NEWSFLASH: 13 November 1715 – Fishergate escape route blocked. Jacobites in Preston town centre surrounded by Government troops. 10.00am – Lieutenant-General Carpenter arrives from Clitheroe with 2,500 men to join Wills. Carpenter […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 9NEWSFLASH: 12 November 1715 – Major-General Wills and his troops leave Wigan early in the morning and advance to Preston. His soldiers are the infantry regiment of Brigadier Preston, and the […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 8NEWSFLASH: 11 November 1715 – Major-General Wills, the Government Army commander, leaves Manchester for Wigan. 7.00pm: The Earl of Derwentwater is told that Major-General Wills is to march from Wigan to […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 7NEWSFLASH: 10 November 1715 – Jacobite horesmen are joined by foot soldiers today in Preston Jacobite foot soldiers arrive in Preston. James III is proclaimed king in the Market Place. Officers […]
8 years ago Advertisement Advertisement 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 6NEWSFLASH: 9 November 1715 – Rebel foot soldiers stay in Garstang. Horse troops arrive in Preston in the evening. Rev. Samuel Peploe, Vicar of Preston parish church, defiantly reads prayers for […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 5Newsflash: 8 November 1715 – Jacobites in Garstang and Major-General Wills on the move from Chester. Jacobites march towards Preston. Major-General Wills, formerly in garrison at Chester, arrives at Manchester, aiming […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 4NEWSFLASH: November 7th – 1.00pm, Jacobite rebels enter Lancaster. James III proclaimed. Sir Henry Hoghton, with a force of about 600 local volunteers, marches to meet them but his militia retreats. […]
8 years ago 1715 Battle of Preston: A chronology of events during the Jacobite uprising – Part 3NEWSFLASH: November 5 12 noon Jacobites enter Kendal. On 5 November the army marched for Kendal, “a town of very good trade.” About noon six quarter-masters arrived and about 2 o’clock […]
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