godfather' meets 'Band of Brothers'. Andrew Roberts An engrossing account that has the read-on factor of the finest thriller. James Holland Newark tells an extraordinary tale with pace and conviction, and impressively unravels what really happened from the pervasive myths. History Today

Download or read book The Story of the Highland Regiments written by Frederick Watson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Story of the Highland Regiments" is a historical book on the formation and activity of an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland called Black Watch, also known as Royal Highlanders or Royal Highland Regiment. The book recounts the important part the regiment took in such prominent historical events as the Civil War, Crimean War, Boer War, etc.

Download or read book The History of the Scottish Highlands Highland Clans and Highland Regiments written by Sir John Scott Keltie and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans written by James Browne and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of the Highland Clearances written by Eric Richards and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1982, A History of the Highland Clearances looks at the forcible clearance of tenants from land they had farmed for centuries by landlords in the Highlands of Scotland in the early nineteenth century. It examines the general context of historical change, provides a full narrative of the clearances and offers a critical evaluation of the documentary sources upon which the entire story depends. By placing his subject in its historical perspective and into the context of the rest of Britain and Europe, Eric Richards vividly illustrates the realities of the Highland experience in the age of the clearances.

Download or read book The Highland Brigade written by James Cromb and published by Stirling : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1902 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of Scottish Highlands Highland Clans and Highland Regiments written by Sir John Scott Keltie and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: