Skirmish of Dunfermline

Skirmish of Dunfermline
Part of Jacobite rising of 1715

Ruins at Dunfermline Abbey where the Jacobite Highlanders were encamped
Date24 October 1715
Location
Dunfermline, Scotland
Result British-Hanoverian Government victory
Belligerents
Scottish Hanoverian supporters Jacobite clans
Commanders and leaders
John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll[1]
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cathcart[2]		 James Malcolm of Grange[2]
John Gordon of Glenbucket[2]
Strength
120 Dragoons[2]
30 dismounted troops[2]		 80 horse[2]
300 Highlanders[2]
Casualties and losses
1 man wounded and 1 horse wounded.[2] 4 killed and 2 mortally wounded[2]
17 men taken prisoner[2]

The Skirmish of Dunfermline was a conflict that took place on 24 October 1715 in Dunfermline, Scotland and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1715. It was fought between the forces of John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll who supported the British-Hanoverian Government against a Jacobite force.

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