Battle of Glen Shiel

Battle of Glen Shiel
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1719

The Battle of Glenshiel 1719, Peter Tillemans
Date10 June 1719
Location57°9′59″N 5°19′2″W / 57.16639°N 5.31722°W / 57.16639; -5.31722
Result Government victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Great Britain British government Jacobites
Spain
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Wightman William Murray
James Keith
Cameron of Lochiel
Nicolás Bolaño
Strength
c. 1,100 1,440
Casualties and losses
141 killed and wounded c. 100 killed and wounded[1]
Designated21 March 2011
Reference no.BTL10
Battle of Glen Shiel is located in Scotland
Battle of Glen Shiel
Location within Scotland

The Battle of Glen Shiel [a] took place on 10 June 1719 in the Scottish Highlands, during the Jacobite rising of 1719. A Jacobite army composed of Highland levies and Spanish marines was defeated by British government troops.

The Rising was backed by Spain, then engaged in the 1718–1720 War of the Quadruple Alliance with Britain. Originally intended to support a landing in south-west England, which was cancelled several weeks earlier, its failure was seen as having fatally damaged the Jacobite cause.

The battlefield is now included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland, and protected by Historic Scotland.[1]


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