Battle of Littleferry

Battle of Littleferry
Part of the Jacobite rising of 1745

Memorial to the Battle of Littleferry 1746 unveiled in April 2022
Date15 April 1746
Location
Littleferry, Sutherland, Scotland
grid reference NH8198
57°57′37″N 4°0′11″W / 57.96028°N 4.00306°W / 57.96028; -4.00306
Result Hanoverian Government victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain
Two Independent Highland Companies drawn from:
Clan Mackay[1][2]
Clan Sutherland[2][3]
Or three companies of Sutherland local militia[4]		 Jacobites drawn from:
Clan Mackenzie[2][3]
Clan MacGregor[2]
Clan Mackinnon[2]
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Great Britain Ensign John Mackay of Moudale[1][2]
Or Ensign John Mackay from Golspie[4]		 George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie
Strength
200 men[5] 300–500 men[6]
Casualties and losses
<6–10 killed[7]
Estimated 20 wounded[7]		 100 killed[5]
150[5] or 172 captured.[3][8]

The Battle of Littleferry (also known as the Skirmish at Golspie)[9] took place during the Jacobite rising in 1746, just before the Battle of Culloden. Scottish forces loyal to the British-Hanoverian Government defeated a Scottish Jacobite force.[10]

  1. ^ a b Mackay, Angus, M.A. (1906). The Book of Mackay. 25 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh: Norman MacLeod. pp. 190-192.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f Simpson, Peter (1996). The Independent Highland Companies, 1603 - 1760. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers. pp. 135–136. ISBN 0-85976-432-X.
  3. ^ a b c Sutherland, Malcolm (1996). A Fighting Clan, Sutherland Officers: 1250 – 1850. Avon Books. p. 32. ISBN 1-897960-47-6.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Marriott1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c MacLeod, Ruairidh. H. F.S.A. Scot (1984). Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness. Vol. LIII. p. 340. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ^ Marriott, Patrick (2022). The Battle of Littleferry - A History and Trail Guide. Sutherland: Golspie Heritage Society. p. 17.
  7. ^ a b Marriott, Patrick (2022). The Battle of Littleferry - A History and Trail Guide. Sutherland: Golspie Heritage Society. p. 33.
  8. ^ Reid, Stuart (2002), Culloden Moor 1746: The Death of the Jacobite Cause, Campaign series, vol. 106, Osprey Publishing, pp. 85–87, ISBN 1-84176-412-4
  9. ^ Keltie, John Scott; MacLauchlan, Thomas (1885). A History of the Scottish Highlands Highland Clans and Highland Regiments. Vol. 1. Edinburgh; Grange Publishing Works and 45 Ludgate Hill, London: Thomas C. Jack, successor to A. Fullarton & Co. pp. 670-671.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  10. ^ "Clan Sutherland History". clansutherland.org. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2017.