Quote Originally Posted by Stratherrick View Post
...Stripped to the waist, sword or dagger and, perhaps, a targe in hand, long hair stuck across their faces in the sleet and rain, my ancestors must have known they were going to their deaths. They were not stupid. They knew that their steel was no match for grapeshot and cannon. But still they knew they had one thing their opponents did not.

Bruce

Let us not forget that Prince Charles Stuart's army had routed British regulars with the Highland Charge at Falkirk in January, and it had marched to within 125 miles of London in December. Though hungry and tired, this was not a defeated army. They expected to suffer casualties but not defeat.

As for the Highland Charge, the new museum at Culloden has a really good film that puts you, the viewer, between the two lines. When I was watching it a few people found it too intense and had to leave the room.

For myself, I honor the Scots, from both sides, who fought at Culloden. I can hardly imagine worst ground to fight on.