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When the Bonny Prince led his army into England. He was expecting the people to welcome him in the streets and free them from the Hanoverian Dynasty. This was not the case.   The Manchester Regiment was some of the few that did come out to support him and they formed a Regiment for the army. Under the command of Col Francis Townley most of them were recruited from the Lancashire area and were circa 250 men in strength. They accompanied the army to Derby and the retreat. They were garrisoned at Carlisle while the rest of the army went...

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At Prestonpans most of the Jacobite army was made up of the Highland clans that came out in support of the Rising. By the end of the war the majority of Charlie’s army was made up of Lowlanders. Most came from the East of Scotland drawing a large support from those of the Episcopalian faith.   These new packs have been created to represent the likes of Ogilvy’s,  Duke of Perth's, John Roy Stewart’s Edinburgh Regiment and the other Lowland Battalions. They are in a standard Marching pose and come with a command and infantry pack.   Although they have...

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New make your own flags added to support the new Jacobite cavalry miniatures. There are no details of what any Jacobite horse troops carried during the rebellion so it makes it hard for us to know what we should do. There are details that Strathallen horse carried a flag but no details of what it was. I have went for a simple design that you can change the colours to have what ever you want.   FOW-JF31 Jacobite Horse Standards (Make Your Own) – Flags of War    

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