The siege of Fort William, Scotland took place between 20th March and 3rd April 1746. Prior to the siege the Jacobites had forced the surrender of Fort Augustus after a siege of just two days, from where they proceeded to Fort William with cannons they had taken from Fort Augustus. They arrived with with siege cannon on 20th March and both Cameron of Lochiel and MacDonald of Keppoch wrote to their Jacobite leader, Charles Edward Stuart to tell him that they had declared war on the Clan Campbell. In their letters they both claimed many war crimes had been committed against them by the Campbells, including the burning of 400 homes in a single day. The Jacobite Risings were a series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in the British Isles occurring between 1688 and 1746. ... Combatants British Army Jacobites Commanders Captain Scott Jacobite Clan Chiefs Strength 2 Battalions of infantry. ... Combatants British Army Jacobites Commanders John Cope Charles Edward Stuart Strength ca. ... Combatants British Garrison Jacobites Commanders Colonel Durand Charles Edward Stuart The siege and capture of Carlisle was an important event of the 1745 to 1746 Jacobite Uprising. ... Combatants British Dragoons of the Duke of Cumberland Jacobites Commanders Duke of Cumberland Charles Edward Stuart Lord George Murray Casualties Total of 100 dead and wounded. ... When Charles Edward Stuart retreated north back into Scotland he left an English Jacobite regiment called the Manchester Regiment to guard Carlisle against Government troops so that he at least held one town in England. ... Combatants British Army Jacobite Forces Commanders MacLeod of MacLeod Lord Lewis Gordon Strength 500 men 1100 men and 5 Cannon Casualties unknown dead and wounded. ... During the Second Jacobite Rising, the Battle of Falkirk was the last noteworthy Jacobite success. ... Combatants British Army Jacobite Forces Commanders William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender Strength ca. ... // Fort William (Gaelic: An Gearasdan, The Garrison) is the largest town in the west highlands of Scotland. ... Fort Augustus is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. ... Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Silvester Maria Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and was commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. ...

The siege began on 20th March 1746 and lasted for two weeks. However the pro-government clans who held the fort were well supplied by the Royal Navy who could arrive by ship via Loch Linnhe, as a result the fort held fast. On the 22d, the Jacobites sent a drummer to Captain Scott, the commanding officer, with a letter, requiring him to surrender, but his answer was, that he would defend the place to the last extremity. The bombardment was hereupon renewed on both sides for some hours, but at last the garrison silenced the besiegers by beating down their principal battery. For two weeks the fort withstood a bombardment before sending out a force of men from the garrison who took a number of the Jacobite's guns, mortars and their shot furnace. The garrison of the fort also launched a "sally" on the 31st March which destroyed the remaining Jacobite guns and by the 3rd April the Jacobites had abandoned the siege completely. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Loch Linnhe is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. ...

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