| 词条 | Siege of Ruthven Barracks (1745) |
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| conflict=Siege of Ruthven Barracks (1745) | image=Ruthven Barracks - geograph.org.uk - 14443.jpg | image_size=200px | caption =Ruthven Barracks | partof=the Jacobite rising of 1745 | coordinates = | date=29 August 1745 | place=Ruthven, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands | casus= | territory= | result=Victory for British-Hanoverian Government, Jacobites repulsed[1] | combatant1={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} 55th Regiment of Foot | commander1 ={{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Terrance Molloy[2] | strength1 = 15 (1 Sergeant and 14 Privates)[2] | casualties1 =1 killed[2] | combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Jacobite Standard (1745).svg}} Jacobites | commander2 = {{flagicon image|Jacobite Standard (1745).svg}} MacDonell of Lochgarry[2] {{flagicon image|Jacobite Standard (1745).svg}} Dr Archibald Cameron of Lochiel[2][2]{{flagicon image|Jacobite Standard (1745).svg}} John William O'Sullivan[2] | strength2 = 150[2] | casualties2 =2 killed[2] | notes= }}{{Campaignbox Jacobite rising of 1745}} The Siege of Ruthven Barracks by Jacobite rebels of a small group of government soldiers took place in August 1745 and was part of the Jacobite rising of 1745.[1] BackgroundOn 29 August 1745 a force of 300 Jacobite rebels marched on the Government held Ruthven Barracks.[3] The barracks were under the command of Sergeant Terrance Molloy who had with him only 14 private soldiers.[3] The Jacobites came to the gate of the barracks and demanded that Molloy surrender.[3] Molloy was defiant and refused despite the Jacobites telling him that they would hang him and his men if he refused.[3] The Jacobites then retreated some distance.[3] The assaultAt nightfall around about 150 Jacobites returned and attacked the barracks.[3] They set fire to the door gate but the defending soldiers managed to put it out.[3] The man who started the fire was spotted and became an early victim.[3] At about half past three in the morning the Jacobites withdrew.[3] Sergeant Molloy then agreed to speak to two of the Jacobite leaders but he still refused terms of surrender.[3] However, Molloy did agree to allow the Jacobites to remove their dead and wounded.[3] The Jacobites had lost two men dead and several others wounded.[3] The Government soldiers had only lost one man, who had been killed when he raised his head above the parapet, despite orders to keep his head down.[3] AftermathThe Jacobites then left Ruthven but not without stealing many provisions from the residents of Ruthven Village.[3] Sergeant Molloy was immediately promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.[3] On 10 February 1746, 300 Jacobites returned to attack Ruthven Barracks again and this time they had the advantage of having brought artillery with them.[3] References1. ^1 Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. (2011). The Jacobite Rebellion 1745-46. pp. 41. {{ISBN|1-84603-992-4}}. 2. ^Kybett, Susan Maclean (1988). Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Biography. London: Unwin Hyman. p. 128. {{ISBN|0044402139}}. 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Love, Dane. (2007). Jacobite Stories. Chapter fifteen: Over the Corrieyairack. (no page numbers). {{ISBN|1-90323-886-2}}. See also
3 : Conflicts in 1745|1745 in Scotland|Battles of the Jacobite rising of 1745 |
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