Where can I purcahse the Lochaber axe

[Allan Thomson]

Wasn't there some sort of statistic that more musket and bayonets were recovered from Jacobite forces post 45 than basket hilted broadswords?

Of course with a quartermaster more concerned with picking a poor battlefield than logistics it doesn't suprise that they didn't have enough powder and ball for them....

[MacRob46]

Wasn't there some sort of statistic that more musket and bayonets were recovered from Jacobite forces post 45 than basket hilted broadswords?

Of course with a quartermaster more concerned with picking a poor battlefield than logistics it doesn't suprise that they didn't have enough powder and ball for them....

I don't remember that particular statistic but I do believe that it would be true. Something on the order of 190 swords were retrieved from the battlefield and there just about had to be more muskets picked up.

Supplying anything to the Jacobite force was a problem. They had to rely on French ships to re-supply a lot of what they needed and those supplies did not always make it to shore with the British navy hanging around. Food was another issue, of course and there was little of that. It is remarkable they did all that they did with what little they had in the way of supply.

[ShaunMaxwell]

Wasn't there some sort of statistic that more musket and bayonets were recovered from Jacobite forces post 45 than basket hilted broadswords?

Of course with a quartermaster more concerned with picking a poor battlefield than logistics it doesn't suprise that they didn't have enough powder and ball for them....

See article here:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ind...044.html%3famp

SM

[Bruce Scott]

See article here:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ind...044.html%3famp

SM

Pittock's The Myth of the Jacobite Clans is a very interesting read.

https://edinburghuniversitypress.com...ite-clans.html

[MacRob46]

See article here:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ind...044.html%3famp

SM

Thanks Shaun...that certainly supports the other comments.

I do want to correct myself. I said I had not seen the statistic regarding the number of muskets in comparison to broadswords picked up after Culloden. Well, I went back to Fight For A Throne by Christoper Duffy and found it - 3,230 muskets versus 190 swords. The figure varies from what Pittock says. It appears one of them transposed some numbers and I suspect it was Duffy. Duffy addresses the reason, in his opinion, for the figure by pointing out that Highlanders usually fired one shot then discarded their long arms during the Highland Charge, but that they kept their swords, which were lighter and more easily carried away, not to mention treasured - and very expensive. So, I did see it, just forgot it.

I have ordered Murray Pittock's book. Looks like an interesting read and I want to see how he supports his opinions about the training and equipment of the Jacobite army. Fascinating subject.